5071. tetrakosioi
Lexicon
tetrakosioi: Four hundred

Original Word: τετρακόσιοι
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: tetrakosioi
Pronunciation: te-tra-KO-see-oi
Phonetic Spelling: (tet-rak-os'-ee-oy,)
Definition: Four hundred
Meaning: four hundred.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
four hundred.

Plural from tessares and hekaton; four hundred -- four hundred. Plural from tessares and hekaton; four hundred -- four hundred.

see GREEK tessares

see GREEK hekaton

HELPS Word-studies

5071 tetrakósioi(from tetra, "four" and hekaton, "a hundred") – four hundred.

Note: Scripture often uses multiplies (like "four" times "one hundred" = "400") to convey important symbolic meaning. For example, the product of these two numbers strongly signifies "universality" ("total inclusiveness").

[Ten stands for "completeness/inclusiveness," so 102 emphatically expresses "total inclusiveness" which emphasizes the already inclusive (universal) sense of four.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
pl. cardinal number from tessares and hekaton
Definition
four hundred
NASB Translation
four hundred (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5071: τετρακόσιοι

τετρακόσιοι, τετρακόσιαι τετρακόσια (from τετράκις, and the term. τετρακοσιος indicating one hundred; (cf. G. Meyer, Gr. Gram. § 16 f.)), four hundred: Acts 5:36; Acts 7:6; Acts 13:20; Galatians 3:17. ((Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, others.))

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from the combination of "τέτρα" (tetra), meaning "four," and "ἑκατόν" (hekaton), meaning "hundred."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek τετρακόσιοι corresponds to the Hebrew word אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת (arba' me'ot), which also means "four hundred." This Hebrew term is used in the Old Testament in similar contexts, such as in Genesis 15:13, where God tells Abram about the four hundred years his descendants will spend in a foreign land.

Usage: The word τετρακόσιοι is used in the New Testament to denote the numerical value of four hundred. It appears in contexts where specific quantities are being described.

Context: The Greek term τετρακόσιοι is a cardinal number used in the New Testament to specify the quantity of four hundred. This term is employed in various contexts, often to convey historical or narrative details involving numerical values. For instance, in Acts 7:6, Stephen recounts the history of Israel, mentioning the prophecy given to Abraham that his descendants would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years: "God spoke to him in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated, four hundred years.'" (BSB). This usage underscores the fulfillment of God's promises and the unfolding of His divine plan through history.

The use of specific numbers like τετρακόσιοι in the biblical text often carries symbolic significance, reflecting periods of trial, testing, or completeness. In the context of Acts 7:6, the four hundred years signify a period of waiting and preparation for the eventual deliverance and establishment of the Israelites as a nation. The precision of such numbers in Scripture highlights the meticulous nature of God's providence and the unfolding of His covenantal promises.

Forms and Transliterations
τετρακοσια τετρακόσια τετρακόσιαι τετρακοσίαις τετρακοσίας τετρακόσιοι τετρακοσιοις τετρακοσίοις τετρακοσιοστώ τετρακοσίους τετρακοσιων τετρακοσίων tetrakosia tetrakósia tetrakosiois tetrakosíois tetrakosion tetrakosiōn tetrakosíon tetrakosíōn
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 5:36 Adj-GNP
GRK: ἀριθμὸς ὡς τετρακοσίων ὃς ἀνῃρέθη
NAS: of about four hundred men
KJV: about four hundred, joined themselves:
INT: number about four hundred who was put to death

Acts 7:6 Adj-ANP
GRK: κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακόσια
NAS: AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
KJV: entreat [them] evil four hundred years.
INT: ill-treat [it] years four hundred

Acts 13:20 Adj-DNP
GRK: ὡς ἔτεσιν τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα
KJV: about the space of four hundred and
INT: about years four hundred and fifty

Galatians 3:17 Adj-ANP
GRK: ὁ μετὰ τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα
NAS: which came four hundred and thirty
KJV: which was four hundred and
INT: the after four hundred and thirty

Strong's Greek 5071
4 Occurrences


τετρακόσια — 2 Occ.
τετρακοσίων — 1 Occ.
τετρακοσίοις — 1 Occ.















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