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However, the concept of a guard or watch can be related to Hebrew terms like "מִשְׁמָר" (mishmar), meaning "guard" or "watch."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "tetradion" refers to a group or squad of four soldiers. In the context of the New Testament, it is used to describe a Roman military unit assigned to guard a prisoner. This term highlights the Roman practice of dividing soldiers into smaller groups for specific tasks, such as guarding high-profile prisoners.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In Roman military practice, a "tetradion" was a common arrangement for guarding prisoners, especially those considered significant or dangerous. This method ensured constant vigilance, as the soldiers could rotate shifts, maintaining a high level of security. The use of a tetradion underscores the importance or perceived threat of the prisoner being guarded.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5064.htm">tessares</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>squads (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5069: τετράδιον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">τετράδιον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">τετραδιου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">τετράς</span>, the number four), <span class="accented">a quarternion</span> (<span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τεσσάρων</span> <span class="greek2">συνεστος</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Suidas</span>): <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">στρατιωτῶν</span>, <span class="accented">a guard consisting of four soldiers</span> (for among the Romans this was the usual number of the guard to which the custody of captives and prisons was intrusted; two soldiers were confined with the prisoner and two kept guard outside), <a href="/interlinear/acts/12-4.htm">Acts 12:4</a>, where the four quaternions mentioned were on guard one at a time during each of the four watches. (<span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> in Flacc. § 13 i. e. Mang. edition vol. ii, p. 533, 25.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>quaternion, squad of four soldiers<p>Neuter of a presumed derivative of tetras (a tetrad; from <a href="/greek/5064.htm">tessares</a>); a quaternion or squad (picket) of four Roman soldiers -- quaternion. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5064.htm">tessares</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>τετραδιοις τετραδίοις τετράδραχμον τετρακισμύριοι τετριμένος τρήσει tetradiois tetradíois<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/12-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 12:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Plural">N-DNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">παραδοὺς τέσσαρσιν <b>τετραδίοις</b> στρατιωτῶν φυλάσσειν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> him to four <span class="itali">squads</span> of soldiers<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [him] to four <span class="itali">quaternions</span> of soldiers<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/12-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having delivered to four <span class="itali">sets of four</span> soldiers to guard<p><b><a href="/greek/5069.htm">Strong's Greek 5069</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5069.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/tetradiois_5069.htm">τετραδίοις — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5068b.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5068b"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5068b" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5070.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5070"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5070" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>