Revelation 21:16:4Rev.21.16.W4TAB
τετράγωνος
tetragonos
“foursquare”
- Transliteration
- te-TRA-go-nos
- Extended
- teh-TRAH-goh-nohs
- IPA
- /teˈtra.gɔː.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- foursquare
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
te-TRA-go-nos
- sentence
KAI hê PO-lis te-TRA-go-nos KEI-tai KAI to MÊ-kos au-TÊS HO-son to PLA-tos KAI e-ME-trê-sen tên PO-lin tôi ka-LA-môi e-PI sta-DI-ous DÔ-de-ka khi-li-A-dōn to MÊ-kos KAI to PLA-tos KAI to HYP-sos au-TÊS I-sa es-TIN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinated clause kai he polis tetragonos keitai {καὶ ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται | kaì hē pólis tetrágō-nos keîtai} ‘and the city lies four-sided’, where the predicate adjective tetragonos precedes the verb to emphasize the city’s square shape.
Root and etymology
goniagamma–omega–nu–iota–alpha
“angle, corner”
In context — Revelation 21:16
And the city lies four-square, and its length is the same as its width; and he measured the city with the reed —twelve thousand stadia . Its length and width and height are equal.
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Revelation 21:16, so the Greek word τετράγωνος (tetragonos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.21.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.16.W4.S1) and character.