The meaning of “τετρακόσιοι”
Understanding tetrakósioi reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
plural from τέσσαρες and ἑκατόν four hundred.
τετρακόσιοι
plural from τέσσαρες and ἑκατόν four hundred.
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Acts 5:36 | “For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.” Word: τετρακόσιοι (tetrakósioi) | |
| Acts 7:6 | “And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.” Word: τετρακόσιοι (tetrakósioi) | |
| Acts 13:20 | “And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.” Word: τετρακόσιοι (tetrakósioi) | |
| Galatians 3:17 | “And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.” Word: τετρακόσιοι (tetrakósioi) |