Lexical Summary tetartaios: of forty years Original Word: τεταρταῖοςTransliteration: tetartaios Phonetic Spelling: (tet-ar-tah'-yos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: of forty years Meaning: of forty years Strong's Concordance four days. From tessares; pertaining to the fourth day -- four days. see GREEK tessares Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5066: τεταρταῖοςτεταρταῖος, τεταρταια, τεταρταιον (τέταρτος), an ordinal numeral, used in answer to the question on what day? one who does or suffers a thing till the fourth day or on the fourth day: τεταρταῖος ἐστιν, i. e. he has been four days in the tomb, or it is the fourth day since he was buried (A. V. he hath been dead four days), John 11:39 (ἤδη γάρ ἦσαν πεμπταιοι, already five days dead, Xenophon, an. 6, 4 (2), 9). |