Bible Dictionaries
Quaternion

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

　　1: τετράδιον ►

　　(Strong's #5069 — Noun Neuter — tetradion — tet-rad'-ee-on )

　　"a group of four" (tetra---, "four"), occurs in Acts 12:4 . A "quaternion" was a set of four men occupied in the work of a guard, two soldiers being chained to the prisoner and two keeping watch; alternatively one of the four watched while the other three slept. The night was divided into four watches of three hours each; there would be one "quaternion" for each watch by day and by night. Cp. the "guard" in Matthew 27:65; 28:11 .

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