Bible Dictionaries
Quaternion
Holman Bible Dictionary
(quaw tuhr' nih ahn) KJV term for a squad composed of four soldiers (Acts 12:4; cp. John 19:23 ). By translating the underlying Greek as simply “squad,” NASB and RSV failed to convey the size of the guard.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Quaternion'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​q/quaternion.html. 1991.