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.

Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Quaternion'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​q/quaternion.html. 1991.