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Strong's #5069 - τετράδιον
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τετρᾰδ-ιον, τό,
a guard of soldiers (normally consisting of four men), Ph. 2.533, Acts 12:4. II quaternion of parchment, POxy. 2156.10 (iv/v A.D.), Tz. H. 9.290; cf. τετράδειον.
τετράδιον, τετραδιου, τό (τετράς, the number four), a quarternion (τό ἐκ τεσσάρων συνεστος, Suidas): τῶν στρατιωτῶν, a guard consisting of four soldiers (for among the Romans this was the usual number of the guard to which the custody of captives and prisons was intrusted; two soldiers were confined with the prisoner and two kept guard outside), Acts 12:4, where the four quaternions mentioned were on guard one at a time during each of the four watches. (Philo in Flacc. § 13 i. e. Mang. edition vol. ii, p. 533, 25.)
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† τετράδιον , ου , τό ,
a quarternion, a group of four: στρατιωτῶν , Acts 12:4 (Philo).
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";opening,"; ";hole,"; hence ";eye"; of a needle in Matthew 19:24 (v.l. τρυπήματος), Luke 18:25. To the exx. of the word in medical writers given by Hobart p. 60, we may add the physiological fragment P Ryl I. 21 fragm. 3 .5 (i/B.C.) διὰ τῶν τρημάτων τῶν ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι ὀστῶι, and the parallel cited by Hunt P Berl A. iv. 1–2 διά τε τῶν ] ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι ὀστῶι τρημάτων καὶ διὰ τῶν κοίλων τῶν ἐν τῷ ὀσφύι. The word also occurs in Aristeas 61 πάντες δ᾽ ἦσαν διὰ τρημάτων κατειλημμένοι χρυσαῖς περόναις πρὸς τὴν ἀσφάλειαν, ";and they (sc. precious stones) were all perforated and securely fastened to golden pins"; (Thackeray). For the verb τετραίνω cf. Syll 540 (= .3972).71 (B.C. 175–172) τρήσας βαθύτερα καθαρμόσει. In Herodas III . 33 τετρημένη is used metaph. of slowness, ";dribbles out"; : see Headlam’s note.
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