Quick Definition
τετράγωνος, ον Adj square
Strong's Definition
four-cornered, i.e. square
Derivation: from G5064 (τέσσαρες) and G1137 (γωνία);
KJV Usage: foursquare
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | τέσσαρες + γωνία
79.91 · Features of Objects · Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes
square pertaining to having four equal sides and four right angles
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τετράγωνος, -ον; (fr. τέτρα, 4. V-, and γῶνος [i. 6. γωνία), quadrangular, square; [A. V. four-square] (Vulg. in quadro positus): Rey. xxi.16. (Sept.; Hdt., Plat., Aristot., Polyb., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τετράγωνος tetragōnos 1x
four-angled, quadrangular, square, Rev. 21:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τετράγωνος, -ον
(< τετρα-, v. supr., + γωνία), [in LXX for רָבוּעַ and cogn. forms ;]
square: Re 21:16 (Hdt., Plat., al.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τετράγωνος, “1 four corners,”’ τετράγωνος καὶ ἰσχυρός) occurs in Rey 2118: cf. PSI VI. 6771 (ili/B.C.) otpw?)patiov τετρά[γωνον a, BGU IV. 11672 (B.C. 12) ἐν TH τετραγώ(νῳ) στοᾷ, 23. I. 16212 “‘square’’ (Hesych. τετραντίας" τε]τράγωνον, P Lond 464% (hymn to Hermes—iv/a.D.) (=I. p. 78) στρονγύλε kal τετράγωνε λόγων ἀρχήγετα γλώσσης, and from the inscrr. OG/S go (Rosetta stone— B.C. 196) ἐπὶ τοῦ περὶ τὰς βασιλείας τετραγώνου. MGr τετράγωνο, ““54πάᾶγα." For τετραγωνίας in a personal description = ‘‘ squarebuilt,” ‘‘robust,’’ see P Petr III. 1274 (a Will—s.c. 234) λευκόχρως τετρα[γω]νίας τίετανός, and for τετραγωνισμός, “ἐᾷ squaring,’ see P Magd 205 (B.c. 218) αὐτὸς δὲ] ἐν τετραγωνισμῶι τὰ αὑτοῦ ἔχει, with reference to a partition of property.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τετράγωνος (tetragōnos) — square. τετράγων-ος [ᾰ], ον, with four angles, but usually square, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοκοὶ τ. squared, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξύλα τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. ἐργασία, of the Hermes-statues, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύκλος τετράγωνος ταῖς ἐπιφανείαις a ring with four surfaces, the breadth of the outer and inner equal to the depth of the two sides, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. τὸ τ. a square, [Refs 5th c.BC+], and frequently in Geometry texts, but sometimes of any quadrilateral, [Refs 4th c.BC+] “*Deff.” 100, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
2. b in Tactics, a body of men drawn up in square, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. τ. ἀριθμός a square number, i.e. a number made up of two equal factors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. in quartile aspect, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, square, i.e. perfect as a square, χερσί τε καὶ ποσὶ καὶ νόῳ τετράγωνος τετυγμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. ἱμάτιον τ., of the χλαῖνα which hung square, while the χλαμύς took a circular form, [Refs]; contrasted with the ἡμικύκλιον formed by the Roman toga, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III.2. οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ τὴν τ. ἐργαζόμενοι perhaps those who trade in the ἀγορὰ τετράγωνος, Durrbach Choix d'Inscrr. de Délos [Refs]
IV. adverb -νως[Refs 2nd c.AD+]