G5072: τετράμηνον (tetrámēnon)

G5072 τετράμηνον (tetrámēnon)

Greek

Quick Definition

τετράμηνος, ον Adj of four months

Strong's Definition

neuter of a compound of 5064 and 3376; a four months' space

KJV Usage: four months

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

τετράμηνος (G5072)

adjc. | -ον | τέσσαρες + μήν

67.176 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour

for four months a period of four months

JHN 4:35

¹ For both items 67.175 and 67.176 it is, of course, also possible to speak of months as moons. Compare 67.174.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τετράμηνος, -ov, (fr. τέτρα, q-v-, and μήν ; ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 549), of four months, lasting four months: τετράμηνός ἐστιν sc. χρόνος, Jn. iv. 35, where Rec. τετράμηνόν ἐστιν, as in Jude. xix. 2 Alex.; xx. 47. (Thuc., Aristot., Polyb., Plut., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τετράμηνος tetramēnos 1x

of four months, four months in duration, Jn. 4:35*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τετράμηνος, -ον

[in LXX (neut.): Jg 19:2 A 20:47 A (עַרְבָּעָה חֳדָשִׁים ) * ;]

of four months, four months; as subst., τ. (sc. ὥρα, but neut. in Rec.), Jo 4:35 (Thuc., al.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

τετράμηνος, “of four months” with χρόνος understood, and hence =‘‘four months.” Exx. are PSI IV. 408? (iii/B.c.) ὀφείληται γάρ μοι τετραμήνου καὶ Tod ὀψωνίου μήρος (Δ μέρος) τι, P Cairo Zen II. 59291? (B.c. 251-0) τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχειν τετράμηνον, P Grenf II. 4115 (a.p. 46) διὰ τετράμηνα, ‘every four months,” P Oxy XII. 1482)? (ii/A.D.) μετὰ τετράμηνον, “ after four months,” and from the inserr, Sy// 210(= 5410): (c. B.C. 274) τὴν πρώτην τετράμηνον. For adj. τετραμήνιος (not in LS*) see P Oxy XII. 141815 (A.D. 247) ἀν]αδέξομαι τῷ παιδὶ τετραμήνιον yupvaσιαρχίαν, “1 shall undertake for my son the office of gymnasiarch for four months.’

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

τετράμηνος (tetramēnos) — four months. τετρᾰ-μηνος, ον, (μήν) of four months, lasting four months, σπονδαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τετράμηνοι ὀχεύουσι at four months old, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τετράμηνον for a space of four months,[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἡ πρώτη τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; so τετράμηνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]