τέταρτος G5067
Fourth; the ordinal number marking fourth position in a sequence, or a fourth part (quarter).
The standard Greek ordinal for 'fourth,' used across the New Testament to mark sequence—the fourth watch of the night (Matt 14:25; Mark 6:48), the fourth living creature (Rev 4:7), and the fourth seal (Rev 6:7). In Revelation 6:8, the pale horse is given authority 'over a fourth of the earth,' where the word shades from pure ordinal into fractional quantity. Spanish captures this shift neatly: 'cuarto' for the ordinal instances versus 'cuarta-parte' for the fractional one, reflecting a subtle semantic distinction already noted in classical Greek lexicography.
Senses
1. fourth — The ordinal numeral 'fourth,' marking position in a series. Jesus walks on the sea during the fourth watch (Matt 14:25; Mark 6:48), Cornelius's vision occurs at the fourth hour (Acts 10:30), and the fourth living creature is like a flying eagle (Rev 4:7). All languages render this uniformly as a simple ordinal: French 'quatrième,' German 'vierter,' Spanish 'cuarto.' 9×
AR["الرابِعُ", "الرَّابِعَ", "الرَّابِعَةِ", "الرَّابِعُ", "الرَّابِعِ", "الرّابِعُ", "رابِعَةِ", "ٱلرَّابِعِ"]·ben["চতুর্থ", "চতুর্থ,"]·DE["vierter", "τετάρτης", "τετάρτῃ"]·EN["fourth"]·FR["quatrième", "vierter"]·heb["בְּמִשְׁמָר", "הָרְבִיעִי", "רְבִיעִי", "רְבִיעִית"]·HI["उनके-पास", "चौथा", "चौथी", "चौथी,", "चौथे", "चौथेने"]·ID["jaga-keempat", "keempat", "keempat,"]·IT["quarto", "tetarte", "tetarten"]·jav["Kaping-sekawan", "kaping-sekawan", "sekawan"]·KO["네째", "넷째", "넷째가", "넷째는"]·PT["na-quarta", "quarto"]·RU["четвёртого", "четвёртое", "четвёртой", "четвёртую", "четвёртую,", "четвёртый"]·ES["cuarta", "cuarto", "cuarto,"]·SW["cha-nne", "kesha-la-nne", "kiumbe-hai-cha-nne", "malaika-wa-nne", "nne", "wa-nne", "wa-nne,", "ya-nne"]·TR["dördüncü", "dördüncüsünü"]·urd["چوتھا", "چوتھی", "چوتھے", "چوتھے-نے"]
2. fourth — A fourth part or quarter, where the ordinal shades into a fractional or proportional sense. In Revelation 6:8 the pale rider receives authority over 'a fourth of the earth'—not the fourth item in a sequence but one-quarter of a whole. Spanish 'cuarta-parte' makes this distinction explicit, separating the fractional sense from the purely sequential ordinal. 1×
AR["رُبعِ"]·ben["চতুর্থাংশের"]·DE["vierter"]·EN["fourth"]·FR["vierter"]·heb["רְבִיעִית"]·HI["चौथाई"]·ID["seperempat"]·IT["quarto"]·jav["seperempat"]·KO["사분-의-일"]·PT["quarta-parte"]·RU["четвертью"]·ES["cuarta-parte"]·SW["robo"]·TR["-o"]·urd["چوتھائی-پر"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
τέταρτος, η, ον, Epic dialect also τέτρᾰτος (which see), Boeotian dialect πέτρᾰτος (which see), fourth, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II τὸ τέταρτον as adverb, the fourth time, Refsfourthly, Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb -τως, fourfold, Refs __II.2 (i.e. μέρος) a quarter, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III ἡ τετάρτη: __III.1 (i.e. ἡμέρα) the fourth day, Refs 8th c.BC+ __III.2 (i.e. μοῖρα) a liquid measure, Refs 5th c.BC+:—also, a…