τετρᾰ-μηνος G5072
four months; a period of four months' duration
This adjective describes a four-month period. In John 4:35, Jesus uses it proverbially: 'Do you not say, "There are yet four months, then comes the harvest"?' The term marks the typical interval between sowing and harvest in Palestinian agriculture. Jesus contrasts this natural timeline with the immediate spiritual harvest ready in Samaria. The cross-linguistic evidence shows direct temporal rendering: Spanish 'cuatro meses,' French 'quatre mois,' German 'vier Monate.' This is calendar time highlighting the urgency of present spiritual opportunity.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Appears in John 4:35 in Jesus' teaching about spiritual harvest: 'Do you not say, "Yet four months and the harvest comes"?' The phrase reflects agricultural proverbial wisdom about the time from sowing to reaping. Jesus contrasts this natural delay with the immediate harvest of souls in Samaria—the fields are already white. Cross-linguistic evidence uniformly renders 'four months,' confirming the temporal reference that sets up the harvest metaphor. 1×
AR["أَرْبَعَةِ-أَشْهُرٍ"]·ben["চার-মাস"]·DE["vier-Monate"]·EN["four-months"]·FR["quatre-mois"]·heb["אַרְבָּעָה-חֳדָשִׁים"]·HI["चार-महीने"]·ID["empat-bulan"]·IT["tetramenos"]·jav["sekawan-wulan"]·KO["넷-달이"]·PT["quatro-meses"]·RU["четыре-месяца"]·ES["cuatro-meses"]·SW["miezi-minne"]·TR["dört-ay"]·urd["ابھی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
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+