Meaning
"four," is not found in the NT outside the Gospels, the Acts and Apocalypse; in the last it is very frequent. Tetartos, "fourth," is found in Mat 14:25, Mar 6:48 and seven times in the Apocalypse; also in Act 10:30, "four days ago," lit., "from a fourth day." Dekatessares, "fourteen" (lit., "ten-four"), is found in Mat 1:17, 2Co 12:2, Gal 2:1; tessareskaidekatos, "fourteenth" (lit., "four-and-tenth"), Act 27:27, Act 27:33; tetrakosia, "four hundred," Act 5:36, Act 7:6, Act 13:20, Gal 3:17. In Act 7:6 the 400 years refers to Abraham's descendants and to the sojourning and the bondage. This agrees with Gen 15:13. In Exo 12:40 the 430 years dates from the call of Abraham himself. Likewise the giving of the Law was 430 years from the promise in Gen 12:3, which agrees with Gal 3:17. In Joh 11:39 tetartaios, lit., "a fourth day (one)," is rendered "four days."
