STRONGS G5066:
τεταρταῖος,
τεταρταια,
τεταρταιον (
τέταρτος), an ordinal numeral, used in answer to the question on what day?
one who does or suffers a thing till the fourth day or on the fourth day:
τεταρταῖος ἐστιν, i. e. he has been four days in the tomb, or it is the fourth day since he was buried (
A. V. he hath been dead four days),
John 11:39 (
ἤδη γάρ ἦσαν πεμπταιοι, already five days dead,
Xenophon, an. 6, 4 (2), 9).
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