ΤΕΤΑ, τετα
TETA, teta
Sounds Like: TEH-tah
Translations: you have arranged, you have appointed, it has suffered hardship, it has been distressed, fourth
From the root: ΤΑΣΣΩ, ΤΑΛΑΙΠΩΡΕΩ, ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective
Explanation: The word "ΤΕΤΑ" is not a standalone word in Koine Greek. It appears to be a prefix or the beginning of several different words, as seen in the examples provided. It could be part of the perfect tense of verbs like ΤΑΣΣΩ (tassō), meaning 'to arrange' (e.g., ΤΕΤΑΧΑΣ - 'you have arranged'), or ΤΑΛΑΙΠΩΡΕΩ (talaipōreō), meaning 'to suffer hardship' (e.g., ΤΕΤΑΛΑΙΠΩΡΗΚΕΝ - 'it has suffered hardship'). It could also be the beginning of the word ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ (tetartos), meaning 'fourth'. Without further context, its exact meaning is ambiguous, as it is likely a truncated or incomplete form of a word.
Inflection: Perfect Active Indicative (various persons and numbers), Nominative Singular Masculine/Neuter (for 'fourth')
Strong’s numbers: G5021 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5003 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5066 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΤΑΣΣΩ, ΤΑΛΑΙΠΩΡΕΩ, ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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