tessares denotes a group or set counted as four, including people, objects, directions, and living creatures.

The term consistently marks a group, set, or measure counted as four: people and angels, physical items such as anchors or garment portions, spatial expressions involving winds and corners, and the living creatures around the throne.

1. A group or set counted as four · dominant

   Across the supplied forms and cases, the term specifies the size of varied plural referents. In Acts 12:4 the APB renders a group of soldiers as “four squads,” in John 19:23 it renders the divided garments as “four parts,” and in Revelation 7:1 it describes angels, corners, and winds in sets of four. Revelation 4:6 likewise renders four living creatures around the throne.

   Acts 12:4John 19:23Mark 2:3Acts 27:29Revelation 7:1Revelation 4:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the term with “four” before the plural referent, as in “four anchors,” “four winds,” and “four living creatures.” These renderings confirm the verse-level counting relation rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.