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foÌ„r´skwaÌ„r (רבע, raÌ„bha‛; τετÏαÌγωνος, tetraÌgoÌ„nos): “Foursquare,†meaning equal in length and breadth, not round, is the translation of raÌ„bha‛ (from obsolete rebha‛, “fourâ€); it occurs in the description of the altar of burnt offering (; ); of the altar of incense (; ); of the breastplate of the high priest (; ); of the panels of the gravings upon the mouth of the brazen or molten sea in Solomon's temple (); of the inner court of Ezekiel's temple (); of “the holy oblation†of the city of Ezekiel's vision (, rebhı̄‛ı̄, “fourthâ€); of the new Jerusalem of John's vision (, τετÏαγονος, tetragonos), and conveys the idea of perfect symmetry. In the King James Version marginof , we have “five-square,†square being formerly used for equal-sided, as it still is in “Three-square file.â€