What are the four dimensions? They could be the following.

☐ Four aspects of same thing.
☐ Four corners of the world.
☐ Four compass points.
☐ Something else.

This verse by Paul in Ephesians has had many explanations as to his intended meaning.

• I have heard pastors dismiss the verse without explanation, or that it cannot be explained.
• Some say that in the following verse, Paul is referring to a four-dimensional hyperspace, or the four dimensions of God's love.

The term "metaphysics" comes from a later catalog process whereby his writings about these topics were placed after his works on physics and became known as "metaphysics", literally, his works "after physics".

More: Have you ever met a prefix like this?

After stating the non-reality of points, lines, and planes, which is pretty clear, Aristotle tries to verbalize the concept of volume and the substance that exists in "volume".

Aristotle continues.

So when these dimensions are taken away, only what is bounded by these (abstract) limitations is there, matter which is substance.

Whenever Paul is writing to the Ephesians, or to Timothy (Bishop of Ephesus), he is speaking, in part, to a Greek culture filled with ideas of Aristotle and other philosophers. Paul tends to write to his intended audience.

So when Paul is writing about Christ and the love of Christ, he appears to be alluding to the ideas of Aristotle. The above is just one part that appears to be very relevant and expresses the ideas of Aristotle.

From Paul's point of view, there is something more than what is bounded (in reality) by length, breadth and depth. There is "height" - with all the allusions in verses before and after this verse.

In Aristotle, dimensions are provided with "depth" as the third dimension rather than "height".

In the Bible, such as in Revelation, in the new heaven and new earth, dimensions are given differently, using "height", and this is used in many places.

A few verses later, the measurements are given.

Whatever was reality on the earth - length, breadth and depth, is now the reality of the new earth - length, breadth and height.

Interestingly, the Ark of Noah, designed to enter into a "new " earth, also had dimensions of "height".

The German word "Weite" (vite) ≈ "wide, width" which sounds like the English "white" (i.e., in South Africa) appears to be the source of the English term "White Rhino" which, was not really "white" but "wide".

The Latin word "altitudo" ≈ "height" and is the source of the English word "altitude".

The Spanish word "altura" ≈ "height".

The modern Greek word "πλάτος" (PLA-tos) ≈ "width" and the modern Greek word "πλατύς" (pla-TEES) ≈ "wide, broad, flat". These words are related to the English word "plateau" and "plate" and "flat".

The modern Greek word "βάθος" (VA-thos) ≈ "depth" and is related to the English word "bath".

The modern Greek word "μήκος" (MEE-kos) ≈ "length" and the modern Greek word "μακρός" (ma-KROS) ≈ "long, far, distant".
These words are related to the Latin word "macer" ≈ "meager, poor" and is related to the English words "emaciated" and "meager" and "macro" (as in a computer programming term).