אַרְבַּע
four
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 152 times (47%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 128 times (40%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct 41 times (13%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 321 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 15 verses
- Genesis 2:10 לְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
- Genesis 11:13 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Arpachshad lived after he became the father of Shelah four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:15 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs and Shelah lived after he became the father of Eber four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:16 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
- Genesis 11:17 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Eber lived after he became the father of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 14:5 וּ/בְ/אַרְבַּע֩ conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Genesis 14:9 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
- Genesis 15:13 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
- Genesis 23:15 אַרְבַּ֨ע adj Cardinal number fs "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."
- Genesis 23:16 אַרְבַּ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants' standard.
- Genesis 31:41 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
- Genesis 32:6 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau. Not only that, but he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him."
- Genesis 33:1 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
- Genesis 46:22 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
- Genesis 47:24 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."
Exodus 26 verses
- Exodus 12:6 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
- Exodus 12:18 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָה֩ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening.
- Exodus 12:40 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
- Exodus 12:41 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 22:1 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 25:12 אַרְבַּע֙ אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
- Exodus 25:26 אַרְבַּ֖ע אַרְבַּ֣ע לְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
- Exodus 25:34 אַרְבָּעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
- Exodus 26:2 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:8 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:32 אַרְבָּעָה֙ אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
- Exodus 27:2 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.
- Exodus 27:4 אַרְבַּע֙ אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs You shall make a grating for it of network of brass: and on the net you shall make four brazen rings in its four corners.
- Exodus 27:16 אַרְבָּעָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 28:17 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
- Exodus 36:9 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:15 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:36 אַרְבָּעָה֙ אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
- Exodus 37:3 אַרְבַּע֙ אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet; even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
- Exodus 37:13 אַרְבַּ֖ע אַרְבַּ֣ע לְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
- Exodus 37:20 אַרְבָּעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms In the lampstand were four cups made like almond-blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
- Exodus 38:2 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with brass.
- Exodus 38:5 אַרְבַּ֧ע בְּ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs He cast four rings for the four ends of brass grating, to be places for the poles.
- Exodus 38:19 אַרְבָּעָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:29 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.
- Exodus 39:10 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
Leviticus 6 verses
- Leviticus 11:20 אַרְבַּ֑ע adj Cardinal number fs "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
- Leviticus 11:21 אַרְבַּ֑ע adj Cardinal number fs Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
- Leviticus 11:23 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.
- Leviticus 11:27 אַרְבַּ֔ע adj Cardinal number fs Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 11:42 אַרְבַּ֗ע adj Cardinal number fs Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
- Leviticus 23:5 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover.
Numbers 34 verses
- Numbers 1:27 אַרְבָּעָ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 1:29 אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:31 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:37 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:43 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:4 אַרְבָּעָ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms His division, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 2:6 אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:8 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:9 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
- Numbers 2:16 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
- Numbers 2:23 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:30 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 7:7 אַרְבַּ֣עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
- Numbers 7:8 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 7:85 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
- Numbers 7:88 וְ/אַרְבָּעָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
- Numbers 9:3 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֣ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season-- according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
- Numbers 9:5 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָה֩ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
- Numbers 9:11 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֨ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
- Numbers 16:49 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
- Numbers 25:9 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
- Numbers 26:25 אַרְבָּעָ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
- Numbers 26:43 אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 26:47 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
- Numbers 26:50 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 28:16 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh's Passover.
- Numbers 29:13 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
- Numbers 29:15 לְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
- Numbers 29:17 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:20 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:23 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:26 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:29 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:32 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:11 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
- Deuteronomy 22:12 אַרְבַּ֛ע adj Cardinal number fs You shall make you fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.
Joshua 12 verses
- Joshua 5:10 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָה֩ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 15:36 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 18:28 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- Joshua 19:7 אַרְבַּ֖ע adj Cardinal number fs Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
- Joshua 21:18 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:22 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:24 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:29 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:31 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:35 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:37 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
- Joshua 21:39 אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
Judges 7 verses
- Judges 9:34 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Abimelech rose up, and all the people who were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
- Judges 11:40 אַרְבַּ֥עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
- Judges 19:2 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.
- Judges 20:2 אַרְבַּ֨ע adj Cardinal number fs The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.
- Judges 20:17 אַרְבַּ֨ע adj Cardinal number fs The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
- Judges 20:47 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
- Judges 21:12 אַרְבַּ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
1 Samuel 6 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:2 כְּ/אַרְבַּ֥עַת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.
- 1 Samuel 22:2 כְּ/אַרְבַּ֥ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 25:13 כְּ/אַרְבַּ֤ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 27:7 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
- 1 Samuel 30:10 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't go over the brook Besor.
- 1 Samuel 30:17 אַרְבַּ֨ע adj Cardinal number fs David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 21:20 וְ/אַרְבַּע֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
- 2 Samuel 21:22 אַרְבַּ֥עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Kings 18 verses
- 1 Kings 6:1 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs It happened in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 7:2 אַרְבָּעָה֙ adj Cardinal number ms For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
- 1 Kings 7:19 אַרְבַּ֖ע adj Cardinal number fs The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:27 אַרְבַּ֣ע וְ/אַרְבַּ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits the height of it.
- 1 Kings 7:30 וְ/אַרְבָּעָה֩ וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the basin were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
- 1 Kings 7:32 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
- 1 Kings 7:34 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע אַרְבַּ֣ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs There were four supports at the four corners of each base: the supports of it were of the base itself.
- 1 Kings 7:38 אַרְבַּ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten bases one basin.
- 1 Kings 7:42 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
- 1 Kings 8:65 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
- 1 Kings 9:28 אַרְבַּע adj Cardinal number fs They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:26 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 15:33 וְ/אַרְבַּ֖ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, [and reigned] twenty-four years.
- 1 Kings 18:19 אַרְבַּ֧ע אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
- 1 Kings 18:22 אַרְבַּע adj Cardinal number fs Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.
- 1 Kings 18:33 אַרְבָּעָ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 22:6 כְּ/אַרְבַּ֣ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 1 Kings 22:41 אַרְבַּ֔ע adj Cardinal number fs Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 7:3 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֧ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
- 2 Kings 14:13 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
- 2 Kings 18:13 וּ/בְ/אַרְבַּע֩ conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
1 Chronicles 34 verses
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 אַרְבָּעָ֔ה adj Cardinal number ms and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
- 1 Chronicles 5:18 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 אַרְבָּעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
- 1 Chronicles 9:24 לְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
- 1 Chronicles 9:26 אַרְבַּ֨עַת֙ adj Cardinal number ms cs for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 12:26 אַרְבַּ֥עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 20:6 וְ/אַרְבַּ֔ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to the giant.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 אַרְבַּע֩ adj Cardinal number fs Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
- 1 Chronicles 21:20 וְ/אַרְבַּ֧עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥עַת וְ/אַרְבַּ֤עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], for giving praise.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10 אַרְבָּעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12 אַרְבָּעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
- 1 Chronicles 24:13 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
- 1 Chronicles 24:18 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 25:21 לְ/אַרְבָּעָ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:31 לְ/אַרְבָּעָ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 26:17 אַרְבָּעָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
- 1 Chronicles 26:18 אַרְבָּעָה֙ adj Cardinal number ms For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:2 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:4 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:5 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:7 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:8 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:9 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The sixth [captain] for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:10 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The seventh [captain] for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:11 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The eighth [captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:12 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The ninth [captain] for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:13 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The tenth [captain] for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:14 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:15 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
2 Chronicles 11 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 וְ/אַרְבַּע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 3:2 אַרְבַּ֖ע adj Cardinal number fs He began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
- 2 Chronicles 4:13 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
- 2 Chronicles 8:18 אַרְבַּע adj Cardinal number fs Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants who had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 אַרְבַּעַת֩ adj Cardinal number ms cs Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3 אַרְבַּע adj Cardinal number fs Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 18:5 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? They said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 35:1 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
Ezra 9 verses
- Ezra 1:10 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels one thousand.
- Ezra 1:11 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:7 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Ezra 2:15 אַרְבַּ֥ע וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
- Ezra 2:31 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Ezra 2:40 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
- Ezra 2:64 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
- Ezra 2:67 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
- Ezra 6:19 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
Nehemiah 11 verses
- Nehemiah 6:4 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
- Nehemiah 7:12 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Nehemiah 7:23 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.
- Nehemiah 7:34 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Nehemiah 7:43 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
- Nehemiah 7:66 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
- Nehemiah 7:68 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
- Nehemiah 7:69 ארבע adj Cardinal number fs [their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
- Nehemiah 9:1 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֜ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.
- Nehemiah 11:6 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
- Nehemiah 11:18 וְ/אַרְבָּעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
Esther 5 verses
- Esther 9:15 אַרְבָּעָ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
- Esther 9:17 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms [This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:18 וּ/בְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] of it, and on the fourteenth of it; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:19 אַרְבָּעָ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms Therefore do the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
About this entry
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The Hebrew word ארבע centers on the idea of “four.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:10. It appears 278 verses across 25 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. It clusters with רבע, רביעי and רבע under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H702 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 278
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 278 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #154
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 154 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 278 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Ezekiel 37 verses 13%
- Numbers 34 verses 12%
- 1 Chronicles 34 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 278 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 112 verses · 40%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 83 verses · 30%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 83 verses · 30%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Four 195×, Fourteenth 16×, Fourteen 15×
- American Standard Version†: Four 180×, Fourteenth 16×, Fourteen 15×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Four 132×, Fourteenth 20×, Fourteen 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Four 117×, Were 38×, And 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H702 across 312† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H702 across 313† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 47 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H702 across 225† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 93 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H702 across 264† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 66 further occurrences.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ארבע I f. four (NH = BH
- 1. without other num.:
- a. אַרְבַּע (1) before n.fpl. Je 15:3; Ex 25:12 (P) + 101 times, incl. א׳ אַמּוֹת Dt 3:11 + 5 times (but also †א׳ בַּאַמָּה four (in) cubit(s) Ex 26:2, 8; 36:9 1 K 7:27(×2), 38), and א׳ מֵאוֹת = 400 Gn 11:13 + 55 times (2) א׳ bef. du. רַנְלָ֑יִם Lv 11:23, רַגְלָיו Ex 25:26. †(3) bef. collective, א׳ צֹאן Ex 21:37 (E); א׳ רִבּוֹא = 40,000 Ezr 2:64 = Ne 7:66. †(4) rare and late, after n.fpl. עָרִים א׳ Jos 19:7 (P); after n. fs. cstr. בִּשְׁנַת א׳ לְ 1 K 22:41; Zc 7:1; 2 Ch 3:2.—קִרְיַת א׳, v. this, and ii. אַרְבַּע infr. †(5) n. om. Ez 43:15b Pr 30:15, 18 (Kt, v. supr.), v 21 Dn 8:8, 22; עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע (sc. רגלים) = on all fours Lv 11:20, 21, 27, 42. e.g. Jeremiah 15:3
- b. אַרְבַּעַה (1) bef. n. mpl. Gn 2:10 (J), 14:9 Ex 25:34 + 21 times, + יָמִים (וְ)א׳ חֳדשִׁים Ju 19:2; 1 S 27:7; also א׳ א׳ פָנִים distrib. Ez 10:21. †(2) late, after n. mpl. 1 Ch 23:10. (3) n. om., Am 1:3, 6, 9 + 15 times, + (as pred. of n. mpl.) †Ex 27:16(×2); 38:19(×2); also בְּא׳, (sc. יוֹם) †Zc 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day). e.g. Genesis 2:10
- c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת (1) bef. n. mpl. Ju 11:40 1 K 7:32 + 11 times (not Ez 7:2, v. supr.), + א׳ אֲלָפִים = 4000, 1 S 4:2 + 14 times †(2) bef. coll. הַבָּקָר Nu 7:7. †(3) n. om. 2 S 21:22. †(4) c. sf., after n. pl., = the four of them, Ez 1:8, 10(×3) + 6 times Ez, Dn 1:17 these boys, the four of them. e.g. Judges 11:40
- d. adv. אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 S 12:6 = four-fold Ges§ 97 h Köii. 1, 227, but read שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם 𝔊 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS. e.g. 2 Samuel 12:6
- 2. with other num.:
- a. (I) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14, (α) before n. fs., א׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה Gn 31:41, + (as ordinal, = 14th) 14:5; 2 K 18:13 = Is 36:1, Ez 40:1. (β) after n. fpl. עָרִים א׳ ע׳ Jos 15:36 + 8 times, נָשִׁים א׳ ע׳ 2 Ch 13:21. (2) אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר = 14, (α) before n. ms. Nu 17:14 (14 × 1000), Jb 42:12; especially. (as ord.) א׳ ע׳ יוֹם 14th day Ex 12:6, 18 + 7 times (β) bef. n. mpl. Nu 29:15. (γ) after n. mpl. Nu 29:13, 17 + 6 times (δ) after n. ms. Est 9:15, 19, 21, all = 14th. (ε) א׳ ע׳ pred. of נֶפֶשׁ Gn 46:22. (ζ) א׳ ע׳ = 14th (sc. day) Lv 23:15; 2 Ch 30:15 + 6 times e.g. Genesis 31:41
- b. 20 + (וְ) 4 + n. s. 1 K 15:33; 1 Ch 23:4 + 13 times 1 Ch 27; + n. pl. †Nu 7:88; n. om. 2 S 21:20, pred. ‖ 1 Ch 20:6; Ne 7:23; 4 + 20 + n. s. Nu 25:9; = 24th, יוֹם ע׳ וְא׳ Hg 1:15; 2:18; Zc 1:7; Ne 9:1; Dn 10:4, יוֹם om. Hg 2:10, 20, and (א׳ וְע׳) 1 Ch 24:18; 25:31†. e.g. 1 Kings 15:33
- c. other tens + 4, 1 Ch 7:7; 5:18 (+ n. s.), Ezr 2:15 + 7 times; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Gn 11:16, + אֶלֶף 1000 Nu 1:27, 29; 2:4, 6; 26:25, 43.—Vid. Köii. 1, § 106. e.g. 1 Chronicles 7:7
ארבע II m. (called הָאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל בָּעֲנָקִים Jos 14
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Word origin
II. n.m. et f. four (NH = BH; MI8 ארבען = 40; Ph. ארבע, Pun. ארבעת, four; so Assyrian arbaʾu (rarely irbaʾ), irbitti; Arabic أَرْبَعٌ, أَرْبَعَةٌ; Sab. ארבעת CISiv, no. 232. 2 HomChrest. 47; Ethiopic አርባዕ, አርባዕቱ Aramaic אַרְבַּע, אַרְבְּעָה, ܐܰܪܒܰܥ, ܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ; Nab. ארבע, Palm. ארבע, ארבעא, Lzb367);—m.148 (c. n.f.) אַרְבַּע (abs. vel cstr.) Ex 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Lv 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Jos 21:18 + 6 times Jos 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ע); in Pr 30:18 read f. with Qr; f. (c. n.m.) abs. אַרְבָּעָה Gn 2:10 + 125 times + Pr 30:18 (v. supr.); cstr. אַרְבַּעַת 1 S 4:2 + 29 times, incl. Ez 7:2 (but read m. Kt); sf. אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ez 1:8 + 5 times Ez, אַרְבַּעְתָּן 1:10, 10 (but read prob. -תָּם, Krae), v 16, 18; du. אַרְּבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 S 12:6, v. 1 d; pl. אַרְבָּעִים = 40, v. infr.;—four (in Hex 108 times, chiefly P, 98 times; Ez 52 times, Ch 47 times):—
III. n.pr.m. (called הָאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל בָּעֲנָקִים Jos 14:15, אֲבִי הָעֲנָק 15:13 cf. 21:11), inferred (erron.) from n.pr.loc. קִרְיַת א׳ (q.v.).
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Derived from רבע (râbaʻ) (H7251) — to square.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אַרְבַּע
- four, v. אַרְבָּעָא I a. אַרְבְּעָה.
רְבַע
- 1. to lie, couch. Targ. Num. XXII, 27 (h. text רבץ). Targ. Y. Gen. XLIX, 25; a. fr.—Part. רְבִיעַ; f. רְבִיעָא; pl. רְבִיעִין; רְבִיעָן. Ib. IV, 7. Targ. Deut. XXII, 6 (O. ed. Vien. רְבֵעָא). Targ. Ps. CIV, 22; a. fr.—Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵇ top לא מיסתך דאת ר׳ וכ׳ is it not not enough that thou art lying (on the dining couch), and he stands and attends thee? Ib. גזירנא דהוא ר׳ וכ׳ (not גזירה) I decree that he lie down, and thou stand &c. Gen. R. s. 7 רביע ואנא וכ׳ lie down (to be lashed), and I will tell thee; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 6; Pesik. R. s. 14. Koh. R. to I, 8 קם ור׳ ליה על רגלוי he arose and threw himself down at his feet. Shebu. 22ᵇ, a. fr. אריא הוא דר׳ וכ׳, v. אַרְיָא; a. fr.
- 2. to commit buggery. Ab. Zar. 24ᵃ דילמא רַבְעוּהָ לאימא דאימא perhaps they (gentiles) had connection with the grandmother (of the animal, while she was pregnant); a. e.
- 1. to cause to lie down, lay down. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 11 (h. text ויברך). Targ. Y. Deut. XXV, 2 ויַרְבְּעִינֵיה (not ויִרְ׳).—Part. pass. מַרְבַּע. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 14.—Num. R. s. 19 אַרְבְּעוּנֵיה דילקי lay him down, that he may receive lashes; Tanḥ. l. c. ארבעתיה (corr. acc.); ib. ארבעונהי (corr. acc.). Pesik. R. l. c. אַרְבְּעִינֵיה lay thou him down. Y. Bicc. I, 64ᵃ אַרְבְּעֵיה על וכ׳ he ordered him to be laid on the benches (for punishment). B. Kam. 114ᵃ אַרְבְּעֵית לי אריא וכ׳ thou didst put a lion at my borders, i.e. you forced a violent neighbor upon me; a. e.—Y. Yeb. IV, 6ᵃ bot. ואנא בעי מַרְבַּעְתָּהּ וכ׳ and I want to assist at her lying down (for delivery), before she cools off, v. צְנַן.
- 2. to copulate animals, esp. to hybridize. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXVI, 24. Targ. Y. Lev. XIX, 19.
- 1. to divide into four parts. Targ. Y. Deut. XXXII, 4.
- 2. to make quadrangular. Part. pass. מְרַבַּע (מְרֻבַּע Hebraism); f. מְרַבְּעָא; pl. מְּרַבְּעִין; מְרַבְּעָן, מְרַבְּעָתָא quadrate. Targ. Ex. XXVII, 1. Targ. Ez. XLV, 2. Targ. I Kings VII, 5. Targ. Y. I Num. XXXIII, 7 (not מֵרַבְ׳); Targ. Y. I Ex. XIV, 2 (ed. Vien. מרביעתא, corr. acc.); a. e.—Y. Sot. V, 20ᵇ bot. מאן דמְרַבַּע ארבע וכ׳ he that wants to form four rows of four casks each requires sixteen casks. Erub. 57ᵃ אימור … כמאן דמְרַבְּעָא רַבּוּעֵי ודאי מי מְרַבַּעְנָא we said, we consider it in our calculations as if it were squared; do we, however, really make it a square (by filling the space with buildings)?; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 93 distinct written forms H702 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 33 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H702, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- רביעי rᵉbîyʻîy H7243 fourth
- רבע rebaʻ H7253 fourth part
- רבע rôbaʻ H7255 fourth part
- רבע ribbêaʻ H7256 fourth
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 259 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 278 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:10
- Exodus 12:6
- Leviticus 11:20
- Numbers 1:27
- Deuteronomy 3:11
- Joshua 5:10
- Judges 9:34
- 1 Samuel 4:2
- 2 Samuel 21:20
- 1 Kings 6:1
- 2 Kings 7:3
- 1 Chronicles 3:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
