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.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–278 of 278 distinct verses where H702 appears, across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Esther 5 verses
Job 3 verses
- Job 1:19 בְּ/אַרְבַּע֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 42:12 אַרְבָּעָה֩ adj Cardinal number ms So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
- Job 42:16 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.
Proverbs 5 verses
- Proverbs 30:15 אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע adj Cardinal number fs "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'
- Proverbs 30:18 ו/ארבע וְ֝/אַרְבָּעָ֗ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms "There are three things which are too amazing for me, Four which I don't understand:
- Proverbs 30:21 אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע adj Cardinal number fs "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
- Proverbs 30:24 אַרְבָּ֣עָה adj Cardinal number ms "There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
- Proverbs 30:29 וְ֝/אַרְבָּעָ֗ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms "There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 11:12 מֵ/אַרְבַּ֖ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs He will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isaiah 17:6 אַרְבָּעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 36:1 בְּ/אַרְבַּע֩ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 15:3 אַרְבַּ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
- Jeremiah 36:23 וְ/אַרְבָּעָה֒ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
- Jeremiah 49:36 אַרְבַּ֣ע מֵֽ/אַרְבַּע֙ adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
- Jeremiah 52:21 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
- Jeremiah 52:30 אַרְבַּ֥עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Ezekiel 37 verses
- Ezekiel 1:5 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs Out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.
- Ezekiel 1:6 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Everyone had four faces, and everyone of them had four wings.
- Ezekiel 1:8 אַרְבַּ֣עַת לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּֽ/ם adj Cardinal number ms cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings [thus]:
- Ezekiel 1:10 לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔/ם לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ן לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּֽ/ן prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3fp prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3fp As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 1:15 לְ/אַרְבַּ֥עַת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
- Ezekiel 1:16 לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ן prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3fp The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 1:17 אַרְבַּ֥עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.
- Ezekiel 1:18 לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּֽ/ן prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3fp As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.
- Ezekiel 7:2 ארבעת אַרְבַּ֖ע adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number fs You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.
- Ezekiel 10:9 אַרְבָּעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 10:10 לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ם prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp As for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel have been within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 10:11 אַרְבַּ֤עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they didn't turn as they went.
- Ezekiel 10:12 לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֖/ם prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, [even] the wheels that they four had.
- Ezekiel 10:14 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 10:21 אַרְבָּעָ֨ה אַרְבָּעָ֤ה וְ/אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- Ezekiel 14:21 אַרְבַּ֣עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs For thus says the Lord Yahweh: How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!
- Ezekiel 37:9 מֵ/אַרְבַּ֤ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.
- Ezekiel 40:1 בְּ/אַרְבַּ֤ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there.
- Ezekiel 40:41 אַרְבָּעָ֨ה וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].
- Ezekiel 40:42 וְ/אַרְבָּעָה֩ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms There were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
- Ezekiel 41:5 אַרְבַּ֨ע adj Cardinal number fs Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
- Ezekiel 42:20 לְ/אַרְבַּ֨ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.
- Ezekiel 43:14 אַרְבַּ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
- Ezekiel 43:15 אַרְבַּ֣ע אַרְבַּֽע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
- Ezekiel 43:16 אַרְבַּ֥עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs The altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it.
- Ezekiel 43:17 אַרְבַּ֧ע בְּ/אַרְבַּ֤ע אַרְבַּ֣עַת adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs The ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps of it shall look toward the east.
- Ezekiel 43:20 אַרְבַּ֤ע אַרְבַּע֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs You shall take of the blood of it, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border round about: thus shall you cleanse it and make atonement for it.
- Ezekiel 45:19 אַרְבַּ֛ע adj Cardinal number fs The priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it on the door-posts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.
- Ezekiel 45:21 בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֨ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
- Ezekiel 46:21 אַרְבַּ֖עַת adj Cardinal number ms cs Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- Ezekiel 46:22 בְּ/אַרְבַּ֜עַת לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֖/ם prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.
- Ezekiel 46:23 לְ/אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑/ם prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp There was a wall round about in them, round about the four, and boiling-places were made under the walls round about.
- Ezekiel 48:16 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣עַת וְ/אַרְבַּ֣עַת וְ/אַרְבַּ֣עַת וְ/אַרְבַּ֥עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs These shall be the measures of it: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
- Ezekiel 48:30 וְ/אַרְבַּ֥עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure;
- Ezekiel 48:32 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
- Ezekiel 48:33 וְ/אַרְבַּ֤עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
- Ezekiel 48:34 וְ/אַרְבַּ֣עַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 1:17 אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔/ם adj Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
- Daniel 8:8 אַרְבַּע֙ לְ/אַרְבַּ֖ע adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs The male goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable [horns] toward the four winds of the sky.
- Daniel 8:22 אַרְבַּ֖ע אַרְבַּ֧ע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
- Daniel 10:4 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
- Daniel 11:4 לְ/אַרְבַּ֖ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.
Amos 8 verses
- Amos 1:3 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
- Amos 1:6 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they carried away captive the whole community, To deliver them up to Edom;
- Amos 1:9 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
- Amos 1:11 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity, And his anger raged continually, And he kept his wrath forever;
- Amos 1:13 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they may enlarge their border.
- Amos 2:1 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
- Amos 2:4 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected Yahweh's law, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;
- Amos 2:6 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
Haggai 4 verses
- Haggai 1:15 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֛ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
- Haggai 2:10 וְ/אַרְבָּעָה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
- Haggai 2:18 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֜ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.
- Haggai 2:20 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֛ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
Zechariah 7 verses
- Zechariah 1:7 וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֜ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 1:18 אַרְבַּ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.
- Zechariah 1:20 אַרְבָּעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
- Zechariah 2:6 כְּ/אַרְבַּ֞ע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Yahweh.
- Zechariah 6:1 אַרְבַּ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- Zechariah 6:5 אַרְבַּע֙ adj Cardinal number fs The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
- Zechariah 7:1 אַרְבַּ֔ע בְּ/אַרְבָּעָ֛ה adj Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened in the fourth year of king Darius that the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
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.
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- רביעי rᵉbîyʻîy H7243 fourth
- רבע rebaʻ H7253 fourth part
- רבע rôbaʻ H7255 fourth part
- רבע ribbêaʻ H7256 fourth
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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.
