רְבִיעִי
fourth
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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
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Ordinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 32 times (58%)
- Adjective, Ordinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 15 times (27%)
- Adjective, Ordinal number, Feminine, Singular, Construct 6 times (11%)
- Adjective, Ordinal number, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 2 times (4%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 55 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H7243 appears — 53 distinct verses across 17 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.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 1:19 רְבִיעִֽי adj Ordinal number ms There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
- Genesis 2:14 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֖י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
- Genesis 15:16 רְבִיעִ֖י adj Ordinal number ms In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 28:20 הָ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
- Exodus 39:13 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 19:24 הָ/רְבִיעִ֔ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:13 רְבִיעִ֥ת adj Ordinal number fs cs The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a sweet savor; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
Numbers 7 verses
- Numbers 7:30 הָ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben
- Numbers 15:4 בִּ/רְבִעִ֥ית prep + Adjective Ordinal number fs then shall he who offers his offering offer to Yahweh a meal-offering of a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
- Numbers 15:5 רְבִיעִ֣ית adj Ordinal number fs and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shall you prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
- Numbers 28:5 רְבִיעִ֥ת adj Ordinal number fs cs and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
- Numbers 28:7 רְבִיעִ֣ת adj Ordinal number fs cs The drink-offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shall you pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to Yahweh.
- Numbers 28:14 וּ/רְבִיעִ֥ת conj + Adjective Ordinal number fs cs Their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
- Numbers 29:23 הָ/רְבִיעִ֛י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 6:1 הָ/רְבִיעִ֜ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal 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 6:33 רְבִעִֽית adj Ordinal number fs cs So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part [of the wall];
- 1 Kings 6:37 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֔ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Yahweh laid, in the month Ziv.
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 10:30 רְבִעִ֔ים adj Ordinal number mp Yahweh said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, [and] have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:12 רְבִיעִ֔ים adj Ordinal number mp This was the word of Yahweh which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. So it came to pass.
- 2 Kings 18:9 הָֽ/רְבִיעִית֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs It happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
1 Chronicles 13 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:14 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
- 1 Chronicles 3:2 הָ/רְבִיעִ֖י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 הָ/רְבִיעִ֖י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
- 1 Chronicles 8:2 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
- 1 Chronicles 12:10 הָ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
- 1 Chronicles 23:19 הָ/רְבִיעִֽי ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 24:8 הָ/רְבִעִֽי ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
- 1 Chronicles 24:23 הָ/רְבִיעִֽי ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms The sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 25:11 הָ/רְבִיעִי֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:2 הָ/רְבִיעִֽי ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
- 1 Chronicles 26:4 הָ/רְבִיעִ֔י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
- 1 Chronicles 26:11 הָ/רְבִעִ֑י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
- 1 Chronicles 27:7 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֞י הָ/רְבִיעִ֗י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal 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.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Jeremiah 8 verses
- Jeremiah 25:1 הָֽ/רְבִעִ֔ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),
- Jeremiah 28:1 הָֽ/רְבִעִ֔ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
- Jeremiah 36:1 הָ/רְבִיעִ֔ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
- Jeremiah 39:2 הָ/רְבִיעִ֖י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),
- Jeremiah 45:1 הָֽ/רְבִעִ֔ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:2 הָֽ/רְבִיעִ֔ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 51:59 הָ/רְבִעִ֖ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
- Jeremiah 52:6 הָֽ/רְבִיעִי֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Ezekiel 3 verses
- Ezekiel 1:1 בָּֽ/רְבִיעִי֙ prep det + Adjective Ordinal number ms Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
- Ezekiel 10:14 וְ/הָ/רְבִיעִ֖י conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal 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 48:20 רְבִיעִ֗ית adj Ordinal number fs All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer the holy offering four-square, with the possession of the city.
Daniel 1 verse
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 6:3 הָ/רְבִעִ֔ית ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.
- Zechariah 8:19 הָ/רְבִיעִ֡י ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."
About this entry
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רביעי (rᵉbîyʻîy) is a Hebrew adjective most often rendered “fourth.” Debuting at Genesis 1:19, it then recurs through the corpus. With 53 verses in 17 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in 1 Chronicles, which alone accounts for 25% of its uses. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. 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 H7243 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 →
- 53
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 53 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #686
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 686 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 53 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 13 verses 25%
- Jeremiah 8 verses 15%
- Numbers 7 verses 13%
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 53 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 22 verses · 42%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 17 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 14 verses · 26%
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).
- King James Version: Fourth 44×, Came to pass in the fourth 2×, Fourth part 2×
- American Standard Version: Fourth 46×, Came to pass in the fourth 2×, Fourth part 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Fourth 42×, Quarter 8×, Four generations 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Fourth 38×, Fourth of 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7243 across 56 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7243 across 56 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 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 H7243 across 56 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7243 across 51 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
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 4 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.
- 1. m. Gn 2:14; 15:16 (JE), also (especially of days, months, sons, etc.) Gn 1:19 Ex 28:20; 39:13; Nu 7:30; 29:23; Jos 19:17 (all P), Ju 19:5; Je 39:2; 52:6; 1 Ch 27:7b 2 Ch 20:26; Ezr 8:33; n. om. 2 S 3:4 = 1 Ch 3:2; 1 Ch 2:14; 3:15; 8:2; 12:10; 23:19; 24:8, 23; 25:11; 26:2, 4, 11; 27:7a Ezr 10:14; Dn 11:2; sc. חֹדֶשׁ Ez 1:1; Zc 8:19; pl. in בְּנֵי רְבִ(י)עִים sons of fourth (ones), i.e. to the fourth generation, 2 K 10:30; 15:12 (cf. [רִבֵּעַ], and [Old Aramaic Nērab] בני רבע Cook107). e.g. Genesis 2:14
- 2. f. of years, 1 K 6:1, 37; 2 K 18:9; Je 25:1; 28:1; 36:1; 45:1; 46:2; 51:59; Zc 6:3; Lv 19:24 (H); מֵאֵת רְבִעִית 1 K 6:33, read מְזֻוֹת רְבֻעוֹת 𝔊 𝔙 Th Sta Kmp Kit Benz Bur. e.g. 1 Kings 6:1
- 3. רְבִיעִית Ez 48:20 four square (read poss. רְבוּעָה). e.g. Ezekiel 48:20
- 4. רְבִ(י)עִ(י)ת as n. = fourth part, cstr., ר׳ הַהִין Lv 23:13 (H), Ex 29:40; Nu 15:4, 5; 28:5, 7, 14; ר׳ הַיּוֹם Ne 9:3a; so abs. (הַיּוֹם om.) v 3b. e.g. Leviticus 23:13
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
m., רְבִיעִית f., adj.num.ordin. fourth;m. רְבִיעִי Gn 2:14 + 29 times, רְבִעִי 1 Ch 24:8; 26:11; pl. רְבִיעִים 2 K 15:12, רְבִעִים 10:30; f. abs. רְבִיעִית 1 K 6:1 + 3 times, רְבִיעִת Lv 19:29, רְבִעִית 1 K 6:37 + 6 times + 1 K 6:33 (v. infr.); cstr. רְבִיעִית Nu 15:5, רְבִיעִת Ex 29:40 + 4 times, רְבִעִית Nu 15:4 + 2 times;—fourth, usually הָֽר׳:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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.
רְבִיעִי
- (b. h.) fourth. Taan. 29ᵇ חל להיות … בר׳ (sub. בשבת) if the ninth of Ab falls … on a Wednesday; Meg. 22ᵇ. Keth. I, 1 בתילה נשאת ליום הר׳ it is customary for a virgin to be married on the fourth day of the week; a. v. fr.—Esp. fourth grade of uncleanness. Ḥag. III, 2; Tosef. ib. III, 7 הר׳ פסול וכ׳ the fourth grade is a disqualification in sacrificial food, the third, in T’rumah. Ib. 18; a. fr.—Fem. רְבִיעִית. Meg. III, 4 (29ᵃ) בר׳ on the fourth Sabbath of Adar; a. fr.—Esp. (sub. לוֹג) one fourth of a Log. B. Bath. 58ᵇ איזהו אנטל זהו ר׳ what is Anṭal? The fourth of a Log mentioned in connection with religious ceremonies (v. comment.). Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵃ bot. ר׳ של תורה וכ׳ Ar. (ed. שיעורו של כוס) the legal r’biʿith (for the cup of the Passover night) is a bottom of two fingers by two, with a height of one and five-sixths of a finger. Sot. 5ᵃ אדם שאין בו אלא ר׳ אחת וכ׳ man in whom there is only one-fourth of a Log (of vital blood, v. Rashi) &c.; Sabb. 31ᵇ bot.; a. v. fr.—Pl. רְבִיעִיּוֹת. Sot. l. c. Lam. R. to IV, 1 (ref. to אבני קדש, ib.) אלו שתי ר׳ של דם וכ׳ this refers to the two-fourths of blood (of king Josiah) which Jeremiah took up (from the battlefield) and buried (v. II Chr. XXXV, 24 sq.). Pes. 112ᵃ לילי ר׳ the nights of the fourth days of the week, Tuesday evenings; a. fr. e.g. 2 Chronicles 35:24
רְבִיעַי
- , v. רְבִיעָאָה
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 38 distinct written forms H7243 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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7243, 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
- ארבע ʼarbaʻ H702 four
- רבע rebaʻ H7253 fourth part
- רבע rôbaʻ H7255 fourth part
- רבע ribbêaʻ H7256 fourth
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 49 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 53 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 1:19
- Exodus 28:20
- Leviticus 19:24
- Numbers 7:30
- Joshua 19:17
- Judges 19:5
- 2 Samuel 3:4
- 1 Kings 6:1
- 2 Kings 10:30
- 1 Chronicles 2:14
- 2 Chronicles 20:26
- Ezra 8:33
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.
