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Lexicon :: Strong's H702 - 'arbaʿ

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אַרְבַּע
Transliteration
'arbaʿ
Pronunciation
ar-bah'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine adjective, noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2106a

Strong’s Definitions

אַרְבַּע ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'; masculine אַרְבָּעָה ʼarbâʻâh; from H7251; four:—four.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 316x

The KJV translates Strong's H702 in the following manner: four (265x), fourteen (with H6240) (19x), fourteenth (with H6240) (23x), fourth (5x), forty (2x), three score and fourteen (with H7657) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 316x
The KJV translates Strong's H702 in the following manner: four (265x), fourteen (with H6240) (19x), fourteenth (with H6240) (23x), fourth (5x), forty (2x), three score and fourteen (with H7657) (2x).

  1. four

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַרְבַּע ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'; masculine אַרְבָּעָה ʼarbâʻâh; from H7251; four:—four.
STRONGS H702: Abbreviations
I. אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה 316 noun masculine and feminine four (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; MI8 ארבען = 40; Phoenician ארבע, Punic ארבעת, four; so Assyrian arba’u (rarely irba’), irbitti; Arabic أَرْبَعً, أَرْبَعَةً; Sabean ארבעת CISiv, no. 232.2 HomChrest. 47; Ethiopic አርባዕ፡ አርባዕፑ፡ Aramaic אַרְבַּע, אַרְבְּעָה, IfbRAf  , axibRAf  ; Nabataean ארבע, Palmyrene ארבע, ארבעא, Lzb367); — masculine148 (with noun feminine) אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Leviticus 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Joshua 21:18 + 6 times Joshua 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל); in Proverbs 30:18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (with noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה Genesis 2:10 + 125 times + Proverbs 30:18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1 Samuel 4:2 + 29 times, including Ezekiel 7:2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ezekiel 1:8 + 5 times Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezekiel 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably ־תָּם, Krae), Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 1:18; dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם [H706 2 Samuel 12:6], see 1 d; plural אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; — four (in Hexateuch + 108 times, chiefly P, + 98 times; Ezekiel + 52 times, Chronicles + 47 times): —
1. without other number:
a. אַרְבַּע
(1) before feminine plural noun Jeremiah 15:3; Exodus 25:12 (P) + 101 times, including אַמּוֺת א׳ Deuteronomy 3:11 + 5 times (but also † בָּאַמָּה א׳ four (in) cubit(s) Exodus 26:2, 8; Exodus 36:9; 1 Kings 7:27 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:38), and מֵאוֺת א׳ = 400 Genesis 11:13 + 55 times
(2) א׳ before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם Leviticus 11:23, רַגְלָיו Exodus 25:26.
†(3) before collective, צאֹן א׳ Exodus 21:37 (E); רִבּוֺא א׳ = 40,000 Ezra 2:64 = Nehemiah 7:66.
†(4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun עָרִים א׳ Joshua 19:7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct לְ בִּשְׁנַת א׳ 1 Kings 22:41; Zechariah 7:1; 2 Chronicles 3:2. — קִרְיַת א׳, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע below.
†(5) noun omitted Ezekiel 43:15b Proverbs 30:15, 18 (Kt, see above), Proverbs 30:21; Daniel 8:8, 22; עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ל (that is רגלים = on all fours Leviticus 11:20, 21, 27, 42.
b. אַרְבָּעָה
(1) before masculine plural noun Genesis 2:10 (J), Genesis 14:9; Exodus 25:34 + 21 times, + חֳדָשִׁים יָמִים (וְ)א׳ Judges 19:2; 1 Samuel 27:7; also פָנִים א׳ א׳ distributive Ezekiel 10:21.
†(2) late, after masculine plural noun 1 Chronicles 23:10.
(3) noun omitted, Amos 1:3, 6, 9 + 15 times,.+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) † Exodus 27:16 (twice in verse); Exodus 38:19 (twice in verse); also בְּא׳, (that is יוֺם) † Zechariah 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).
c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת
(1) before masculine plural noun Judges 11:40; 1 Kings 7:32 + 11 times (not Ezekiel 7:2, see above), + אֲלָפִים א׳ = 4000, 1 Samuel 4:2 + 14 times
†(2) before collective הַבָּקָר Numbers 7:7.
†(3) noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:22.
†(4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Ezekiel 1:8, 10 (3 times in verse) + 6 times Ezekiel; Daniel 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם [H706 2 Samuel 12:6] = four-fold Ges§ 97h Kö11. l, 227, but read שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם Greek Version of the LXX Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
2. with other number:
a.
(1) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14,
(α) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה שָׁנָה ע'א׳ Genseis 31:41, + (as ordinal. =14th) Genesis 14:5; 2 Kings 18:13 = Isaiah 36:1, Ezekiel 40:1.
(β) after noun feminine plural ע'א'עָרִים Joshua 15:36 + 8 times, ע'א'נָשׁים 2 Chronicles 13:21.
(2) עָשָׂר אַרְבָּעָה = 14,
(α) before noun masculine singular Numberse 17:14 (14 x 1000), Hib 42:12; especially (as ordinal) יוֹם ע׳ א׳ 14th day Exodus 12:6; Exodus 12:18 + 7 times.
(β) before noun masculine plural. Numbers 29:15.
(γ) after noun masculine plural. Numbers 29:13; Numbers 29:17 + 6 times.
(δ) after noun masculine singular Esther 9:15; Esther 9:19; Esther 9:21, all=14th.
(ε) ע'א׳ predicate of נֶפֶשׁ Genesis 46:22.
(ζ) ע'א׳= 14th (sc. day) Leviticus 23:15; 2 Chronicles 30:15 + 6 times.
b. 20+ (וְ) 4+ n. s. 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Chronicles 23:4 + 13 times 1 Chronicles 27; + plural noun † Numbers 7:88; noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:20 predicate || 1 Chronicles 20:6; Nehemiah 7:23; 4+20+n.s. Numbers 25:9; = 24th, וְא׳ יוֺם ע׳ Haggai 1:15; Haggai 1:18; Zechariah 1:7; Nehemiah 9:1; Daniel 10:4, יוֺם omitted Haggai 2:10, 20, and (וְע׳ א׳) 1 Chronicles 24:18; 1 Chronicles 25:31†.
c. other tens + 4, 1 Chronicles 7:7; 1 Chronicles 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezra 2:15 + 7 times; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Genesis 11:16, + אֶלֶף 1000 Numbers 1:27, 29; Numbers 2:4, 6; Numbers 26:25, 43. — See Köii. 1, § 106.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:10; 2:10; 11:13; 11:16; 14:5; 14:9; 46:22

Exodus

12:6; 12:18; 25:12; 25:26; 25:34; 26:2; 26:8; 27:16; 36:9; 38:19

Leviticus

11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:23; 11:27; 11:42; 23:15

Numbers

1:27; 1:29; 2:4; 2:6; 7:7; 7:88; 25:9; 26:25; 26:43; 29:13; 29:15; 29:17

Deuteronomy

3:11

Joshua

15:36; 19:7; 21; 21:18

Judges

11:40; 19:2

1 Samuel

4:2; 4:2; 27:7

2 Samuel

21:20; 21:22

1 Kings

7:27; 7:32; 7:38; 15:33; 22:41

2 Kings

18:13

1 Chronicles

5:18; 7:7; 20:6; 23:4; 23:10; 24:18; 25:31; 27

2 Chronicles

3:2; 13:21; 30:15

Ezra

2:15; 2:64

Nehemiah

7:23; 7:66; 9:1

Esther

9:15; 9:19; 9:21

Proverbs

30:15; 30:18; 30:18; 30:18; 30:21

Isaiah

36:1

Jeremiah

15:3

Ezekiel

1:8; 1:8; 1:10; 1:10; 1:16; 1:18; 7:2; 7:2; 10:21; 40:1; 43:15

Daniel

1:17; 8:8; 8:22; 10:4

Amos

1:3; 1:6; 1:9

Haggai

1:15; 2:10; 2:20

Zechariah

1:7; 7:1; 7:1

H702

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Strong's Number H702 matches the Hebrew אַרְבַּע ('arbaʿ),
which occurs 320 times in 277 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 2:10–Num 1:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:16 - When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels[fn] of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years I have 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:22 - These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:18 - In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 - The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:41 - At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - [fn] “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:12 - You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:26 - And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,[fn] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:17 - You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius,[fn] topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits,[fn] and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:3 - And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:13 - He cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings to the four corners at its four legs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - And on the lampstand itself were four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - He made horns for it on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He cast four rings on the four corners of the bronze grating as holders for the poles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:10 - And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - “All winged insects that go on all fours are detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you shall not eat, for they are detestable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight,[fn] is the LORD’s Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those listed of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - those listed of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

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