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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§ 97h11. 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 6 (Jdg 20:47–1Ch 25:31)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But 600 men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon four H702 months.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 H702 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with [fn]him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - And the Philistines arranged themselves to meet Israel. Then the battle spread, and Israel was [fn]defeated before the Philistines who struck down about 4,000 H702 men on the battlefield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who [fn]was in debt, and everyone who was bitter of soul, gathered to him; and he became a commander over them. Now there were about four H702 hundred men with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13 - Then David said to his men, “Each of you gird on his sword.” So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four H702 hundred men went up behind David, and two hundred stayed with the baggage.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:7 - And the number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four H702 months.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:10 - But David pursued, he and four H702 hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - Then David struck them down from the twilight [fn]until the evening of [fn]the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four H702 hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four H702 in number; and he also had been born to the [fn]giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:22 - These four H702 were born to the [fn]giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 -

Now it happened in the four H702 hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he [fn]began to build the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was [fn]100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four H702 rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - Now the capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four H702 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 -

Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four H702 cubits and its width four H702 cubits and its height three cubits.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - Now each stand had four H702 bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four H702 feet had supports; beneath the laver were cast supports with wreaths at each side.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - And the four H702 wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - Now there were four H702 supports at the four H702 corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 -

He also made ten lavers of bronze, one laver held forty baths; each laver was four H702 cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one laver.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:42 - and the four H702 hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 -

So Solomon celebrated the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from [fn]Lebo-hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen H702 days.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28 - And they went to Ophir and took from there 420 H702 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 -

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 H702 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and [fn]stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 -

In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four H702 years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - “So now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 H702 prophets of Baal and 400 H702 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of Yahweh, but Baal’s prophets are 450 H702 men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:33 - Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and placed it on the wood.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four H702 hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 -

Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth H702 year of Ahab king of Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 -

Now there were four H702 leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel seized 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, [fn]400 H702 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 -

Now in the fourteenth H702 year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:5 -

These were born to him in Jerusalem:

Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four H702, by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 -

The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of men of valor, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were learned in the ways of battle, were 44,760 H702, who went out for military duty.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:1 -

Now the sons of Issachar: Tola, [fn]Puah, [fn]Jashub, and Shimron, four H702.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 -

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five. They were heads of fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 H702 recorded by genealogy.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - The gatekeepers were [fn]on the four H702 sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - for the four H702 chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 -

Of the sons of Levi 4,600 H702.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four H702 fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also had been born to the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - And Joab gave the total count of the [fn]census of the people to David. And all Israel were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 H702 men who drew the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four H702 sons who were with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, 24,000 H702 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - and 4,000 H702 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 H702 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which [fn]David made for giving praise.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:10 -

The sons of Shimei were Jahath, [fn]Zina, Jeush, and Beriah.

These four H702 were the sons of Shimei.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:12 -

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four H702.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 -

the thirteenth for Huppah,

the fourteenth H702 for Jeshebeab,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 -

the twenty-third for Delaiah,

the twenty-fourth H702 for Maaziah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 -

All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer to [fn]exalt him according to the words of God. So God gave fourteen H702 sons and three daughters to Heman.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21 -

for the fourteenth H702, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31 -

for the twenty-fourth H702 to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.


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