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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 318 times in 277 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (Num 1:37–Jdg 20:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 -

those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 -

those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 -

“His military division numbers 74,600.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 -

“His military division numbers 54,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 -

“His military division numbers 57,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 -

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

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“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 -

“His military division numbers 35,400.

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“His military division numbers 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 -

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 -

and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 -

Each silver dish weighed 3 1/4 pounds,[fn] and each basin 1 3/4 pounds.[fn] The total weight of the silver articles was 60 pounds[fn] measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88 -

All the livestock for the fellowship sacrifice totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication gift for the altar after it was anointed.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 -

“You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 -

and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11 -

“Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 -

But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who died because of the Korah incident.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 -

but those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 -

These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 -

All the Shuhamite clans numbered by their registered men: 64,400.

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These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400.

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These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16 -

“The Passover to the LORD comes in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 -

“Present a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old. They are to be unblemished.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:15 -

“and two quarts with each of the fourteen lambs.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:17 -

“On the second day present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

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“On the third day present eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

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“On the fourth day present ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

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“On the fifth day present nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

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“On the sixth day present eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

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“On the seventh day present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 -

“(Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed[fn] was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide by a standard measure.[fn])

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12 -

“Make tassels on the four corners of the outer garment you wear.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 -

While the Israelites camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 -

Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim ​— ​fourteen cities, with their settlements;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 -

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[fn] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath[fn] ​— ​fourteen cities, with their settlements.

This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 -

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan ​— ​four cities, with their settlements;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:18 -

Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

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Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

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Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

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Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:31 -

Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:35 -

Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.

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Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39 -

Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities in all.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 -

So Abimelech and all the troops with him got up at night and waited in ambush for Shechem in four units.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:40 -

that four days each year the young women of Israel would commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 -

But she was unfaithful to[fn] him and left him for her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for four months.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 -

The leaders of all the people and of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: four hundred thousand armed foot soldiers.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 -

The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized four hundred thousand armed men, every one an experienced warrior.


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