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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 2 / 6 (Num 1:37–Jdg 20:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - his company as listed being 74,600.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - his company as listed being 54,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - his company as listed being 57,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. They shall set out first on the march.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - his company as listed being 35,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - his company as listed being 53,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - each silver plate weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the vessels 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88 - and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11 - In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were 64,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were 45,400.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 - And you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD, thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:15 - and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:17 - “On the second day twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:20 - “On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:23 - “On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:26 - “On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:29 - “On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:32 - “On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits[fn] was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.[fn])
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12 - “You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[fn] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah[fn] and Kiriath-jearim[fn]—fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities with their villages,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:18 - Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:22 - Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:24 - Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:29 - Jarmuth with its pasturelands, 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, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:37 - Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:39 - Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech and all the men who were with him rose up by night and set an ambush against Shechem in four companies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:40 - that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - And his concubine was unfaithful to[fn] him, and she went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:17 - And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered 400,000 men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.

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