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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:16 - When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces[fn] of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - After delivering the message, the messengers returned to Jacob and reported, “We met your brother, Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you—with an army of 400 men!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with his 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and his two servant wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:22 - These were the sons of Rachel and Jacob. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Rachel was fourteen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - Then when you harvest it, one-fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - “Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:18 - The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 - The people of Israel had lived in Egypt[fn] for 430 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:41 - In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the LORD’s forces left the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - [fn]“If someone steals an ox[fn] or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for each ox stolen, and four sheep for each sheep stolen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:12 - Cast four gold rings and attach them to its four feet, two rings on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:26 - Make four gold rings for the table and attach them at the four corners next to the four legs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:34 - Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - These eleven curtains must all be exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:2 - Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:4 - Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “For the entrance to the courtyard, make a curtain that is 30 feet long.[fn] Make it from finely woven linen, and decorate it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Support it with four posts, each securely set in its own base.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:17 - Mount four rows of gemstones[fn] on it. The first row will contain a red carnelian, a pale-green peridot, and an emerald.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - All ten curtains were exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - For the curtain, he made four posts of acacia wood and four gold hooks. He overlaid the posts with gold and set them in four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:3 - He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:13 - Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:20 - The center stem of the lampstand was crafted with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:2 - He made horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar were all one piece. He overlaid the altar with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:5 - He cast four rings and attached them to the corners of the bronze grating to hold the carrying poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - It was supported by four posts, each set securely in its own bronze base. The tops of the posts were overlaid with silver, and the hooks and rings were also made of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds[fn] of bronze,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:10 - They mounted four rows of gemstones[fn] on it. The first row contained a red carnelian, a pale-green peridot, and an emerald.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - “You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - “The LORD’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]

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Judah74,600

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 -
Issachar54,400

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Zebulun57,400

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