Strong's Lexicon

H702

H702 — אַרבַּע אַרבָּעָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewarbaadjectiveOccurrences: 320TWOT: 2106a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H702
Word:אַרבַּע אַרבָּעָה
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H7251
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:320
Transliteration:arba
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (ar-bah') (masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}) adj.
Meaning:1. four
KJV Renderings:four.

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I. אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה316 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 [untranscribed source text 4939], [untranscribed source text 4940]; Sabean ארבעת CISiv, no. 232.2 HomChrest. 47; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4941]: [untranscribed source text 4942]: Aramaic אַרְבַּע, אַרְבְּעָה, [untranscribed source text 4943], [untranscribed source text 4944]; Nabataean ארבע, Palmyrene ארבע, ארבעא, Lzb367); — masculine148 (c. noun feminine) אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exod 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Lev 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Josh 21:18 +6 t. Josh 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל); in Prov 30:18 read feminine with Qr ; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה Gen 2:10 + 125 t. + Prov 30:18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1Sam 4:2 + 29 t., including Ezek 7:2 (but read masculine Kt ); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ezek 1:8 + 5 t. Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezek 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם-, Krae), Ezek 1:16 Ezek 1:18 dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2Sam 12:6, see 1.d.; plural אַרְבָּעִים = 40, see below; — four (in Hexateuch 108 t., chiefly P , 98 t.; Ezek 52 t., Chronicles 47 t.): —

1. without other number:
a. אַרְבַּע (1) before feminine plural noun Jer 15:3; Exod 25:12 ( P ) + 101 t., including אַמּוֺת ׳ א Deut 3:11 + 5 t. (but also בָּאַמָּה ׳ א four (in) cubit(s) Exod 26:2 ; Exod 26:8; Exod 36:9 ; 1Kgs 7:27 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 7:38), and מֵאוֺת ׳ א = 400 Gen 11:13 + 55 t. (2) ׳ א before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם Lev 11:23 , רַגְלָיו Exod 25:26. (3) before collective, צאֹן ׳ א Exod 21:37 ( E ); רִבּוֺא ׳ א = 40,000 Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun ׳ עָרִים א Josh 19:7 ( P ); after feminine singular noun construct לְ ׳ בִּשְׁנַת א 1Kgs 22:41; Zech 7:1 ; 2Chr 3:2. — ׳ קִרְיַת א, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע below (5) noun omitted Ezek 43:15b Prov 30:15; Prov 30:18 ( Kt , see above), Prov 30:21; Dan 8:8; Dan 8:22 עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל (that is רגלים = on all fours Lev 11:20; Lev 11:21 ; Lev 11:27; Lev 11:42.
b. אַרְבָּעָה (1) before masculine plural noun Gen 2:10 ( J ), Gen 14:9; Exod 25:34 + 21 t., + חֳדָשִׁים ׳ יָמִים (וְ)א Judg 19:2 ; 1Sam 27:7 also פָנִים ׳ א ׳ א distributive Ezek 10:21. (2) late, after masculine plural noun 1Chr 23:10. (3) noun omitted, Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9 + 15 t., .+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) Exod 27:16 (twice in verse); Exod 38:19 (twice in verse); also ׳ בְּא, (that is יוֺם) Zech 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).
c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת (1) before masculine plural noun Judg 11:40; 1Kgs 7:32 + 11 t. (not Ezek 7:2, see above), + אֲלָפִים ׳ א = 4000, 1Sam 4:2 + 14 t. (2) before collective הַבָּקָר Num 7:7. (3) noun omitted 2Sam 21:22. (4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Ezek 1:8; Ezek 1:10 (3 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Dan 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2Sam 12:6 = four-fold Ges«GKC:97h»§ 97h 11. l, 227, but read שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
2. with other number:
a. (1) אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14, (α) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה ׳ ע ׳ א Gen 31:41 , + (as ordinal, = 14th) Gen 14:5; 2Kgs 18:13v = Isa 36:1; Ezek 40:1 . (β) after feminine plural noun ׳ ע ׳ עָרִים א Josh 15:36 + 8 t., ׳ ע ׳ נָשִׁים א 2Chr 13:21. (2) אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר = 14, (a) before masculine singular noun Num 17:14 (14 x 1000), Job 42:12 especially (as ordinal) יוֺם ׳ ע ׳ א 14th day Exod 12:6 ; Exod 12:18 + 7 t. (b) before masculine plural noun Num 29:15. (γ ) after, masculine plural noun Num 29:13; Num 29:17 + 6 t. (δ) after masculine singular noun Esth 9:15 ; Esth 9:19 ; Esth 9:21, all = 14th (ε ) ׳ ע ׳ א predicate of נֶפֶשׁ Gen 46:22 . ζ ׳ ע ׳ א = 14th (that is, day) Lev 23:15; 2Chr 30:15 + 6 t.
b. 20 + (וְׅ 4 + singular noun 1Kgs 15:33; 1Chr 23:4 + 13 t. 1Chr 27 + plural noun Num 7:88 noun omitted 2Sam 21:20 predicate || 1Chr 20:6 ; Neh 7:23 4 + 20 + singular noun Num 25:9 = 24th, ׳ וְא ׳ יוֺם ע Hag 1:15 ; Hag 1:18 ; Zech 1:7; Neh 9:1; Dan 10:4, יוֺם omitted Hag 2:10; Hag 2:20, and ( ׳ וְע ׳ א) 1Chr 24:18; 1Chr 25:31.
c. other tens + 4, 1Chr 7:7 ; 1Chr 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezra 2:15 + 7 t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Gen 11:16 , + אֶלֶף 1000 Num 1:27; Num 1:29; Num 2:4; Num 2:6; Num 26:25; Num 26:43 . — See ii. 1, § 106.


BDB9885

רבע (see Biblical Hebrew אַרְבַּע, רְבִיעִי, √ רבע ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אַרְבְּעָה (ar-bah-gah')

Genesis 2:10

KJV: And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
EHCC: and became into four heads.

Genesis 11:13

KJV: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
EHCC: after he begat Salah four hundred and

Genesis 15:13

KJV: And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
EHCC: they shall afflict them four hundred

Genesis 23:15

KJV: My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
EHCC: 16. four hundred shekels of silver ;

Genesis 31:41

KJV: Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
EHCC: 1 served thee fourteen years

Genesis 32:6

KJV: And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
EHCC: (7).and four hundred men with him.

Genesis 83:1

EHCC: and with him four hundred men.

Genesis 46:22

KJV: These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
EHCC: all the souls (were) fourteen.

Genesis 22:1

KJV: And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.Behold…: Heb. Behold me
EHCC: (21:37). four sheep for a sheep.

Genesis 25:12

KJV: Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
EHCC: thou shalt cast four rings

Exodus 25:12

KJV: And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
EHCC: put (them) in the four corners

Numbers 1:27

KJV: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
EHCC: threescore and fourteen thousand and six

Deuteronomy 3:11

KJV: For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
EHCC: and four cubits the breadth

Joshua 5:10

KJV: And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
EHCC: kept the ver on the fourteenth day

Judges 9:34

KJV: And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
EHCC: wait against Shechem in faur companies.

1 Samuel 4:2

KJV: And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.they joined…: Heb. the battle was spreadarmy: Heb. array
EHCC: in the field about four thousand men,

2 Samuel 21:20

KJV: And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.the giant: or, Rapha
EHCC: futon twenty in number ;

1 Kings 6:1

KJV: And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.began…: Heb. built
EHCC: in the four hundred and eightieth year

1 Kings 7:19

KJV: And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
EHCC: the chapiters...four cubits,

1 Kings 8:65

KJV: And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
EHCC: seven days ant seven days, (even) foure

1 Kings 9:28

KJV: And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
EHCC: gold, four hundred and twenty talents,

1 Kings 10:26

KJV: And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
EHCC: a thousand and four hundred chariots,

1 Kings 15:33

KJV: In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
EHCC: twenty and four years,

1 Kings 18:19

KJV: Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
EHCC: the prophets of Baal foxr hundred and

1 Kings 22:8

KJV: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
EHCC: abont four hundred men,

2 Kings 7:3

KJV: And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
EHCC: And there were four leprous men

2 Kings 14:13

KJV: And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
EHCC: unto the corner Bete, fon ‘hundred cubits,

2 Kings 18:13

KJV: Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib
EHCC: Now in the fourteenth year of king

1 Chronicles 8:5

KJV: And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.Shephuphan: or, Shupham
EHCC: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and

1 Chronicles 5:18

KJV: The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.valiant…: Heb. sons of valour
EHCC: four and forty thousand 760,

1 Chronicles 7:1

KJV: Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
EHCC: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom,

1 Chronicles 9:24

KJV: In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
EHCC: in four quarters were the porters,

1 Chronicles 12:26

KJV: Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
EHCC: four thousand and six hundred.

1 Chronicles 20:6

KJV: And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.great…: Heb. measurethe son…: Heb. born to the giant, or, Rapha
EHCC: whose fingers and toes (were) four and

1 Chronicles 21:5

KJV: And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
EHCC: four hundred threescore and ten thou-

1 Chronicles 23:4

KJV: Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:set…: or, oversee
EHCC: twenty and four thousand (were) to set

1 Chronicles 24:13

KJV: The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
EHCC: the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1 Chronicles 25:5

KJV: All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.words: or, matters
EHCC: God gave to Heman fourteen sons

1 Chronicles 26:17

KJV: Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
EHCC: northward four a day, southward foar a

1 Chronicles 27:1

KJV: Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
EHCC: 2, 4,5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 15. twenty

2 Chronicles 1:14

KJV: And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
EHCC: 8 thousand ond four hundred chariots,

2 Chronicles 8:2

KJV: That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
EHCC: in the fourth year of his reign.

2 Chronicles 4:13

KJV: And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.upon: Heb. upon the face of
EHCC: four hundred pordhy ules

2 Chronicles 8:18

KJV: And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
EHCC: four hundred and talents

2 Chronicles 9:25

KJV: And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
EHCC: Solomon had foxr thousand stalls

2 Chronicles 13:3

KJV: And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together
EHCC: four hundred thousand chosen men:

2 Chronicles 18:5

KJV: Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.
EHCC: of prophets four hundred men,

2 Chronicles 25:23

KJV: And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth–shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
EHCC: to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

2 Chronicles 30:15

KJV: Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
EHCC: killed the passover on ibe een

2 Chronicles 85:8

EHCC: ןטם!סחונןמי}ם\!! (day) of the first

Ezra 1:10

KJV: Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
EHCC: silver ns...four hundred and ten,

Ezra 2:7

KJV: The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
EHCC: 0f Elam, 1250 and four.

Ezra 6:19

KJV: And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
EHCC: kept the passover upon the fourteenth

Ezra 7:12

KJV: Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.unto…: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc
EHCC: 0f Elam, 1250 and four.

Job 1:19

KJV: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.from…: Heb. from aside, etc
EHCC: smote the four corners of the house,

Jeremiah 15:3

KJV: And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.kinds: Heb. families
EHCC: 1 will appoint over them four kinds,

Daniel 1:17

KJV: As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.Daniel…: or, he made Daniel understand
EHCC: these four children,

Amos 1:3

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:and…: or, yea, for fourturn…: or, convert it, or, let it be quiet
EHCC: 6, 9, 11, 13 &2:1, 4, 6. For three trans-

Zechariah 1:7

KJV: Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
EHCC: Upon the four and twentieth day
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