אַרְבַּע
ʼarbaʻ · H702 · Hebrew · 318 occurrences
Meanings
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four
State in which a countable entity is four in number
ExamplesGenesis 2:10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.
1 Kings 7:38 And he made ten basins of bronze, each holding forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin.
Job 42:16 After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- הָלַלto praise 1
- יָלַדto bear 1
- אָמַרto say 1
- עָמַדto stand 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 1
What it is said to bePredicate
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- בַּתdaughter 1
- יָטַבto be good, to do good, to go well 1
- מְסִלָּהhighway 1
- נֶגֶבsouth, the Negeb 1
- סָעִיףcleft (in rock) 1
- צָפוֹןnorth 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
39 occurrences in 22 groups
- פָּקַדto number, to punish 10
- פֵּאָהside 5
- צָבָאhost, army 4
- יְרִיעָהcurtain, tent curtain 3
- Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (22) 22
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
9 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 4
- בin/on/with 4
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- τέσσαρες téssares · G5064 · four
- Greek τέσσαρες (téssares, G5064) is the direct numerical equivalent of Hebrew אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, H702), both denoting the cardinal number four across all contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Quantity002001001046
- אַרְבַּע is the cardinal number four, used throughout Genesis's genealogies and narrative to count things, as the four rivers flowing out of Eden (Genesis 2:10) and the four kings who came against the kings of the Valley of Siddim (Genesis 14:9).
- Frequency002001003009
- Beyond simple counting, אַרְבַּע also marks how many times something recurs, as the four hundred years of affliction foretold for Abram's descendants (Genesis 15:13).
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H702. arba I. אַרְבָּעָה אַרְבַּע,316 noun masculine and feminine four (Late Hebrew =…
I. אַרְבָּעָה אַרְבַּע,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 , ; Sabean ארבעת CISiv, no. 232.2 HomChrest. 47; Ethiopic : : Aramaic אַרְבְּעָה אַרְבַּע,, , ; Nabataean ארבע, Palmyrene ארבעא ארבע,, Lzb367); — masculine148 (c. noun feminine) אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Lev 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Jos 21:18 Jos 21:6t. Joshua 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל); in Pro 30:18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה Gen 2:10 125t. + Pro 30:18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1Sa 4:2 29t., including Eze 7:2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם Eze 1:8 Eze 1:5t. Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן Eze 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם-, Krae), Eze 1:16; Eze 1:18; dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2Sa 12:6, see 1d; 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; Exo 25:12 (P) + 101 t., including ׳א אַמּוֺת Deu 3:11 Deu 3:5t. (but also ׳א בָּאַמָּה four (in) cubit(s) Exo 26:2, Exo 26:8; Exo 36:9; 1Ki 7:27 (twice in verse); 1Ki 7:38), and ׳א מֵאוֺת = 400 Gen 11:13 55t. (2) ׳א before dual רַנְלָ֑יִם Lev 11:23, רַגְלָיו Exo 25:26. (3) before collective, ׳א צאֹן Exodus 21:37 (E); ׳א רִבּוֺא = 40, 000 Ezr 2:64 = Neh 7:66. (4) rare and late, after feminine plural noun א ׳עָרִים Jos 19:7 (P); after feminine singular noun construct א ׳בִּשְׁנַת לְ 1Ki 22:41; Zec 7:1; 2Ch 3:2. — א ׳קִרְיַת, see this, and II. אַרְבַּע below (5) noun omitted Eze 43:15b Pro 30:15, Pro 30:18 (Kt, see above), Pro 30:21; Dan 8:8, Dan 8:22; עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל (that is רגלים = on all fours Lev 11:20-21, Lev 11:27, Lev 11:42.
b. אַרְבָּעָה (1) before masculine plural noun Gen 2:10 (J), Gen 14:9; Exo 25:34 Exo 25:21t., + (וְ)א ׳יָמִים חֳדָשִׁים Jdg 19:2; 1Sa 27:7; also ׳א ׳א פָנִים distributive Eze 10:21. (2) late, after masculine plural noun 1Ch 23:10. (3) noun omitted, Amo 1:3, Amo 1:6, Amo 1:9 Amo 1:15t., .+ (as predicate of masculine plural noun) Exo 27:16 (twice in verse); Exo 38:19 (twice in verse); also ׳בְּא, (that is יוֺם) Zec 7:1 = ordinal, on the fourth (day).
c. אַרְבַּ֫עַת (1) before masculine plural noun Jdg 11:40; 1Ki 7:32 1Ki 7:11t. (not Eze 7:2, see above), + ׳א אֲלָפִים = 4000, 1Sa 4:2 1Sa 4:14t. (2) before collective הַבָּקָר Num 7:7. (3) noun omitted 2Sa 21:22. (4) with suffix, after plural noun, = the four of them, Eze 1:8, Eze 1:10 (3 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Dan 1:17 these boys, the four of them.
d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2Sa 12:6 = four-fold Ges§ 97h Kö11. l, 227, but read ᵐ5 שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.
2 with other number:
a.-1עֶשְׂרֵה אַרְבַּע = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה
b.20+ (וְׅ4+? 1Ki 15:33; 1Ch 23:4 1Ch 23:13t. 1 Chronicles 27; + plural noun Num 7:88; noun omitted 2Sa 21:20 predicate || 1Ch 20:6; Neh 7:23; 420+? Num 25:9; = 24th, ע ׳יוֺם ׳וְא Hag 1:15; Haggai 1:18; Zec 1:7; Neh 9:1; Dan 10:4, יוֺם omitted Hag 2:10, Hag 2:20, and (׳א ׳וְע) 1Ch 24:18; 1Ch 25:31.
c. other tens + 4, 1Ch 7:7; 1Ch 5:18 (+ singular noun), Ezr 2:15 Ezr 2:7t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Gen 11:16, + אֶלֶף1000 Num 1:27, Num 1:29; Num 2:4, Num 2:6; Num 26:25, Num 26:43. — See Köii. 1, § 106.
רבע (see Biblical Hebrew רְבִיעִי אַרְבַּע,, √ רבע).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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