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אַרְבַּע

Four

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אַרְבַּע H702

What does אַרְבַּע mean in the Bible?

אַרְבַּע is a Hebrew word meaning "four".

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Questions this entry answers

What does אַרְבַּע mean in the Bible?

אַרְבַּע is a Hebrew word meaning "four".

How does the BSB render H702?

The BSB source-word alignment has 318 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (68), four (68), and four (13), the four (13), on the fourteenth (8).

Where does אַרְבַּע appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (52), Exodus (38), Numbers (37), 1 Chronicles (36).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
. . . 68× Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:17, Exodus 12:40, Exodus 12:41
four 68× Genesis 2:10, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 23:16
and four 13× Exodus 22:1, Exodus 26:2, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 36:15
the four 13× Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13, Deuteronomy 22:12, 1 Kings 7:42
on the fourteenth 8× Leviticus 23:5, Numbers 9:3, Numbers 9:5, Numbers 9:11
[and] fourteen 7× Numbers 29:13, Numbers 29:17, Numbers 29:20, Numbers 29:23
fourteen 7× Genesis 31:41, Genesis 46:22, Joshua 15:36, Joshua 18:28
its four 5× Exodus 25:12, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 37:3, Exodus 38:2
had four 4× 1 Kings 7:30, Ezekiel 1:6, Ezekiel 10:14, Ezekiel 10:21
In the fourteenth 4× Genesis 14:5, 2 Kings 18:13, Isaiah 36:1, Ezekiel 40:1
the fourteenth 4× Exodus 12:6, Numbers 28:16, 1 Chronicles 24:13, 1 Chronicles 25:21
about four 3× 1 Samuel 4:2, 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Kings 22:6
four [in all] 3× 1 Chronicles 7:1, 1 Chronicles 23:10, 1 Chronicles 23:12
from the four 3× Isaiah 11:12, Jeremiah 49:36, Ezekiel 37:9
In the fourth 3× 1 Kings 22:41, 2 Chronicles 3:2, Zechariah 7:1
[a section of] four 2× 2 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 25:23
[and] four 2× Exodus 26:8, Exodus 36:9
[shall be] four 2× Ezekiel 43:14, Ezekiel 43:15
4,000 {} 2× 1 Chronicles 23:5, 2 Chronicles 9:25
4,600 2× 1 Chronicles 12:26, Jeremiah 52:30
400,000 {} 2× Judges 20:2, Judges 20:17
42,360 {} 2× Ezra 2:64, Nehemiah 7:66
435 2× Ezra 2:67, Nehemiah 7:69
and all four 2× Ezekiel 1:16, Ezekiel 1:18
and the twenty-fourth 2× 1 Chronicles 24:18, 1 Chronicles 25:31
any of the four 2× Ezekiel 1:17, Ezekiel 10:11
at its four 2× Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13
each of the four 2× Exodus 27:4, Ezekiel 46:22
In the four 2× 1 Kings 6:1, Ezekiel 46:22
of the fourteenth 2× Exodus 12:18, Joshua 5:10
There were four 2× 1 Kings 7:32, 1 Chronicles 26:18
- 1× Exodus 27:4
. . . 64,300 1× Numbers 26:25
. . . 64,400 1× Numbers 26:43
[all] fours 1× Leviticus 11:20
[is worth] four 1× Genesis 23:15
[one for each] 1× 1 Kings 7:34
[was] four 1× Ezekiel 41:5
14,000 {} 1× Job 42:12
34 1× Genesis 11:16
403 1× Genesis 11:15
410 1× Ezra 1:10
420 1× 1 Kings 9:28
450 {} 1× 2 Chronicles 8:18
454 1× Ezra 2:15
468 1× Nehemiah 11:6
54,400 1× Numbers 2:6
74,600 1× Numbers 2:4
all four 1× Ezekiel 10:10
All four [living creatures] 1× Ezekiel 1:8
all fours 1× Leviticus 11:21
and 4,000 1× 1 Chronicles 23:5
and about four 1× 1 Samuel 25:13
and also 1× Ezekiel 1:10
and each of the four 1× Ezekiel 1:10
and four that 1× Proverbs 30:29
and four-fifths 1× Genesis 47:24
and fourteen [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 43:17
and his four 1× 1 Chronicles 21:20
and measuring four 1× 1 Kings 7:38
And on the fourteenth 1× 2 Chronicles 30:15
and on the fourteenth day 1× Esther 9:17
and the four 1× 1 Kings 18:19
and the fourteenth 1× Esther 9:18
are the four 1× Zechariah 6:5
as were their four 1× Ezekiel 10:12
At the four 1× Exodus 38:5
for four 1× Judges 11:40
four [that] 1× Proverbs 30:15
fourteen [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 43:17
he and four 1× Genesis 32:6
in four 1× Judges 9:34
including 470,000 1× 1 Chronicles 21:5
It shall have four 1× Exodus 27:16
My four 1× Ezekiel 14:21
numbered 14,700 1× Numbers 16:49
numbered 24,000 1× Numbers 25:9
numbered 54,400 1× Numbers 1:29
numbered 74,600 1× Numbers 1:27
of 400,000 1× 2 Chronicles 13:3
of four 1× Ezekiel 1:5
of the four [courts] 1× Ezekiel 46:23
of the fourteen 1× Numbers 29:15
on the four 1× 1 Chronicles 9:24
On the fourteenth day 1× Ezra 6:19
on the fourth 1× Zechariah 7:1
or four 1× Jeremiah 36:23
out toward the four 1× Daniel 11:4
pointing toward the four 1× Daniel 8:8
represent four 1× Daniel 8:22
So there were four 1× Ezekiel 40:41
the area on all four 1× Ezekiel 42:20
The four [horns] 1× Daniel 8:22
the fourteenth day 1× Esther 9:19
their four 1× Ezekiel 1:8
there shall be four 1× Exodus 25:34
There were also four 1× Ezekiel 40:42
These four [were born to him] 1× 1 Chronicles 3:5
to the fourth 1× Job 42:16
were four 1× Exodus 37:20
with four 1× Exodus 38:19
with its four 1× Ezekiel 1:15
you like the four 1× Zechariah 2:6
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:10 לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה to four Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular Genesis 11:13 וְאַרְבַּ֥ע to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 11:15 וְאַרְבַּ֥ע to 403 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 11:16 אַרְבַּ֥ע to 34 Number - feminine singular Genesis 11:17 וְאַרְבַּ֥ע to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 14:5 וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ to In the fourteenth Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 14:9 אַרְבָּעָ֥ה to four Number - masculine singular Genesis 15:13 אַרְבַּ֥ע to four Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 23:15 אַרְבַּ֨ע to [is worth] four Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 23:16 אַרְבַּ֤ע to four Number - feminine singular construct
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 2:10
Aligned rows 318
Books represented 25
Genesis 15 Exodus 38 Leviticus 6 Numbers 37 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 12 Judges 7 1 Samuel 6 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 22 2 Kings 3 1 Chronicles 36 2 Chronicles 11 Ezra 10 Nehemiah 10 Esther 5 Job 3 Proverbs 5 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 6 Ezekiel 52 Daniel 7 Amos 8 Haggai 4 Zechariah 8
Source forms
אַרְבַּ֣ע 23x ’ar·ba‘ Exodus 25:12, Exodus 25:26, Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8
וְאַרְבַּ֥ע 19x wə·’ar·ba‘ Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:17, Exodus 12:40
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה 17x ’ar·bā·‘āh Genesis 14:9, Genesis 46:22, Exodus 12:6, Numbers 16:49
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה 17x ’ar·bā·‘āh Exodus 26:32, Exodus 28:17, Exodus 36:36, Exodus 38:19
אַרְבַּ֥ע 15x ’ar·ba‘ Genesis 11:16, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 33:1, Exodus 27:4
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה 15x wə·’ar·bā·‘āh 1 Chronicles 23:4, 1 Chronicles 27:1, 1 Chronicles 27:2, 1 Chronicles 27:4
וְאַרְבַּע־ 9x wə·’ar·ba‘- Genesis 32:6, Exodus 22:1, Exodus 38:29, Numbers 2:9
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ס 9x wə·’ar·bā·‘āh 1 Chronicles 7:7, Ezra 2:7, Ezra 2:15, Ezra 2:31
Parsing patterns
Number - masculine singular 66x Genesis 14:9, Genesis 46:22, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 25:34
Number - feminine singular 57x Genesis 11:16, Genesis 31:41, Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular 44x Numbers 7:88, 1 Samuel 27:7, 1 Kings 7:30, 2 Kings 7:3
Number - feminine singular construct 36x Genesis 15:13, Genesis 23:15, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 33:1
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct 24x Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 32:6
Number - masculine singular construct 14x Numbers 7:7, Judges 11:40, 2 Samuel 21:22, 1 Chronicles 9:26
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular 13x Exodus 22:1, Exodus 36:15, Numbers 7:85, 1 Samuel 30:10
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular 13x Exodus 12:18, Leviticus 23:5, Numbers 9:3, Numbers 9:5
Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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