What does אַרְבָּעִים (ʾarĕbāʿiym) mean in the Bible?
אַרְבָּעִים (ʾarĕbāʿiym) is a Hebrew word meaning "forty".
Hebrew · H705
אַרְבָּעִים
Forty
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אַרְבָּעִים H705
Pronunciation ʾarĕbāʿiym
What does אַרְבָּעִים (ʾarĕbāʿiym) mean in the Bible?
אַרְבָּעִים (ʾarĕbāʿiym) is a Hebrew word meaning "forty".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H705?
The BSB source-word alignment has 135 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include forty (34), . . . (28), for forty (16), and forty (13), [was] forty (3).
Where does אַרְבָּעִים (ʾarĕbāʿiym) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (20), Deuteronomy (16), Genesis (15), Nehemiah (12).
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 forty 34× Genesis 8:6, Genesis 18:29, Genesis 25:20, Genesis 26:34
. . . 28× Genesis 5:13, Genesis 47:28, Numbers 1:21, Numbers 1:25
for forty 16× Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 7:17, Numbers 14:33
and forty 13× Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Exodus 24:18, Exodus 26:21
[was] forty 3× 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Kings 11:42, 1 Chronicles 29:27
forty-one 3× 1 Kings 15:10, 2 Kings 14:23, 2 Chronicles 12:13
forty-two 3× Numbers 35:6, 2 Kings 2:24, 2 Kings 10:14
in the fortieth 3× Numbers 33:38, Deuteronomy 1:3, 1 Chronicles 26:31
of forty 3× Deuteronomy 9:11, 2 Kings 8:9, Ezekiel 29:13
40 2× Genesis 32:15, Ezekiel 4:6
42 2× Ezra 2:24, Nehemiah 7:28
forty-five 2× Genesis 18:28, Joshua 14:10
. . . 40,500 1× Numbers 26:18
[to be] forty 1× Ezekiel 41:2
[was] twenty-two 1× 2 Chronicles 22:2
[will be] forty-eight 1× Numbers 35:7
4,000 {} 1× 1 Kings 4:26
40,000 {} 1× 1 Chronicles 12:36
40,500 1× Numbers 2:19
42,000 {} 1× Judges 12:6
About 40,000 1× Joshua 4:13
among forty 1× Judges 5:8
amount to forty-nine 1× Leviticus 25:8
each forty [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 46:22
forty-five [beams] 1× 1 Kings 7:3
four 1× 2 Samuel 15:7
had 44,760 1× 1 Chronicles 5:18
numbered 40,500 1× Numbers 1:33
of the forty 1× Genesis 18:29
So in the forty-first 1× 2 Chronicles 16:13
taking the forty 1× Genesis 50:3
than forty {lashes} 1× Deuteronomy 25:3
there were forty-eight 1× Joshua 21:41
was forty 1× 2 Samuel 2:10
was forty-one 1× 1 Kings 14:21
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:13 אַרְבָּעִ֣ים to . . . Number - common plural Genesis 7:4 אַרְבָּעִ֣ים to for forty Number - common plural Genesis 7:4 וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים to and forty Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 7:12 אַרְבָּעִ֣ים to for forty Number - common plural Genesis 7:12 וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים to and forty Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 7:17 אַרְבָּעִ֥ים to For forty Number - common plural Genesis 8:6 אַרְבָּעִ֣ים to forty Number - common plural Genesis 18:28 אַרְבָּעִ֖ים to forty-five Number - common plural Genesis 18:29 אַרְבָּעִ֑ים to forty Number - common plural Genesis 18:29 הָאַרְבָּעִֽים׃ to of the forty Article | Number - common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 5:13
Aligned rows 135
Books represented 21
Genesis 15 Exodus 9 Leviticus 1 Numbers 20 Deuteronomy 16 Joshua 5 Judges 7 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 4 1 Kings 10 2 Kings 5 1 Chronicles 5 2 Chronicles 5 Ezra 7 Nehemiah 12 Job 1 Psalms 1 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 6 Amos 2 Jonah 1
Source forms
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים 45x ’ar·bā·‘îm Genesis 7:17, Exodus 34:28, Numbers 1:33, Numbers 2:19
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים 28x ’ar·bā·‘îm Genesis 5:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 8:6
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים 11x wə·’ar·bā·‘îm Genesis 47:28, Exodus 26:21, Exodus 36:26, 2 Samuel 10:18
אַרְבָּעִ֖ים 8x ’ar·bā·‘îm Genesis 18:28, Numbers 14:34, Numbers 32:13, 1 Kings 2:11
וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים 7x wə·’ar·bā·‘îm Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Exodus 24:18, Leviticus 25:8
אַרְבָּעִ֨ים 6x ’ar·bā·‘îm Joshua 14:7, Joshua 14:10, 2 Samuel 2:10, 1 Kings 7:38
וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים 6x wə·’ar·bā·‘îm Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 9:9, Deuteronomy 9:18, 1 Kings 19:8
וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים 6x wə·’ar·bā·‘îm Numbers 1:21, Numbers 1:41, Numbers 2:11, Numbers 2:28
Parsing patterns
Number - common plural 93x Genesis 5:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 7:17
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural 36x Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 47:28, Exodus 24:18
Article | Number - common plural 3x Genesis 18:29, Numbers 33:38, 1 Chronicles 26:31
Preposition-b | Number - common plural 2x Deuteronomy 1:3, Judges 5:8
Preposition-k | Number - common plural 1x Joshua 4:13
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. forty
Source Gloss
forty
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
forty Usage: forty.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אַרְבָּעִים is built from this root:
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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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain