STRONGS H702:
Abbreviations
I. אַרְבַּע,
אַרְבָּעָה 316 noun masculine and
feminine four (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; MI
8 ארבען = 40; Phoenician
ארבע, Punic
ארבעת,
four; so Assyrian
arba’u (rarely
irba’),
irbitti; Arabic
أَرْبَعً,
أَرْبَعَةً; Sabean
ארבעת CIS
iv, no. 232.2 Hom
Chrest. 47; Ethiopic
አርባዕ፡ አርባዕፑ፡ Aramaic
אַרְבַּע,
אַרְבְּעָה,
IfbRAf ,
axibRAf ; Nabataean
ארבע, Palmyrene
ארבע,
ארבעא, Lzb
367); —
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 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.
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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