Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
four
Usage: four
Arba means “four” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G702 — aretas in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H702 אַרבַּע אַרבָּעָה (arba`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. arba` (ar-bah') (masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}) adj. 1. four [from H7251] It has 277 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include four and into. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
arba` (ar-bah') (masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}) adj. 1. four [from H7251] KJV: four. Root(s): H7251
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four
Usage: four
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277 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H702.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
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;
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.
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
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.
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.
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
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.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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.
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
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.
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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.
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
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.
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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.
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
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.
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Arba (Strong's H702) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "four". arba` (ar-bah') (masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}) adj. 1. four [from H7251]
This page currently indexes 277 linked usages for Strong's H702 across 25 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H702 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as four and into. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.