Original Word: אַרְבַּע
Part of Speech: noun masculine; feminine; masculine; noun feminine; feminine; feminine; noun masculine; masculine
Transliteration: arba
Pronunciation: ar-BAH
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-bah')
Definition: Four
Meaning: four

Word Origin: From a root word meaning "to be four"

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5064 (τέσσαρες, tessares): The Greek equivalent for the number four, used in the New Testament.

Usage: The Hebrew word "arba" is a cardinal number used to denote the quantity "four." It appears frequently in the Old Testament to describe quantities, measurements, and groupings. It is a fundamental numeral in the Hebrew language, often used in various contexts such as counting people, animals, objects, and time periods.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, numbers often held symbolic significance. The number four is associated with completeness and universality, as seen in the four corners of the earth or the four winds. It is a number that frequently appears in the context of God's creation and order, reflecting the structured and purposeful design of the world.

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
four
NASB Translation
1,254* (4), 1,400* (2), 14,000* (1), 14,700* (1), 151,450* (1), 186,400* (1), 2,400* (2), 22,034* (1), 24* (1), 24,000* (15), 284* (1), 324* (1), 35,400* (2), 4,000* (3), 4,500* (8), 4,600* (2), 400* (5), 400,000* (3), 410* (1), 42,360* (2), 435* (2), 44,760* (1), 45,400* (1), 450* (2), 454* (2), 468* (1), 470,000* (1), 5,400* (1), 53,400* (3), 54,400* (3), 57,400* (2), 64,300* (1), 64,400* (2), 74* (2), 74,600* (2), any of their four (1), four (167), four things (1), four-fifths* (1), four-footed* (1), fours (4), fourteen* (17), fourteenth* (23), fourth (4), thirty-four* (1), twenty-four* (3), twenty-fourth* (9).

I. אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה₃₁₆

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 CIS^{iv, no. 232.2} Hom^{Chrest. 47}; Ethiopic : : Aramaic אַרְבַּע, אַרְבְּעָה, , ; Nabataean ארבע, Palmyrene ארבע, ארבעא, Lzb³⁶⁷); — masculine₁₄₈ (c. noun feminine) אַרְבַּע (absolute or construct) Exodus 21:37 +; also אַרְבַּ֑ע Leviticus 11:20 +; note (Baer Gi) Joshua 21:18 6t. Joshua 21 (van d. H. אַרְבָּ֑ל); in Proverbs 30:18 read feminine with Qr; feminine (c. noun masculine) absolute אַרְבָּעָה Genesis 2:10 125t. + Proverbs 30:18 (see above); construct אַרְבַּ֫עַת 1 Samuel 4:2 29t., including Ezekiel 7:2 (but read masculine Kt); suffix אַרְבַּעְתָּם Ezekiel 1:8 5t. Ezekiel, אַרְבַּעְתָּן Ezekiel 1:10 (twice in verse) (but read probably תָּם-, Krae), Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 1:18; dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Samuel 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 Jeremiah 15:3; Exodus 25:12 (P) + 101 t., including אַמּוֺת ׳א Deuteronomy 3:11 5t. (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 55t. (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; 2Chronicles 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; עַלאַֿרְבַּ֑ל (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 21t., + 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 15t., .+ (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 11t. (not Ezekiel 7:2, see above), + אֲלָפִים ׳א = 4000, 1 Samuel 4:2 14t. (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 t. in verse) + 6 t. Ezekiel; Daniel 1:17 these boys, the four of them.

d. dual אַרְבַּעְתָּ֑יִם 2 Samuel 12:6 = four-fold Ges^{§ 97h} Kö^{11. l, 227}, but read שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kmp Bu HPS.

2 with other number:

a.-1אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה = 14, (a) before feminine singular noun, שָׁנָה b.20+ (וְׅ4#NAME? 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Chronicles 23:4 13t. 1 Chronicles 27; + plural noun Numbers 7:88; noun omitted 2 Samuel 21:20 predicate "" 1 Chronicles 20:6; Nehemiah 7:23; 420#NAME? 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 7t.; 4 + tens + שָׁנָה Genesis 11:16, + אֶלֶף1000 Numbers 1:27,29; Numbers 2:4,6; Numbers 26:25,43. — See Kö^{ii. 1, § 106}.

רבע (see Biblical Hebrew אַרְבַּע, רְבִיעִי, √ רבע).

four

Masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}; from raba'; four -- four.

see HEBREW raba'

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