702. arba

Strong's Lexicon

arba: Four

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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

four

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

see HEBREW raba'

Forms and Transliterations

אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבַּ֔ע אַרְבַּ֖ע אַרְבַּ֖עַת אַרְבַּ֗ע אַרְבַּ֙עַת֙ אַרְבַּ֛ע אַרְבַּ֣ע אַרְבַּ֣עַת אַרְבַּ֤ע אַרְבַּ֤עַת אַרְבַּ֥ע אַרְבַּ֥עַת אַרְבַּ֧ע אַרְבַּ֨ע אַרְבַּֽע־ אַרְבַּֽע׃ אַרְבַּע֙ אַרְבַּע֩ אַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם אַרְבַּעַת֩ אַרְבַּע־ אַרְבָּ֣עָה אַרְבָּעָ֑ה אַרְבָּעָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה אַרְבָּעָ֤ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה אַרְבָּעָ֧ה אַרְבָּעָ֨ה אַרְבָּעָֽה׃ אַרְבָּעָה֙ אַרְבָּעָה֩ אַרְבַּ֖ע ארבע ארבע־ ארבע׃ ארבעה ארבעה׃ ארבעת ארבעתם בְּאַרְבַּ֜עַת בְּאַרְבַּ֤ע בְּאַרְבַּ֥ע בְּאַרְבַּע֙ בְּאַרְבַּע֩ בְּאַרְבָּעָ֛ה בְּאַרְבָּעָ֣ה בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤ה בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה בְּאַרְבָּעָ֨ה בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ בארבע בארבעה בארבעת וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְאַרְבַּ֖ע וְאַרְבַּ֣ע וְאַרְבַּ֣עַת וְאַרְבַּ֤ע וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת וְאַרְבַּ֥ע וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת וְאַרְבַּע֙ וְאַרְבַּע־ וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה וְאַרְבָּעָ֛ה וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ וְאַרְבָּעָה֒ וְאַרְבָּעָה֙ וְאַרְבָּעָה֩ וְאַרְבָּעָה֮ וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה וארבע וארבע־ וארבעה וארבעה׃ וארבעת ובארבע ובארבעה כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע כְּאַרְבַּ֣ע כְּאַרְבַּ֤ע כְּאַרְבַּ֥ע כְּאַרְבַּ֥עַת כארבע כארבעת לְאַרְבַּ֖ע לְאַרְבַּ֣ע לְאַרְבַּ֥ע לְאַרְבַּ֥עַת לְאַרְבַּ֨ע לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ם לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֑ן לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֔ם לְאַרְבַּעְתָּ֖ם לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽם׃ לְאַרְבַּעְתָּֽן׃ לְאַרְבָּעָ֤ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה לארבע לארבעה לארבעת לארבעתם לארבעתם׃ לארבעתן לארבעתן׃ מֵֽאַרְבַּע֙ מֵאַרְבַּ֖ע מֵאַרְבַּ֤ע מארבע ’ar·ba‘ ’ar·ba‘- ’ar·ba‘·tām ’ar·bā·‘āh ’ar·ba·‘aṯ ’arba‘ ’arba‘- ’arbā‘āh ’arba‘aṯ ’arba‘tām arBa arbaAh arBaat arbaTam bə’arba‘ bə’arbā‘āh bə’arba‘aṯ bə·’ar·ba‘ bə·’ar·bā·‘āh bə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ bearBa bearbaAh bearBaat kə’arba‘ kə’arba‘aṯ kə·’ar·ba‘ kə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ kearBa kearBaat lə’arba‘ lə’arbā‘āh lə’arba‘aṯ lə’arba‘tām lə’arba‘tān lə·’ar·ba‘ lə·’ar·ba‘·tām lə·’ar·ba‘·tān lə·’ar·bā·‘āh lə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ learBa learbaAh learBaat learbaTam learbaTan mê’arba‘ mê·’ar·ba‘ mearBa ū·ḇə·’ar·ba‘ ū·ḇə·’ar·bā·‘āh ūḇə’arba‘ ūḇə’arbā‘āh uvearBa uvearbaAh vearBa vearbaAh vearBaat wə’arba‘ wə’arba‘- wə’arbā‘āh wə’arba‘aṯ wə·’ar·ba‘ wə·’ar·ba‘- wə·’ar·bā·‘āh wə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 2:10
HEB: יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים׃
NAS: it divided and became four rivers.
KJV: and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
INT: divided and became four rivers

Genesis 11:13
HEB: שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
NAS: lived four hundred
KJV: he begat Salah four hundred and three
INT: and three years four hundred years

Genesis 11:15
HEB: שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
NAS: lived four hundred
KJV: he begat Eber four hundred and three
INT: and three years four hundred years

Genesis 11:16
HEB: וַֽיְחִי־ עֵ֕בֶר אַרְבַּ֥ע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה
KJV: And Eber lived four and thirty years,
INT: lived Eber four and thirty years

Genesis 11:17
HEB: שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
NAS: and Eber lived four hundred and thirty
KJV: he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty
INT: and thirty years four hundred years

Genesis 14:5
HEB: וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה
NAS: In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer
INT: four teen year

Genesis 14:9
HEB: מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר אַרְבָּעָ֥ה מְלָכִ֖ים אֶת־
NAS: king of Ellasar-- four kings against
KJV: king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
INT: king of Ellasar four kings against

Genesis 15:13
HEB: וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: and oppressed four hundred
KJV: them; and they shall afflict them four hundred
INT: will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years

Genesis 23:15
HEB: שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶרֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל־
NAS: to me; a piece of land worth four hundred
KJV: unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred
INT: listen of land four hundred shekels

Genesis 23:16
HEB: בְנֵי־ חֵ֑ת אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: of Heth, four hundred
KJV: of Heth, four hundred
INT: of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels

Genesis 31:41
HEB: בְּבֵיתֶךָ֒ עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ אַרְבַּֽע־ עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙
NAS: I served you fourteen years
INT: your house served four teen years

Genesis 32:6
HEB: הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔ וְאַרְבַּע־ מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ
NAS: to meet you, and four hundred
INT: is coming thee and four hundred men

Genesis 33:1
HEB: בָּ֔א וְעִמּ֕וֹ אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ
NAS: Esau was coming, and four hundred men
KJV: came, and with him four hundred
INT: was coming with and four hundred men

Genesis 46:22
HEB: כָּל־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָֽׂר׃
NAS: to Jacob; [there were] fourteen persons
INT: all persons four teen

Genesis 47:24
HEB: חֲמִישִׁ֖ית לְפַרְעֹ֑ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע הַיָּדֹ֡ת יִהְיֶ֣ה
NAS: to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed
KJV: [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts
INT: A fifth to Pharaoh and four parts become

Exodus 12:6
HEB: לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת עַ֣ד אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם
NAS: it until the fourteenth day
INT: shall keep until four teen day

Exodus 12:18
HEB: בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֤וֹם
NAS: In the first [month], on the fourteenth day
INT: the first four teen day

Exodus 12:40
HEB: שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: in Egypt was four hundred
KJV: in Egypt, [was] four hundred
INT: and thirty years was four hundred years

Exodus 12:41
HEB: שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וְאַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
NAS: And at the end of four hundred
KJV: And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred
INT: and thirty years of four hundred years

Exodus 22:1
HEB: תַּ֣חַת הַשּׁ֔וֹר וְאַרְבַּע־ צֹ֖אן תַּ֥חַת
NAS: for the ox and four sheep
KJV: for an ox, and four sheep
INT: Thahash the ox and four sheep Thahash

Exodus 25:12
HEB: וְיָצַ֣קְתָּ לּ֗וֹ אַרְבַּע֙ טַבְּעֹ֣ת זָהָ֔ב
NAS: You shall cast four gold rings
KJV: And thou shalt cast four rings of gold
INT: shall cast four rings gold

Exodus 25:12
HEB: וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔ה עַ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פַּעֲמֹתָ֑יו וּשְׁתֵּ֣י
NAS: for it and fasten them on its four feet,
KJV: for it, and put [them] in the four corners
INT: and fasten on four feet and two

Exodus 25:26
HEB: וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ לּ֔וֹ אַרְבַּ֖ע טַבְּעֹ֣ת זָהָ֑ב
NAS: You shall make four gold rings
KJV: And thou shalt make for it four rings
INT: shall make four rings gold

Exodus 25:26
HEB: הַטַּבָּעֹ֔ת עַ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע הַפֵּאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר
NAS: rings on the four corners
KJV: the rings in the four corners
INT: rings on the four corners which

Exodus 25:26
HEB: הַפֵּאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לְאַרְבַּ֥ע רַגְלָֽיו׃
NAS: corners which are on its four feet.
KJV: corners that [are] on the four feet
INT: corners which four feet

318 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 702
318 Occurrences

’ar·ba‘ — 93 Occ.
’ar·bā·‘āh — 66 Occ.
’ar·ba·‘aṯ — 14 Occ.
’ar·ba‘·tām — 1 Occ.
bə·’ar·ba‘ — 5 Occ.
bə·’ar·bā·‘āh — 13 Occ.
bə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ — 1 Occ.
kə·’ar·ba‘ — 4 Occ.
kə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·’ar·ba‘ — 6 Occ.
lə·’ar·bā·‘āh — 4 Occ.
lə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·’ar·ba‘·tām — 6 Occ.
lə·’ar·ba‘·tān — 4 Occ.
mê·’ar·ba‘ — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’ar·ba‘ — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’ar·bā·‘āh — 1 Occ.
wə·’ar·ba‘ — 37 Occ.
wə·’ar·bā·‘āh — 44 Occ.
wə·’ar·ba·‘aṯ — 12 Occ.