אַרְבַּע
ʼarbaʻ · ar-bah'
four
Lexicon
Derivation: masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from H7251 (רָבַע);
four
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: four.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to see and know
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְבַּע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
318 occurrences · 318 OT · 0 NT · 94 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- four61 · 27%
- and four59 · 26%
- and for four9 · 4%
- in the four8 · 4%
- were four7 · 3%
- fourteen7 · 3%
- the four6 · 3%
- and fourteen6 · 3%
- had four6 · 3%
- shall be four5 · 2%
- on the fourteenth5 · 2%
- the fourteenth5 · 2%
- upon the four5 · 2%
- from the four4 · 2%
- they four3 · 1%
- and they four3 · 1%
- these four3 · 1%
- about four3 · 1%
- in the fourteenth3 · 1%
- upon all four3 · 1%
- even four3 · 1%
- in the fourth3 · 1%
- for it four3 · 1%
- was four3 · 1%
- them four3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.