אַרְבַּע
ʼarbaʻ · ar-bah'
{four}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H702 (אַרְבַּע)
{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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- four2 · 25%
- are four2 · 25%
- the four1 · 13%
- and four1 · 13%
- of it four1 · 13%
- had also four1 · 13%
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.