אַרְבָּעִים
ʼarbâʻîym · ar-baw-eem'
forty
Lexicon
Derivation: multiple of H702 (אַרְבַּע);
forty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: -forty.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to see and know › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to see and know of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְבָּעִים 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
136 occurrences · 136 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- forty59 · 46%
- and forty22 · 17%
- was forty7 · 6%
- were forty6 · 5%
- of forty4 · 3%
- of them, were forty3 · 2%
- of them were forty3 · 2%
- these forty3 · 2%
- and their forty2 · 2%
- even forty2 · 2%
- you forty2 · 2%
- there forty1 · 1%
- peradventure there shall be forty1 · 1%
- it for forty's1 · 1%
- shall be unto thee forty1 · 1%
- thereof, were forty1 · 1%
- of them, forty1 · 1%
- there, in the fortieth1 · 1%
- shall be forty1 · 1%
- and it came to pass in the fortieth1 · 1%
- thee these forty1 · 1%
- about forty1 · 1%
- among forty1 · 1%
- and he had forty1 · 1%
- himself forty1 · 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.