רְבִיעִי
rᵉbîyʻîy · reb-ee-ee'
fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
Lexicon
Derivation: or רְבִעִי; from H7251 (רָבַע);
fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
- fourth
- also, (fractionally) a fourth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: foursquare, fourth (part).
Letters
- 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › the hand that works › to see and know › the hand that works
The head, the highest of the house, what is within of the hand that works that works to see and know of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רְבִיעִי 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
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fourth14 · 25%
- in the fourth9 · 16%
- and the fourth8 · 14%
- but in the fourth2 · 4%
- with the fourth2 · 4%
- and on the fourth2 · 4%
- of the fourth2 · 4%
- and it came to pass in the fourth2 · 4%
- and in the fourth2 · 4%
- were the fourth1 · 2%
- and the fourth part1 · 2%
- on the fourth1 · 2%
- thereof shall be the fourth1 · 2%
- and a fourth1 · 2%
- and it came to pass on the fourth1 · 2%
- a fourth part1 · 2%
- unto the fourth1 · 2%
- captain for the fourth1 · 2%
- now on the fourth1 · 2%
- one fourth part1 · 2%
- and another fourth part1 · 2%
- foursquare1 · 2%
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.