Four
אַרְבַּעStrong’s H0702arba (ar-ba)
Appears in 277 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arba is the Hebrew word usually translated “four”, “four-” and “on four-”. It appears in 277 verses of the Old Testament.
“As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.”
Meaning
- Four
How it's translated
- four 151
- and four 93
- four- 22
- on four- 12
- to four of them 10
- to four 6
- about four 4
- from four 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 37
- Numbers 34
- 1 Chronicles 34
- Exodus 26
- 1 Kings 18
- Genesis 15
25 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:8In contextTherefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
- Daniel 8:22In contextNow that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
- Daniel 10:4In contextAnd in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
- Daniel 11:4In contextAnd when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
- Zechariah 1:7In contextUpon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 1:18In contextThen lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
All 277 verses, by book
- Exodus 26
- 12:612:1812:4012:4122:125:1225:2625:3426:226:826:3227:227:427:1628:1736:936:1536:3637:337:1337:2038:238:538:1938:2939:10
- Numbers 34
- 1:271:291:311:371:432:42:62:82:92:162:232:307:77:87:857:889:39:59:1116:4925:926:2526:4326:4726:5028:1629:1329:1529:1729:2029:2329:2629:2929:32
- 1 Chronicles 34
- 3:55:187:17:79:249:2612:2620:621:521:2023:423:523:1023:1224:1324:1825:525:2125:3126:1726:1827:127:227:427:527:727:827:927:1027:1127:1227:1327:1427:15
Hebrew dictionary
אַרְבַּע arba · four
four
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “four” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOUR, adjective
[Latin petoritum, petorritum, a carriage with four wheels, petor-rota.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.