Lexicon
אַרְבַּע
ar.ba
H0703
A:N Hebrew

four

8
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

ar.ba marks a quantity of four, applied to beings, winds, beasts, body parts, and hundreds in the supplied passages.

The term consistently marks a quantity of four: it counts men, winds, beasts, wings, heads, and hundreds of lambs in the supplied verses. Its attested use is a single cardinal-number use across these differing nouns and constructions.

Senses in use

  1. A count of four · dominant

    All supplied forms are tagged Cardinal and occur in clauses that enumerate entities or quantities. In Daniel 3:25 the APB renders “four men”; Daniel 7:2 and Daniel 7:3 render four winds and four beasts; Daniel 7:6 renders four wings and four heads; Daniel 7:17 twice identifies four beasts and four kings; and Ezra 6:17 renders four hundred lambs.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the cardinal quantity with “four,” including “four hundred” in Ezra 6:17. These renderings confirm the verse-level numerical statements rather than establish finer distinctions.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture