Arba אַרְבַּע
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| אַרְבַּע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | arba |
| Strong's number | H703 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Gloss | four |
| Occurrences | 8 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Daniel (5) |
Arba (Aramaic אַרְבַּע, Strong's H703) is an Aramaic noun meaning “four”. It occurs 8 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
four
Aramaic of ar.ba (אַרְבַּע "four" H0702)
Aramaic of ar.ba (אַרְבַּע "four" H0702)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | four (8) |
|---|---|
| BSB | four (7), had four (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Arba, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 6:17And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
Daniel
- Daniel 3:25He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
- Daniel 7:2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
- Daniel 7:3And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:
- Daniel 7:6After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.Next, as I watched, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
- Daniel 7:17These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).