Rova רֹ֫בַע
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| רֹ֫בַע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | rova |
| Strong's number | H7255 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | fourth |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (1) |
Rova (Hebrew רֹ֫בַע, Strong's H7255) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fourth”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
fourth part
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fourth (1), part (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fourth (1), quarter (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Rova, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 6:25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
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).