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אַרְבָּעִים

arbaim

ar-baw-eem'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼarbâʻîym

forty

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

forty

Rendered in the KJV as

forty.

  • 136
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 21 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 21
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 136 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 21

  • אַרְבָּעִ֥ים45
  • אַרְבָּעִ֣ים28
  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים11
  • אַרְבָּעִ֖ים8
  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים7
  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים7
  • אַרְבָּעִ֨ים6
  • וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים6
  • וְאַרְבָּעִים֙5
  • אַרְבָּעִ֤ים2
  • אַרְבָּעִ֑ים1
  • אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 11

  • forty83
  • and forty37
  • [were] forty5
  • the forty3
  • [the] forty2
  • [was] forty [cubits]1
  • [will be] forty1
  • about forty1
  • among forty1
  • forty [times]1
  • in forty1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 8

  • number (cardinal) · masculine plural49
  • noun · masculine plural44
  • conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural25
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural12
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural2
  • the definite article (“the”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural2
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine plural1
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HAcmpa · 49
  • HNcmpa · 44
  • HC/Acmpa · 25
  • HC/Ncmpa · 12
  • HR/Ncmpa · 2
  • HTd/Acmpa · 2
  • HR/Acmpa · 1
  • HTd/Ncmpa · 1

All 136, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis15 occurrences
Exodus9 occurrences
Leviticus1 occurrence
Numbers20 occurrences
Deuteronomy16 occurrences
Joshua5 occurrences
Judges7 occurrences
1 Samuel3 occurrences
2 Samuel4 occurrences
1 Kings10 occurrences
2 Kings5 occurrences
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
Ezra7 occurrences
Nehemiah12 occurrences
Job1 occurrence
Psalms1 occurrence
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel6 occurrences
Amos2 occurrences
Jonah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).