705. arbaim

Strong's Lexicon

arbaim: Forty

Original Word: אַרְבָּעִים
Part of Speech: noun plural indeclinable
Transliteration: arba`iym
Pronunciation: ar-bah-EEM
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-baw-eem')
Definition: Forty
Meaning: forty

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root word אַרְבַּע (arba), meaning "four."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5062 (τεσσαράκοντα, tessarakonta): The Greek equivalent for the number forty, used in the New Testament.

Usage: The Hebrew word "arbaim" is used to denote the number forty. It appears frequently in the Old Testament and is often associated with periods of testing, trial, or judgment. The number forty is symbolic and significant in biblical narratives, often marking a period of transformation or preparation.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, numbers often held symbolic meanings. The number forty, in particular, was seen as a period of completeness or fulfillment. This is evident in various biblical accounts where forty signifies a time of trial or preparation, such as the forty days and nights of rain during the flood (Genesis 7:12) or the forty years the Israelites spent in the wilderness (Numbers 14:33-34).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as arba
Definition
forty
NASB Translation
1,247* (2), 140* (1), 148* (1), 242* (1), 245* (3), 345* (2), 40,000* (5), 40,500* (3), 41,500* (2), 42* (2), 42,000* (1), 43,730* (1), 44,760* (1), 45* (1), 45,400* (1), 45,600* (1), 45,650* (2), 46,500* (2), 642* (2), 648* (1), 743* (2), 745* (1), 845* (1), 945* (1), fortieth (3), forty (73), forty times (1), forty-eight* (2), forty-first* (1), forty-five* (2), forty-nine* (1), forty-one* (4), forty-seven* (1), forty-two* (3), twenty-two* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אַרְבָּעִים₁₃₆ plural noun indeclinable a forty; —

1 sine num. al.:

a. usually apposition before noun, especially שָׁנָה, יוֺם (singular): אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה Judges 3:11; 1 Samuel 4:18; Amos 2:10; Amos 5:25 29t.;יוֺם ׳א Genesis 7:17; 1 Kings 19:8; Jonah 3:4 6t.,יוֺם ׳א לַיְלָה ׳וְא Genesis 7:4,12; Exodus 24:18 7t.; also בַּת ׳א 1 Kings 7:38, גָּמָל ׳א 2 Kings 8:9, אַמָּה ׳א Ezekiel 41:2 and (אַמָּה omitted) Ezekiel 46:22, but בָּאַמָּה ׳א 1 Kings 6:17 (v: אַמָּה); אֶלֶף ׳א Numbers 1:33; Numbers 2:19; Numbers 26:18; Joshua 4:13; Judges 5:8; 2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Chronicles 12:37 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:36), 1 Chronicles 19:18 (see also below); rarely followed by plural noun, בָּנִים ׳א Judges 12:14, אֲדָנִים ׳א Exodus 26:19,21; Exodus 36:24,26 (P). — (As round number Genesis 7:17; Judges 3:11; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28; 1 Samuel 4:18 +).

b. after plural noun, ׳מָּרוֺת א Genesis 32:16 (E), ׳שְׁקָלִים א Nehemiah 5:15.

c. noun omitted Genesis 18:29, ׳הָא Genesis 18:29; יַכֶּנּוּ ׳א Deuteronomy 25:3 forty (blows) may he smite him.

2 with other numbers:

a. before unit, + singular noun:, 40 1שָׁנָה 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 402שָׁנָה2Chron 22:20, אִישׁ 2 Kings 10:14, עִיר Numbers 35:6, + אֶלֶף Judges 12:6; 405שָׁנָה Joshua 14:10 (JE), etc. (12 t.); + plural noun יְלָדִים 2 Kings 2:24; after plural noun הָעַמּוּדִים405 1 Kings 7:3; noun omitted 40 5 Genesis 18:28, compare Ezra 2:24 = Nehemiah 7:28.

b. after unit, 9 40שָׁנָה Leviticus 25:8 (H); 1 40אֶלֶף Numbers 1:41; Numbers 2:28, etc. (9 t. Numbers, P).

c. with hundreds, 40 שָׁנָה800שָׁנָה Genesis 5:18 (P); 100 40שָׁנָה Job 42:16; + units, 7 שָׁנִים40100שָׁנָה Genesis 47:28 (P); but (Ezra Nehemiah, mostly predicate, without noun), 900 405 Ezra 2:8, compare Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:62, and (׳א without וְ) 600, 40 2 Ezra 2:10, see also "" Nehemiah 7:15; Ezra 2:34 = Nehemiah 7:36; Ezra 2:66 = Nehemiah 7:68 (ver. omitted Baer Gi), Nehemiah 7:13,29,44; Nehemiah 1000, 200, 40 7 Ezra 2:38 = Nehemiah 7:41; plural noun 200 405 Nehemiah 7:67, plural noun 200, 40 + 2; Nehemiah 11:13; also singular noun נֶפֶשׁ 700, 40 5 Jeremiah 52:30.

3 as ordinal, שָׁנָה ׳בְּא Deuteronomy 1:3 in the fortieth year; also ׳בִּשְׁנַת הָא Numbers 33:38; 1 Chronicles 26:31; וְאַחַת ׳בִּשְׁנַת א2Chronicles 16:13 in the forty-first year

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

forty

Multiple of arba'; forty -- -forty.

see HEBREW arba'

Forms and Transliterations

אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים אַרְבָּעִ֑ים אַרְבָּעִ֔ים אַרְבָּעִ֖ים אַרְבָּעִ֣ים אַרְבָּעִ֤ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אַרְבָּעִ֨ים אַרְבָּעִים֙ ארבעים בְּאַרְבָּעִ֣ים בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים בארבעים הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֗ים הָֽאַרְבָּעִ֜ים הָאַרְבָּעִֽים׃ הארבעים הארבעים׃ וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֛ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֤ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ וארבעים כְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים כארבעים ’ar·bā·‘îm ’arbā‘îm arbaIm bə’arbā‘îm bə·’ar·bā·‘îm bearbaIm hā’arbā‘îm hā·’ar·bā·‘îm haarbaIm kə’arbā‘îm kə·’ar·bā·‘îm kearbaIm vearbaIm wə’arbā‘îm wə·’ar·bā·‘îm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 5:13
HEB: אֶת־ מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה
NAS: eight hundred and forty years after
KJV: hundred and forty years,
INT: became of Mahalalel and forty years eight

Genesis 7:4
HEB: עַל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים
NAS: on the earth forty days
KJV: upon the earth forty days
INT: off the earth forty days and forty

Genesis 7:4
HEB: אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָ֑יְלָה וּמָחִ֗יתִי
NAS: days and forty nights;
KJV: forty days and forty nights; and every
INT: forty days and forty nights will blot

Genesis 7:12
HEB: עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים
NAS: upon the earth for forty days
KJV: was upon the earth forty days
INT: upon the earth forty days and forty

Genesis 7:12
HEB: אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָֽיְלָה׃
NAS: for forty days and forty nights.
KJV: forty days and forty nights.
INT: forty days and forty nights

Genesis 7:17
HEB: וַֽיְהִ֧י הַמַּבּ֛וּל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים י֖וֹם עַל־
NAS: upon the earth for forty days,
KJV: And the flood was forty days
INT: came the flood forty days upon

Genesis 8:6
HEB: וַֽיְהִ֕י מִקֵּ֖ץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֑וֹם וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח
NAS: about at the end of forty days,
KJV: And it came to pass at the end of forty days,
INT: came the end of forty days opened

Genesis 18:28
HEB: אֶמְצָ֣א שָׁ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֖ים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃
NAS: [it] if I find forty-five there.
KJV: If I find there forty and five,
INT: find there forty five

Genesis 18:29
HEB: יִמָּצְא֥וּן שָׁ֖ם אַרְבָּעִ֑ים וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א
NAS: Suppose forty are found
KJV: and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found
INT: are found in it forty and said I will not

Genesis 18:29
HEB: אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֔ה בַּעֲב֖וּר הָאַרְבָּעִֽים׃
NAS: [it] on account of the forty.
KJV: I will not do [it] for forty's sake.
INT: do account of the forty

Genesis 25:20
HEB: יִצְחָק֙ בֶּן־ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּקַחְתּ֣וֹ
NAS: and Isaac was forty years old
KJV: And Isaac was forty years old
INT: and Isaac old was forty years took

Genesis 26:34
HEB: עֵשָׂו֙ בֶּן־ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֤ח
NAS: When Esau was forty years old
KJV: And Esau was forty years old
INT: Esau old was forty years took

Genesis 32:15
HEB: שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים פָּר֤וֹת אַרְבָּעִים֙ וּפָרִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה
NAS: and their colts, forty cows
KJV: with their colts, forty kine,
INT: thirty cows forty bulls and ten

Genesis 47:28
HEB: שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: was one hundred and forty-seven years.
INT: seven years forty hundred years

Genesis 50:3
HEB: וַיִּמְלְאוּ־ לוֹ֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם כִּ֛י
NAS: Now forty days were required
KJV: And forty days were fulfilled
INT: were required now forty days for

Exodus 16:35
HEB: אֶת־ הַמָּן֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה עַד־
NAS: ate the manna forty years, until
KJV: manna forty years,
INT: ate the manna forty years until

Exodus 24:18
HEB: מֹשֶׁה֙ בָּהָ֔ר אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים
NAS: was on the mountain forty days
KJV: was in the mount forty days
INT: and Moses the mountain forty days and forty

Exodus 24:18
HEB: אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים לָֽיְלָה׃ פ
NAS: forty days and forty nights.
KJV: forty days and forty nights.
INT: forty days and forty nights

Exodus 26:19
HEB: וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ אַדְנֵי־ כֶ֔סֶף
NAS: You shall make forty sockets
KJV: And thou shalt make forty sockets
INT: forty sockets of silver

Exodus 26:21
HEB: וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף
NAS: and their forty sockets of silver;
KJV: And their forty sockets [of] silver;
INT: and their forty sockets of silver

Exodus 34:28
HEB: עִם־ יְהוָ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים
NAS: with the LORD forty days
KJV: And he was there with the LORD forty days
INT: with the LORD forty days and forty

Exodus 34:28
HEB: אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה לֶ֚חֶם
NAS: days and forty nights;
KJV: days and forty nights;
INT: forty days and forty nights bread

Exodus 36:24
HEB: וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ אַדְנֵי־ כֶ֔סֶף
NAS: and he made forty sockets of silver
KJV: And forty sockets of silver
INT: forty sockets of silver

Exodus 36:26
HEB: וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף
NAS: and their forty sockets of silver;
KJV: And their forty sockets of silver;
INT: and their forty sockets of silver

Leviticus 25:8
HEB: הַשָּׁנִ֔ים תֵּ֥שַׁע וְאַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: of years, [namely], forty-nine years.
KJV: of years shall be unto thee forty and nine
INT: of years and nine forty years

135 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 705
135 Occurrences

’ar·bā·‘îm — 93 Occ.
bə·’ar·bā·‘îm — 2 Occ.
hā·’ar·bā·‘îm — 3 Occ.
kə·’ar·bā·‘îm — 1 Occ.
wə·’ar·bā·‘îm — 36 Occ.