רְבִיעִיrᵉbîyʻîy

fourth

Pronunciation: reb-ee-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7243

Meanings

1. (especially of days, months, sons, etc.) (Genesis 2:14; Genesis 15:16; Genesis 1:19)

2. of years (1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 6:37; 2 Kings 18:9)

3. four square (read possibly רְבוּעָה) (Ezekiel 48:20)

4. as noun = fourth part (Leviticus 23:13; Exodus 29:40; Numbers 15:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 56 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:19 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
  • Genesis 2:14 The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
  • Genesis 15:16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
  • Exodus 28:20 The fourth row will contain a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones will be set in gold filigree.
  • Exodus 29:40 With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering.
  • Exodus 39:13 The fourth row contained a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones were set in gold filigree.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).