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fourscore

Meaning of “fourscore”

Eighty; four times twenty.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
36 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 16:16

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2 Chronicles 2:2
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:2 · retained source text

And Solomon told out threescore and tenne thousand men to beare burdens, and fourescore thousand to hewe in the mountaine, and three thousand and sixe hundred to ouersee them.

2 Chronicles 2:18
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 2:18 · retained source text

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourescore thousand to be hewers in the mountaine, and three thousand and sixe hundred ouerseers to set the people a worke.

1611 marginal noteAs it is in ver. 2.

2 Chronicles 11:1
AND when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem, he gathered of the house of Iudah and Beniamin, an hundred and fourescore thousand chosen men, which were warriers, to fight against Israel, that hee might bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam.

1611 marginal note1.King. 12.21,&c.

2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 14:8 · retained source text

And Asa had an armie of men that bare targets and speares, out of Iudah three hundred thousand, and out of Beniamin, that bare shields and drew bowes, two hundred and fourescore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.

2 Chronicles 17:15
And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 17:15 · retained source text

And next to him was Iehohanan the captaine, and with him two hundred and fourescore thousand.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at his hand.

2 Chronicles 17:18
And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 17:18 · retained source text

And next him was Iehoshabad, and with him an hundred and foure score thousand, ready prepared for the warre.

2 Chronicles 26:17
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men:
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 26:17 · retained source text

And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourescore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men.

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[See Score.] Four times twenty; eighty. It is used elliptically for fourscore years; as a man of fourscore

volume 1, leaf 801, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 50)

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