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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 Samuel 19:32
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:32 · retained source text

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, euen fourescore yeeres olde, and he had prouided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a very great man.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.27.

2 Samuel 19:35
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:35 · retained source text

I am this day fourescore yeeres olde: and can I discerne betweene good and euill? Can thy seruant taste what I eate, or what I drinke? can I heare any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherfore then should thy seruant bee yet a burden vnto my lord the king?

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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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