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fourscore

Meaning of “fourscore”

Eighty; four times twenty.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

36 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 16:16

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Joshua 14:10

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And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Joshua 14:10 · retained source text

And now beholde, the LORD hath kept me aliue, as he said, these forty and fiue yeres, euen since the LORD spake this word vnto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wildernesse: and now loe, I am this day fourescore and fiue yeeres old.

1611 marginal noteHebr. walked.

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Genesis 16:16 Joshua 14:10 1 Kings 5:15 1 Chronicles 7:5 2 Chronicles 2:18 2 Chronicles 26:17 Psalms 90:10 Luke 16:7

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Webster 1828

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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)