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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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Psalms 90:10

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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Psalms 90:10 · retained source text

The dayes of our yeres are threescore yeeres and ten, and if by reason of strength they be fourescore yeeres, yet is their strength labour and sorrow: for it is soone cut off, and we flie away.

1611 marginal noteHebr. as for the dayes of our yeeres, in them are seuentie yeeres.

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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)