There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:8 · retained source text
There are threescore Queenes, and fourescore concubines, and virgins without number.
KJV dictionary & concordance
fourscore
Meaning of “fourscore”
Eighty; four times twenty.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
36 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 16:16
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Every verse containing “fourscore”
Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 37:36 · retained source text
Then the Angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the campe of the Assyrians a hundred and fourescore and fiue thousand: and when they arose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
1611 marginal note2.Kings 19.35.
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 41:5 · retained source text
That there came certaine from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, euen fourescore men, hauing their beards shauen, and their clothes rent, and hauing cut themselues, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 2:37 · retained source text
And she was a widow of about fourescore and foure yeeres, which departed not from the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 16:7 · retained source text
Then said hee to another, And how much owest thou? And hee said, An hundred measures of wheat. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill and write fourescore.
1611 marginal noteThe word here interpreted a measure, in the originall conteineth about foureteene bushels and a pottle.
Complete reference index — all 35 verses
Genesis 16:16Genesis 35:28Exodus 7:7Numbers 2:9Numbers 4:48Joshua 14:10Judges 3:301 Samuel 22:182 Samuel 19:322 Samuel 19:351 Kings 5:151 Kings 12:212 Kings 6:252 Kings 10:242 Kings 19:351 Chronicles 7:51 Chronicles 15:91 Chronicles 25:72 Chronicles 2:22 Chronicles 2:182 Chronicles 11:12 Chronicles 14:82 Chronicles 17:152 Chronicles 17:182 Chronicles 26:17Ezra 8:8Nehemiah 7:26Nehemiah 11:18Esther 1:4Psalms 90:10Song of Solomon 6:8Isaiah 37:36Jeremiah 41:5Luke 2:37Luke 16:7
Where “fourscore” appears
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1 versePsalms1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon1 occurrence
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3 verses2 Chronicles7 occurrences
7 versesEzra1 occurrence
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1 versePsalms1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah1 occurrence
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗[See Score.] Four times twenty; eighty. It is used elliptically for fourscore years; as a man of fourscore