156 occurrences in 13 translations

'Forty' in the Bible

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.

The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep [forgotten as soon as they are gone];In the morning they are like grass which grows anew—

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

But He replied, “You give them something to eat!” And they asked Him, “Shall we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led about by the Spirit in the Desert for forty days,

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii (200 days’ wages) worth of bread is not enough for each one to receive even a little.”

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

[for] forty years. Therefore I was angry with this generation, and I said, 'They always go astray in their heart, and they do not know my ways.'

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

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τεσσαρακονταετής 
Tessarakontaetes 
Usage: 2

ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

רבּוא רבּו 
Ribbow 
Usage: 10

τεσσαράκοντα 
Tessarakonta 
Usage: 22

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