'Forty' in the Bible

to whom also he presented himself living, after he had suffered, with many proofs; being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things which concern the kingdom of God;

for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

He led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.