Four times twenty; eighty. It is used elliptically for fourscore years; as a man of fourscore
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1. Four times twenty; eighty.
2. The product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
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And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
And Isaac lived 180 years.
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
And the number of men was 8,580.
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.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
