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H702 · Hebrew · Old Testament
אַרְבַּע
Arba
Numeral
Four

Definition

Arba (אַרְבַּע) is the Hebrew cardinal number four. In biblical numerology, four often represents completeness of the created order — the four corners of the earth, the four winds, the four rivers of Eden. It speaks to the totality of the physical world and its Creator's comprehensive sovereignty.

Theological Significance

The number four in Scripture represents cosmic completeness: four living creatures around the throne (Ezekiel 1; Revelation 4), four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:12), four Gospels, the four directions in which the Spirit moves. When God acts in fourfold ways, it signals universal scope — nothing in creation falls outside His reach or rule.

Key Scripture Passages

Genesis 2:10
A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
Isaiah 11:12
He will raise a signal for the nations and will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Ezekiel 1:5
And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures.
Zechariah 1:18
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns!
Daniel 7:3
And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.

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