fourscore
noun
In Jewish tradition
It is an old English way to say eighty.
Interpretation. Long life in the Torah is read as a sign of blessing, and Isaac's 180 years are noted among the fathers.
Meaning
Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty. tree →
Examples
- And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the land had rest fourscore years. (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. (Writings NEH.7.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number. (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
Early Modern English
Meaning
four times twenty; eighty. tree →
Then and now
No longer used; today we say eighty.
Examples
- And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: eighty.
On Mova
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