threescore

noun

«threescore» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Meaning

An old word for sixty, meaning three times twenty. tree →

Examples

and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) tree →
and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →
And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. (Torah GEN.25.26, JPS 1917) tree →
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. (Writings EZR.2.9, JPS 1917) tree →
The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. (Writings NEH.7.18, JPS 1917) tree →
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. (Writings NEH.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

Early Modern English

Meaning

Three times twenty, which is sixty. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say sixty.

Examples

and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) tree →
‘I must have threescore cattle killed,’ said she, ‘and cut up into quarters, and every time I look over my shoulder he must throw one of them into my mouth.’ (The Yellow Fairy Book) tree →
and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: sixty.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «threescore» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «threescore» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«threescore» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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