Fourth Ordinal Number

† רְבִיעִי m., רְבִיעִית f., adj.num.ordin. fourth;m. רְבִיעִי Gn 2:14 + 29 times, רְבִעִי 1 Ch 24:8; 26:11; pl. רְבִיעִים 2 K 15:12, רְבִעִים 10:30; f. abs. רְבִיעִית 1 K 6:1 + 3 times, רְבִיעִת Lv 19:29, רְבִעִית 1 K 6:37 + 6 times + 1 K 6:33 (v. infr.); cstr. רְבִיעִית Nu 15:5, רְבִיעִת Ex 29:40 + 4 times, רְבִעִית Nu 15:4 + 2 times;—fourth, usually הָֽר׳: 1. m. Gn 2:14; 15:16 (JE), also (especially of days, months, sons, etc.) Gn 1:19 Ex 28:20; 39:13; Nu 7:30; 29:23; Jos 19:17 (all P), Ju 19:5; Je 39:2; 52:6; 1 Ch 27:7b 2 Ch 20:26; Ezr 8:33; n. om. 2 S 3:4 = 1 Ch 3:2; 1 Ch 2:14; 3:15; 8:2; 12:10; 23:19; 24:8, 23; 25:11; 26:2, 4, 11; 27:7a Ezr 10:14; Dn 11:2; sc. חֹדֶשׁ Ez 1:1; Zc 8:19; pl. in בְּנֵי רְבִ(י)עִים sons of fourth (ones), i.e. to the fourth generation, 2 K 10:30; 15:12 (cf. [רִבֵּעַ], and [Old Aramaic Nērab] בני רבע Cook107). 2. f. of years, 1 K 6:1, 37; 2 K 18:9; Je 25:1; 28:1; 36:1; 45:1; 46:2; 51:59; Zc 6:3; Lv 19:24 (H); מֵאֵת רְבִעִית 1 K 6:33, read מְזֻוֹת רְבֻעוֹת 𝔊 𝔙 Th Sta Kmp Kit Benz Bur. 3. רְבִיעִית Ez 48:20 four square (read poss. רְבוּעָה). 4. רְבִ(י)עִ(י)ת as n. = fourth part, cstr., ר׳ הַהִין Lv 23:13 (H), Ex 29:40; Nu 15:4, 5; 28:5, 7, 14; ר׳ הַיּוֹם Ne 9:3a; so abs. (הַיּוֹם om.) v 3b.

τέταρτος, η, ον, Epic dialect also τέτρᾰτος (which see), Boeotian dialect πέτρᾰτος (which see), fourth, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II τὸ τέταρτον as adverb, the fourth time, Refsfourthly, Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb -τως, fourfold, Refs __II.2 (i.e. μέρος) a quarter, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III ἡ τετάρτη: __III.1 (i.e. ἡμέρα) the fourth day, Refs 8th c.BC+ __III.2 (i.e. μοῖρα) a liquid measure, Refs 5th c.BC+:—also, a measure of weight, λαβὼν χρυσοῦ τετάρτας <β> Refs __III.2.b a fourth part, ἐπὶ τετάρταις ἐργάζονται τῶν καρπῶν Refs 1st c.BC+ __III.3 tax ofRefs 6th c.BC+; ὧν τετάρτη goods which pay a tax of 25%, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __IV Τέταρτος, ὁ, a month in Locris, Refs 2nd c.BC+. (Sanskrit caturthás, Lithuanian ketvi[rtilde]tas, Latin quartus, etc.: l.-Refs 5th c.BC+ q[uglide]eturto- and q[uglide]et[uglide]ṛto-.)

† [רְבִיעִי] adj. num. ord. fourth;—f. abs. רביעיא Kt, רְבִיעָאָה Qr (K§ 66, 1) Dn 2:40; 3:25; 7:7, 23; emph. רְבִיעָֽיְתָא v 19, 23.