The Symbolic Meaning of 4
The Symbolic Meaning of the Number 4 – Universal Extent
The purpose of this study is to thoroughly examine the Biblical use of the number 4. By doing so, it is evident that the number 4 is used throughout the Bible in a symbolic manner pointing to the ‘universal extent’ of the subject related to the number 4. Please consider viewing the below video or visit the webpage on the Symbolic Meaning of 4 on this website. For an analysis on the use of ¼ in the Bible, please see the Symbolic Meaning of Numbers page on this website.
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Introduction / Prevalence of 4 in Revelation
Universal Extent of the Creation
Four Corners of the Earth / Land
Four Points of the Compass (east, west, north and south)
Fourth Day – Sun, Moon and the Stars Created
Four winds (Spirits) / four quarters of heaven
Four – Universal Extent of People
Four Beasts (Fourth Beast with four wings)
Four Divisions / Groups of People
The Four types of soil (wayside, rocky, thorny / good land)
Universal Extent of the Work of Cherubim and Angels
Four Living Creatures (Cherubim)
Four Horses / Chariots (Spirits)
Law, Tabernacle / Temple / City of God
Four in the Tabernacle and the Temple
Four – High Priest’s Breastplate Gems
Four and 48 Highlighted in Cities of the Levites
Punishment for 3 Transgressions and for Four
Four and the Day of Crucifixion
Introduction / Prevalence of 4 in Revelation
In the Book of Revelation, we find the following uses of the number 4:
- 4 beasts – Rev 4:6, Rev 4:8, Rev 5:6, Rev 5:8, Rev 5:14, Rev 6:1, Rev 6:6, Rev 7:11, Rev 14:3, Rev 15:7, Rev 19:4
- 4th beast – flying eagle – Rev 4:7
- 4th seal – Rev 6:7
- 4th part of the earth – Rev 6:8
- 4 angels – Rev 7:1-2, Rev 9:14-15
- 4th angel – Rev 8:12, Rev 16:18
- 4 horns of golden altar before the throne of God – Rev 9:13
- 4 quarters of the earth – Rev 20:8
- Foursquare – New Jerusalem – Rev 21:16
- 4th stone – an emerald – Rev 21:19
God teaches us in Isaiah 55:11 that His word will not come back void and therefore, every word in the Bible is important. God’s Word does not contain any incidental or unimportant information. All of God’s Word is important. All Scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable (2 Tim 3:16).
In order to understand the symbolic meaning of the number 4 in the Bible, this can only be achieved with comparing Scripture with Scripture (1 Cor 2:13). Therefore, this study was assembled by analyzing all the Bible verses that use the number four (including the number 4 and the number one-fourth). Other related numbers to four are 40, 400, 4000 which symbolically point to trials / testing. But, in order to find out the most basic symbolic meaning of the number 4, the focus should be on analyzing the numbers 4 and one-fourth. The key categories of usage of the number 4 in a symbolic manner are:
- Universal extent of the creation (4 corners, 4 points of the compass, 4 quarters, 4 winds, etc.)
- Universal extent of people (4 beasts, 4 kings, 4th generation, 4 divisions / groups of people)
- Universal extent of the work of Cherubim and angels
- Universal extent of 4 in the tabernacle, temple, law, etc.
- Universal extent of time
The numbers four and one-fourth are categorized and listed below (with links to the actual Bible passages). When all the usages of the number 4 and one-fourth are examined, the symbolism of 4 being ‘universal extent’ can be discerned.
Universal Extent of the Creation
Four Corners of the Earth / Land
4 corners ‑ the outermost areas ‑ Rev 7:1, Acts 10:11, Acts 11:5, Is 11:12, Eze 7:2
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
(Isa 11:12)
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
(Eze 7:2)
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
(Rev 7:1)
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
(Act 10:11)
Rev 20:8 – Four Quarters of the Earth
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
(Rev 20:8)
Earth not Flat (Four Corners is a Symbol)
Circle of the earth ‑ Is 40:22, hangs the earth upon nothing ‑ Job 26:7
Four Points of the Compass (east, west, north and south)
Gen. 28:14; Num. 35:5; 1Ki. 7:25; 1Ch. 9:24; 2Ch. 4:4; Psa. 107:3; Eze. 48:10,16,17; Zec. 14:4; Luke 13:29; Rev. 21:13.
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
(Gen 28:14)
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
(Num 35:5)
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
(1Ki 7:25, the ‘Sea’ in front of the Solon’s Temple)
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
(1Ch 9:24)
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
(2Ch 4:4, the ‘Sea’ in front of the Solon’s Temple)
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
(Psa 107:3)
And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
(Eze 48:10)
And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
(Eze 48:16)
And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
(Eze 48:17)
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
(Zec 14:4)
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
(Luk 13:29)
On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
(Rev 21:13)
Fourth Day – Sun, Moon and the Stars Created
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. (Gen 1:19)
- And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (Gen 1:14-18)
Four Heads (Rivers)
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
(Gen 2:10)
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. (Gen 2:14)
Four winds (Spirits) / four quarters of heaven
Jer. 49:36; Eze. 37:9; Dan. 7:2; 8:8; 11:4; Zec. 2:6; Mat. 24:31; Mark 13:27; Rev. 7:1.
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. (Jer 49:36)
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. (Eze 37:9)
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. (Dan 7:2)
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. (Dan 8:8)
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. (Dan 11:4)
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. (Zec 2:6)
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Mat 24:31)
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. (Mar 13:27)
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (Rev 7:1)
Four – Universal Extent of People
Four Beasts (Fourth Beast with four wings)
Dan. 7:3, Dan:17; Rev. 4:6-8; Rev 5:6-8, Rev 5:14; Rev 6:1, Rev 6:6; Rev 7:11; Rev 14:3; Rev 15:7; Rev 19:4.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
(Dan 7:3)
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
(Dan 7:6)
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (Dan 7:7)
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
(Dan 7:17)
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; (Dan 7:19)
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. (Dan 7:23)
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. (Dan 11:2)
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. (Rev 4:7)
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. (Rev 6:7)
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
(Rev 4:6)
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
(Rev 4:8)
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
(Rev 5:6)
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
(Rev 5:8)
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
(Rev 5:14)
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
(Rev 6:1)
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
(Rev 6:6)
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
(Rev 7:11)
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
(Rev 14:3)
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
(Rev 15:7)
And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
(Rev 19:4)
Four Kings
Gen. 14:5, Gen 14:9; Dan. 7:17; Dan 8:22, Dan 11:2
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
(Gen 14:5)
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
(Gen 14:9)
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. (Dan 2:40)
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
(Dan 7:17)
Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
(Dan 8:22)
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
(Dan 11:2)
Four People
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
(Act 10:11)
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
(Act 11:5)
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
(2Sa 21:22)
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
(Dan 3:25)
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
(Act 21:23)
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
(Dan 1:17)
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
(Zec 1:20)
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
(2Ki 7:3)
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
(1Ch 3:5)
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
(1Ch 7:1)
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
(1Ch 9:26)
And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
(1Ch 21:20)
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
(1Ch 23:10)
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
(1Ch 23:12)
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
(1Ch 26:17)
At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
(1Ch 26:18)
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
(Act 21:9)
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. (1Ch 3:15)
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. (1Ch 23:19)
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. (1Ch 24:23)
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. (1Ch 26:11)
Four Divisions / Groups of People
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
(Rev 17:15)
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
(Rev 5:9)
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
(Rev 10:11)
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
(Rev 11:9)
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
(Rev 14:6)
People were originally divided in four groups:
Japheth:
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
(Gen 10:5)
Ham:
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
(Gen 10:20)
Shem:
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
(Gen 10:31)
The Four types of soil (wayside, rocky, thorny / good land)
- The Parable passages: Mat 13:24-30, Mat 13:36-43, Mk 4:3-9, Mk 4:13-20, Lk 8:4-8, Lk 8:11-15
- Soil (land) = hearts – Lk 8:12, Lk 8:15, Mat 13:18, Mk 4:14
- Ground (literally, lands (G1093)) – Mk 4:5, Mk 4:8, Mk 4:20, Lk 8:8, Lk 8:15, Mat 13:5, Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23
- The 4th soil (land) is the hearts of God’s Elect – Mat 13:8, Mat 13;23, Mk 4:8, Mk 4:20, Lk 8:8, Lk 8:15
Fourth generation
Gen. 15:16; Exo. 20:5; Exo 34:7; Num. 14:18; Deu. 5:9; 2Ki. 10:30; 2 Ki 15:12.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (Gen 15:16)
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (Exo 20:5)
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Exo 34:7)
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: (Num 7:30)
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num 14:18)
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, (Deu 5:9)
This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. (2Ki 15:12)
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.
(Job 42:16)
Universal Extent of the Work of Cherubim and Angels
Four Living Creatures (Cherubim)
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
(Eze 1:5)
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
(Eze 1:6)
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
(Eze 1:8)
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
(Eze 1:10)
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
(Eze 1:15)
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
(Eze 1:16)
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.
(Eze 1:17)
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
(Eze 1:18)
And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
(Eze 10:9)
And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
(Eze 10:10)
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
(Eze 10:11)
And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
(Eze 10:12)
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
(Eze 10:14)
Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
(Eze 10:21)
Four Angels
Rev. 7:1-2; Rev 9:14-15.
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (Rev 7:1)
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, (Rev 7:2)
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. (Rev 9:14)
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. (Rev 9:15)
Four Horses / Chariots (Spirits)
Zec 6:1-8 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. (2) In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; (3) And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. (4) Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? (5) And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. (6) The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. (7) And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. (8) Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
Rev 6:1-8 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. (2) And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (3) And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. (4) And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. (5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. (6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. (7) And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. (8) And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. (Zec 6:3)
Fourth Angel
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. (Rev 8:12)
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. (Rev 16:8)
Four Judgments
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
(Jer 15:3)
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
(Eze 14:21)
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (Rev 6:8)
Law, Tabernacle / Temple / City of God
Four Corners
Exo. 25:12,26; 27:2,4; 37:3,13; 38:2; 1Ki. 7:30,34; Job 1:19; Isa. 11:12; Eze. 7:2; 43:20; 45:19; 46:21,22; Acts 10:11; 11:5; Rev. 7:1.
Four Horns
Exo. 27:2; Exo 38:2; Eze. 43:15, Eze 43:20; Zec. 1:18; Rev 9:13.
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
(Exo 27:2)
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
(Exo 38:2)
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
(Eze 43:15)
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
(Eze 43:20)
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. (Dan 8:8)
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. (Dan 11:4)
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
(Zec 1:18)
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
(Rev 9:13)
Four in the Tabernacle and the Temple
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. (Exo 25:12)
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. (Exo 25:26)
And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. (Exo 25:34)
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. (Exo 26:2)
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. (Exo 26:8)
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. (Exo 26:32)
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. (Exo 27:2)
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. (Exo 27:4)
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. (Exo 27:16)
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. (Exo 28:17)
The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. (Exo 36:9)
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. (Exo 36:15)
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. (Exo 36:36)
And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. (Exo 37:3)
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. (Exo 37:13)
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: (Exo 37:20)
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. (Exo 38:2)
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. (Exo 38:5)
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. (Exo 38:19)
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. (Exo 39:10)
He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
(1Ki 7:2)
And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
(1Ki 7:19)
And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
(1Ki 7:27)
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
(1Ki 7:30)
And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
(1Ki 7:32)
And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
(1Ki 7:34)
Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
(1Ki 7:38)
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
(Eze 40:41)
And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
(Eze 40:42)
After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
(Eze 41:5)
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
(Eze 42:20)
And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
(Eze 43:14)
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
(Eze 43:15)
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
(Eze 43:16)
And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
(Eze 43:17)
And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
(Eze 43:20)
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
(Eze 45:19)
Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
(Eze 46:21)
In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
(Eze 46:22)
And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about.
(Eze 46:23)
And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
(Eze 48:16)
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
(Eze 48:30)
And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
(Eze 48:32)
And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
(Eze 48:33)
At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
(Eze 48:34)
Four – High Priest’s Breastplate Gems
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. (Exo 28:20)
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. (Exo 39:13)
Four and 48 Highlighted in Cities of the Levites
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:18)
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:22)
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:24)
Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:29)
Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:31)
Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:35)
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
(Jos 21:37)
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
(Jos 21:39)
All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
(Jos 21:41)
Punishment for 3 Transgressions and for Four
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
(Amo 1:3)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
(Amo 1:6)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
(Amo 1:9)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
(Amo 1:11)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
(Amo 1:13)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
(Amo 2:1)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
(Amo 2:4)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
(Amo 2:6)
Four associated with animals
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (Exo 22:1)
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. (Lev 11:20)
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; (Lev 11:21)
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. (Lev 11:23)
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. (Lev 11:27)
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. (Lev 11:42)
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
(Num 7:7)
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
(Num 7:8)
Fourth part / quarters
Exo. 29:40; Lev. 23:13; Num. 15:4-5; Num 23:10; Num 28:5-7, Num 28:14; 1Sa. 9:8; 1Ki. 6:33; 2Ki. 6:25; Neh. 9:3; Rev. 6:8
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. (Exo 29:40)
And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. (Lev 23:13)
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. (Num 15:4)
And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. (Num 15:5)
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! (Num 23:10)
- The fourth of Israel to be as the dust of the earth – Num 23:10
- Dust refers to God’s people of faith – Gen 3:16, Gen 28:14, 2 Chr 1:9, Rev 7:9
And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. (Num 28:5)
And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. (Num 28:7)
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. (Num 28:14)
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. (1Sa 9:8)
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. (1Ki 6:33)
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. (2Ki 6:25)
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. (Deu 22:12)
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
(1Ch 9:24)
Foursquare – New Jerusalem
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
(Rev 21:16)
Four Associated with Time
Four Watches / Fourth watch
Mat 14:25, Mk 6:48, Mk 13:35
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. (Mat 14:25)
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. (Mar 6:48)
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning (Mar 13:35)
- Even (6 pm – 9 pm)
- Midnight (9 pm – 12 am)
- Cock-crowing (12 am – 3 am)
- Morning (3 am – 6 am)
Fourth Part of the day
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. (Neh 9:3)
Four and the Day of Crucifixion
Morning
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
(Mat 27:1)
3rd Hour
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
(Mar 15:25)
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
(Act 2:14-15)
6th Hour
Darkness –
| Mat 27:45-49 | Mk 15:33 | Lk 23:44, 45 |
9th Hour
| 27:50 | 15:34-37 | 23:46 | 19:28-30 |
Hour of prayer – Acts 3:1
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
(Act 10:30)
Evening
Buried in haste before sunset
| 27:57-66 | 15:42-47 | 23:50-56 | 19:38-42 |
Four days
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
(Jdg 11:40)
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
(Joh 11:17)
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
(Joh 11:39)
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
(Act 10:30)
Fourth day
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. (Gen 1:19)
- And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (Gen 1:14-18)
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: (Num 7:30)
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num 14:18)
And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: (Num 29:23)
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. (Jdg 19:5)
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. (2Ch 20:26)
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; (Ezr 8:33)
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. (Neh 9:1)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; (Zec 7:1)
Four months
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
(Jdg 20:47)
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
(1Sa 27:7)
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
(Joh 4:35)
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
(Jdg 19:2)
Fourth month
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
(2Ki 25:3)
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (1Ch 27:7)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (2Ki 18:9)
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (2Ki 25:3)
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. (Jer 39:2)
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. (Jer 52:6)
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Eze 1:1)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. (Zec 8:190
Fourth year
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. (Lev 19:24)
And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. (Lev 23:13)
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (2Sa 3:4)
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. (1Ki 6:1)
In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: (1Ki 6:37)
And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (1Ki 22:41)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (2Ki 18:9)
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. (2Ki 25:3)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; (Zec 7:1)
And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. (2Ch 3:2)
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; (Jer 25:1)
And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, (Jer 28:1)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, (Jer 36:1)
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, (Jer 45:1)
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. (Jer 46:2)
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. (Jer 51:59)
Four – Other Considerations
Four Things in Proverbs 30
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
(Pro 30:15)
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
(Pro 30:18)
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
(Pro 30:21)
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
(Pro 30:24)
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
(Pro 30:29)
Fourth in a list
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; (Rev 21:19)
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. (Jos 19:17)
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, (1Ch 2:14)
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: (1Ch 3:2)
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. (1Ch 8:2)
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, (1Ch 12:10)
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, (1Ch 24:8)
The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: (1Ch 25:11)
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, (1Ch 26:2)
Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, (1Ch 26:4)
Four – Unclassified
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
(Gen 47:24)
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
(Joh 19:23)
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. (Deu 3:11)
Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
(Jos 19:7)
And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
(Jdg 9:34)
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
(1Ki 18:33)
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
(Neh 6:4)
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
(Isa 17:6)
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
(Jer 36:23)
And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
(Jer 52:21)
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
(Mar 2:3)
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
(Act 12:4)
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
(Act 27:29)