Hebrew wordʼarbâʻîymar-baw-eem'אַרְבָּעִיםWhat it meansfortyWhere it comes frommultiple of ʼarbaʻ (אַרְבַּע)How the King James translates itforty131fortieth4Every place it appears 135Genesis5:137:47:127:178:618:2818:2925:2026:3432:1547:2850:3Exodus16:3524:1826:1926:2134:2836:2436:26Leviticus25:8Numbers1:211:251:331:412:112:152:192:2813:2514:3314:3426:726:1826:4126:5032:1333:3835:635:7Deuteronomy1:32:78:28:49:99:119:189:2510:1025:329:5Joshua4:135:614:714:1021:41Judges3:115:85:318:2812:612:1413:11 Samuel4:1817:162 Samuel2:105:410:1815:71 Kings2:114:266:177:37:3811:4214:2115:1019:82 Kings2:248:910:1412:114:231 Chronicles5:1812:3619:1826:3129:272 Chronicles9:3012:1316:1322:224:1Ezra2:82:102:242:252:342:382:66Nehemiah5:157:137:157:287:297:367:417:447:627:677:689:2111:13Job42:16Psalms95:10Jeremiah52:30Ezekiel4:629:1129:1229:1341:246:22Amos2:105:25Jonah3:4