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# fourscore

noun

«fourscore» 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

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#m1)

### Examples

- And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x1)
- And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x2)
- even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x3)
- And the land had rest fourscore years. (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x4)
- The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. (Writings NEH.7.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x5)
- There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number. (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x6)

### Note

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

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

four times twenty; eighty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fourscore/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fourscore/#x1)
- And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fourscore/#x2)
- even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fourscore/#x3)

### Note

Today: eighty.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fourscore» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fourscore» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fourscore.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fourscore» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fourscore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fourscore» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/fourscore.html) on Mova free.