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

### Examples

- and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threescore/#x1)
- and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threescore/#x2)
- And Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them. (Torah GEN.25.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threescore/#x3)
- The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. (Writings EZR.2.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threescore/#x4)
- The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. (Writings NEH.7.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threescore/#x5)
- The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. (Writings NEH.7.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/threescore/#x6)

### Note

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

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Three times twenty, which is sixty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/threescore/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say sixty.

### Examples

- and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/threescore/#x1)
- ‘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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/threescore/#x2)
- and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/threescore/#x3)

### Note

Today: sixty.

## On Mova

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