Forty
FORTY.See Numbers.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Forty
forti (, ‘arbam; , tessarakonta). See FOUR (5); NUMBER.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Forty
Remarkable coincidences in the number
– Days:
b Of rain, at the time of the flood
Gen 7:17
b Of flood, before sending forth the raven
Gen 8:6
b For embalming
Gen 50:3
b Of fasting:
b By Moses
Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28; Deu 9:9; Deu 9:25
b By Elijah
1Ki 19:8
b By Jesus
Mat 4:2
b Spies in the land of promise
Num 13:25
b Of probation, given to the Ninevites
Jon 3:4
b Christ’s stay after the resurrection
Act 1:3
b Symbolic
Eze 4:6
– Years:
b Wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness
Exo 16:35; Num 14:34
b Peace in Israel
Jdg 3:11; Jdg 5:31; Jdg 8:28
b Egypt to be desolated
Eze 29:11
Egypt to be restored after
Eze 29:13
Stripes, administered in punishing criminals
Deu 25:3; 2Co 11:24
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Forty
is used in circumstances in Scripture which indicate the number as suggesting probation, separation or judgment, e.g., Mat 4:2; Act 1:3; Heb 3:9, Heb 3:17. Note: Tessarakontaetes, “forty years” (etos, “a year”), is found in Act 7:23; Act 13:18.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Forty
The number represents testing in human life.
Gen 7:4 (c) Noah’s faith was tested and found to be all that it should be.
Exo 16:35 (c) GOD’s faithfulness was tested and found to be sufficient for all the needs.
Exo 24:18 (c) Israel’s faith and trust were tested and failed. (See Exo 32:7).
1Sa 4:18 (c) Eli was tested. He had judged Israel and failed at the end.
1Sa 17:16 (c) Israel was challenged and was proved to be utterly unworthy and cowardly.
Saul reigned forty years and was deposed as a failure.
2Sa 5:4 (c) David reigned forty years and ended his rule gloriously.
1Ki 11:42 (c) Solomon reigned forty years and ended his period of testing in idolatry.
Mat 4:2 (c) JESUS was tested forty days and forty nights. He came back more than a Conqueror. JESUS revealed Himself to His own for forty days after His resurrection so that they could endure the tests through the years. (See Act 1:3).