Fourscore refers to a period of 80 years, as "score" means 20 years. Therefore, four times 20 equals 80. This term is often used in historical contexts, such as in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, where he famously begins with "Four score and seven years ago," referring to 87 years.
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fourscore and seven years ago means 87 years ago
Twenty years is a score, as in "Fourscore and seven years ago..." Fourscore and seven equals 87.
It is 80 years.
Fourscore and seven years is a phrase that means 87 years (a score is 20 years, so four score is 80 years plus 7). Subtracting 87 from 1863 gives you 1776. Therefore, fourscore and seven years subtracted from 1863 equals 1776.
Fourscore and five years is 85 years old. It's not rocket science, honey. Just add 80 (four score) and 5 together and boom, you've got your answer. Math doesn't have to be as complicated as your love life.
Fourscore and seven years is a phrase that means 87 years. "Score" refers to a period of 20 years, so four score would be 80 years, plus an additional 7 years makes a total of 87.
'score' = 20 "Fourscore and seven" = 87 years ago.
84. A score is twenty.
Fourscore and seven years ago . . .
A score is twenty, and fourscore is therefore eighty.
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
Yes, in Psalm 90:10 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (KJV)This is the only appearance of the word in Psalm. Contemporary translations render it as "eighty."