Where can you find the phrase 'forty days' in the Bible?

Answer 1

In the King James version

The phrase - forty days - appears 22 times

1. 164 Gen 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
2. 172 Gen 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
3. 177 Gen 7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
4. 190 Gen 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
5. 1510 Gen 50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
6. 2196 Exo 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
7. 2525 Exo 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
8. 4101 Num 13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
9. 4143 Num 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
10. 5167 Deu 9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
11. 5169 Deu 9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
12. 5176 Deu 9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
13. 5183 Deu 9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
14. 5197 Deu 10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
15. 7635 1 Sam 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
16. 9396 1 Kin 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
17. 20536 Eze 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
18. 22562 Jon 3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
19. 23211 Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
20. 24228 Mar 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
21. 25065 Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
22. 26926 Act 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Answer 2

I think 40 appears twice only. The 40 years of wondering in the wilderness, and 40 days of Noah's flood.

I've did some research on this question, and 40 days appears at least 34 times in The Bible. David reigned over Israel for 40 years. Solomon reigned the same number of years as his father, 40 years. Saul reigned for 40 years. God gave Nineveh 40 days to repent. Jesus fasted for 40 days & nights. Jesus was tempted for 40 days. Jesus remained on earth 40 days after resurrection. This is just a few of the 34 I've looked up.

Answer 3

A:There is one reason for such frequent references to forty days or forty years in the Old Testament and a different reason in the New Testament.

Many of the Old Testament stories were handed down orally by storytellers, until finally written down during the first millennium BCE, and the number 40, or other multiples of 20, were easy to remember. This applies to periods such as Noah's rain continuing for forty days and forty nights, Moses' 40 days on the mountain and Elijah's 40 days in the wilderness. It also applies to the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, the periods of the individual judges, the 40-year reign of King David and the 40-year reign of King Solomon.

Mark 1:13 tells of Jesus in the wilderness forty days, ministered to by angels, just as Elijah was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days (1 Kings 19:5-7). The Gospels of Matthew and Luke follow the allusion to Elijah in a subtly different way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days in the wilderness, just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. Early students of the gospels would also have recognised the parallel to Moses when (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets. Thus, this passage was written as an allusion to the 40 days that both Elijah and Moses spent in the wilderness.

Answer 4

Moses was 40 years old when he fled and was in Midian 40 years. Israel wandered in the desert 40 years. Othniel, Deborah and Gideon are each said to have judged Israel for 40 years. Ehud was judge for twice 40 years. Later, Eli judged for 40 years. Saul, David, and Solomon each reigned 40 years.

Answer 5

(Genesis 7:4) 4 For in just seven days more I am making it rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe every existing thing that I have made off the surface of the ground."

(Genesis 7:12) 12 And the downpour upon the earth went on for forty days and forty nights.

(Genesis 7:17) 17 And the deluge went on for forty days upon the earth, and the waters kept increasing and began carrying the ark and it was floating high above the earth.

(Genesis 8:6) 6 So it occurred that at the end of forty days Noah proceeded to open the window of the ark that he had made.

(Genesis 50:1-3) 50 Then Joseph fell upon the face of his father and burst into tears over him and kissed him. 2 After that Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel, 3 and they took fully forty days for him, for this many days they customarily take for the embalming, and the Egyptians continued to shed tears for him seventy days.

(Exodus 24:18) 18 Then Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went on up the mountain. And Moses continued in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

(Exodus 34:28) 28 And he continued there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights. He ate no bread and he drank no water. And he proceeded to write upon the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words.

(Numbers 13:25) 25 Finally at the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.

(Numbers 14:34) 34 By the number of the days that YOU spied out the land, forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year, YOU will answer for YOUR errors forty years, as YOU must know what my being estranged means.

(Deuteronomy 9:9) 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that Jehovah had concluded with YOU, and I kept dwelling in the mountain forty days and forty nights, (I neither ate bread nor drank water,)

(Deuteronomy 9:9) 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that Jehovah had concluded with YOU, and I kept dwelling in the mountain forty days and forty nights, (I neither ate bread nor drank water,)

(Deuteronomy 9:11) 11 And it came about that at the end of the forty days and forty nights Jehovah gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant;

(Deuteronomy 9:18) 18 And I proceeded to prostrate myself before Jehovah, as at first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all YOUR sin that YOU had committed in doing evil in the eyes of Jehovah so as to offend him.

(Deuteronomy 9:25) 25 "So I kept prostrating myself before Jehovah forty days and forty nights, for I prostrated myself thus because Jehovah talked of annihilating YOU.

(Deuteronomy 10:10) 10 And I-I stayed in the mountain the same as the first days, forty days and forty nights, and Jehovah proceeded to listen to me also on that occasion. Jehovah did not want to bring you to ruin.

(1 Samuel 17:16) 16 And the Phi·lis′tine kept coming forward at early morning and at evening and taking his position for forty days.

(1 Kings 19:8) 8 So he rose up and ate and drank, and he kept going in the power of that nourishment for forty days and forty nights as far as the mountain of the [true] God, Ho′reb.

(Ezekiel 4:6) 6 And you must complete them. "And you must lie upon your right side in the second case, and you must carry the error of the house of Judah forty days. A day for a year, a day for a year, is what I have given you.

(Ezekiel 4:6) 6 And you must complete them. "And you must lie upon your right side in the second case, and you must carry the error of the house of Judah forty days. A day for a year, a day for a year, is what I have given you.

(Matthew 4:2) 2 After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, then he felt hungry. . .

(Mark 1:13) 13 So he continued in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild beasts, but the angels were ministering to him.

(Luke 4:1, 2) 4 Now Jesus, full of holy spirit, turned away from the Jordan, and he was led about by the spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, while being tempted by the Devil. Furthermore, he ate nothing in those days, and so, when they were concluded, he felt hungry.

(Acts 1:3) 3 To these also by many positive proofs he showed himself alive after he had suffered, being seen by them throughout forty days and telling the things about the kingdom of God.

Answer 6

The word "forty" is in the King James Version of the Bible 158 times. It is in 145 verses. Please see the related link below.

Answer 7

40 is mentioned 14 times in the NIV Version of the bible.

Answer 8

The word "fourty" does not appear anywhere in the KJV bible.