-
number following 59 and
preceding 61.
Being three times 20, it is
called threescore in
older literature (kopa in Slavic,
Schock in Germanic). 60 is a highly...
- 666 (six
hundred [and] sixty-six) is the
natural number following 665 and
preceding 667. In Christianity, 666 is
referred to in most m****cripts of chapter...
-
Bruce Humphries, 1965), 64–6 Ball,
Threescore, 130 Ball,
Threescore, 136–8, 290 Ball,
Threescore, 273–5 Ball,
Threescore, 69–70, 237 "Famous
Sculptor Dead"...
- the
archaic English use of score, as in "fourscore and seven" (87), or "
threescore and ten" (70). Belgian, Swiss, and
Aostan French as well as that used...
-
foundations thereof be
strongly laid; the
height thereof threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof threescore cubits; with
three rows of
great stones, and a row...
-
Humpty Dumpty sate on a wall,
Humpti Dumpti had a
great fall;
Threescore men and
threescore more,
Cannot place Humpty dumpty as he was before. In 1842,...
- half years," and the Book of Revelation, "a
thousand two
hundred and
threescore days" and "forty and two months" (the
prophetic month averaging 30 days...
-
sources may have been
influenced by
Psalm 90: "The days of our
years are
threescore years and ten".
Historian Karl
Ferdinand Werner challenged the acceptance...
- "Six
hundred threescore and six". Also in The Book of
Common Prayer,
Psalm 90 as used in the
Burial Service—"The days of our age are
threescore years and...
- for its
reference in
verse 10 to
human life
expectancy being 70 or 80 ("
threescore years and ten", or "if by
reason of
strength ...
fourscore years", in...
