'Four' in the Bible

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.

But God spoke as follows: 'Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me

"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

Then you're not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' into the wilderness some time ago?"

Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.