What Does “Fourfold” Mean in the Bible?
Four times what he took.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 19:8
What the Bible says
Luke 19:8
But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Luke 19:8 (NABRE: “four times over”; Vulgate: “quadruplum”)