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HebrewH0505Noun

אֶ֫לֶף

e.leph

352Occurrences
H0505Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

prop, the same as H504 (אֶלֶף);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

אֶ֫לֶף appears 352 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
81
1 Chronicles
46
2 Chronicles
32
Judges
31
Ezk
21
1 Samuel
20
Ezra
18
2 Samuel
14

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:1BSB

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

1 Samuel 29:5BSB

Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances:‘Saul has slain his thousands,and David his tens of thousands’?”

Ecclesiastes 6:6BSB

even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

Judges 20:10BSB

We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”

Numbers 2:4BSB

and his division numbers 74,600.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.