עֶשֶׂר
e.ser
“ten”
Definition
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה; from H6237 (עָשַׂר);
- ten 1a) ten 1b) with other numbers Aramaic equivalent: a.sar (*עֲשַׂר *"ten" H6236)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
עֶשֶׂר appears 150 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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