מִסְפָּר
mis.par
“number”
Definition
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
from H5608 (סָפַר);
- number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מִסְפָּר appears 125 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
This is the list of David’s mighty men:Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge;the number of His years is unsearchable.
Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
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