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Lexicon :: Strong's H2568 - ḥāmēš

Aa
חָמֵשׁ
Transliteration
ḥāmēš
Pronunciation
khaw-maysh'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive numeral
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 686a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x

The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x
The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).
  1. five

    1. five (cardinal number)

    2. a multiple of five (with another number)

    3. fifth (ordinal number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
STRONGS H2568: Abbreviations
חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, Wemfo, aXtwemfo; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, ReckendZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic خَمْسً, خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 + 94 times + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out Greek Version of the LXXB Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 + 67 times + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (with noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see LagBN 80 Genesis 18:28 + 139 times (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26 times; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —
1. without other numeral:
a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 + 35 times; before collective noun צאֹן ח׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה ח׳ five in cubit(s)=five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָםin the fifth year) + 6 times Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).
b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Exodus 36:38 + 36 times Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 times.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3, 4) Exodus 26:3, 9; Exodus 36:10, 16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת ח׳ Kt, but Qr מאות ח׳, see below.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 + 5 times; הָאֲנָשִׁים ח׳ Judges 18:7, 14, 17; שׁקלים ח׳ Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים ח׳ ח׳ Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים ח׳ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; בני מ׳ ח׳ 2 Samuel 21:8.
e.=ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1, 2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה tenfifteen:
a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14, 15; Exodus 38:14, 15; 2 Kings 14:17, 23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.
b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (with noun masculine),
(1) after noun Esther 9:21;
(2) before noun Exodus 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.
c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun=ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 +4 times + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).
3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת=500 Genesis 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.
4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים=5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:69; — in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc.
5. with other numerals:
a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 + 4 times;
(2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 + 8 times + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt;
(3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times
b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7;
(2) noun following ח׳ (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration);
(3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.
c. no noun expressed, ח׳ between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ Numbers 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 + 22 times
e. ח׳ follows, and
(1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 + 7 times;
(2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.
f. ח׳ precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.
g. ח׳ follows, no noun expressed Genesis 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed ח׳ between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:6; 5:6; 5:10; 5:10; 5:17; 5:30; 5:32; 7:20; 14:9; 18:28; 18:28; 25:7; 43:34; 47:2

Exodus

16:1; 26:3; 26:9; 27:14; 27:15; 36:10; 36:16; 36:38; 38:14; 38:15; 38:28

Leviticus

23:6

Numbers

1:25; 3:47; 3:47; 18:16; 31:32; 31:37

Joshua

8:12; 10:5; 13:3

Judges

3:3; 14:10; 18:7; 18:14; 18:17; 20:35; 20:45

1 Samuel

6:18; 17:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

19:18; 21:8

1 Kings

5:12; 7:3; 7:23; 7:39; 7:49

2 Kings

8:16; 8:16; 14:17; 14:23; 20:6

1 Chronicles

3:20; 11:23; 24:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

3:15; 4:2; 4:7; 15:10; 15:19; 25:25; 35:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:5; 2:69

Esther

9:21

Isaiah

38:5

Jeremiah

52:30

Ezekiel

1:1; 1:2; 8:1; 8:16; 33:21; 40:21; 40:25; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 42:16; 42:16; 45:3; 45:3; 45:6; 45:12; 48:15; 48:16

Hosea

3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
which occurs 345 times in 272 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 5:6–Lev 23:39)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - And H2421 Seth H8352 lived H2421 an hundred H3967 H8141 and H3967 five H2568 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Enos: H583
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - And H2421 Enos H583 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Cainan H7018 eight H8083 hundred H3967 and H8083 fifteen H2568 H6240 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters: H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - And H1961 all H3605 the days H3117 of Enos H583 were H1961 nine H8672 hundred H3967 and H8672 five H2568 years: H8141 and he died. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - And H2421 Mahalaleel H4111 lived H2421 sixty H8346 and H8346 five H2568 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Jared: H3382
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - And H1961 all H3605 the days H3117 of Mahalaleel H4111 were H1961 eight H8083 hundred H3967 ninety H8673 and H8083 five H2568 years: H8141 and he died. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - And H2421 Enoch H2585 lived H2421 sixty and H8346 five H2568 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Methuselah: H4968
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And H1961 all H3605 the days H3117 of Enoch H2585 were H1961 three H7969 hundred H3967 sixty H8346 and H7969 five H2568 years: H8141
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And H2421 Lamech H3929 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Noah H5146 five H2568 hundred H3967 ninety H8673 and five H2568 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters: H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - And H1961 Noah H5146 was H1961 five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141 old: H1121 and H3205 Noah H5146 begat H3205 Shem, H8035 Ham, H2526 and H853 Japheth. H3315
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520 upward H4605 did H1396 the waters H4325 prevail; H1396 and H3680 the mountains H2022 were covered. H3680
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - And H2421 Shem H8035 lived H2421 after H310 he begat H3205 Arphaxad H775 five H2568 hundred H3967 years, H8141 and begat H3205 sons H1121 and daughters. H1323
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 - And Arphaxad H775 lived H2421 five H2568 and thirty H7970 years, H8141 and begat H3205 Salah: H7974
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And H1961 the days H3117 of Terah H8646 were H1961 two hundred H3967 and H3967 five H2568 years: H8141 and H4191 Terah H8646 died H4191 in Haran. H2771
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So H3212 Abram H87 departed, H3212 as H834 the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 unto him; H413 and H3212 Lot H3876 went H3212 with him: H854 and Abram H87 was seventy H7657 and H7657 five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he departed H3318 out of Haran. H2771
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - With H854 Chedorlaomer H3540 the king H4428 of Elam, H5867 and with Tidal H8413 king H4428 of nations, H1471 and Amraphel H569 king H4428 of Shinar, H8152 and Arioch H746 king H4428 of Ellasar; H495 four H702 kings H4428 with H854 five. H2568
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - Peradventure H194 there shall lack H2637 five H2568 of H2572 the H6662 fifty H2572 righteous: H6662 wilt thou destroy H7843 all H3605 the city H5892 for H2568 lack of five?  H2568 And he said, H559 If H518 I find H4672 there H8033 forty H705 and five, H2568 I will H7843 not H3808 destroy H7843 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - And these H428 are the days H3117 of the years H8141 of H2416 Abraham's H85 life H2416 which H834 he lived, H2425 an hundred H3967 threescore and fifteen H7657 H2568 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - And he took H5375 and sent messes H4864 unto them H413 from H854 before him: H6440 but H7235 Benjamin's H1144 mess H4864 was H7235 five H2568 times H3027 so much H7235 as H4864 any of theirs. H3605 And they drank, H8354 and were merry H7937 with him. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For H3588 these H2088 two years H8141 hath the famine H7458 been in H7130 the land: H776 and yet H5750 there are five H2568 years, H8141 in the which H834 there shall neither H369 be earing H2758 nor harvest. H7105
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - And H3557 there H8033 will I nourish H3557 thee; H853 for H3588 yet H5750 there are five H2568 years H8141 of famine; H7458 lest H6435 thou, H859 and thy household, H1004 and all H3605 that H834 thou hast, come to poverty. H3423
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To all of them H3605 he gave H5414 each man H376 changes H2487 of raiment; H8071 but to Benjamin H1144 he gave H5414 three H7969 hundred H3967 pieces of silver, H3701 and five H2568 changes H2487 of raiment. H8071
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And H7097 he took H3947 some H7097 of his brethren, H251 even five H2568 men, H376 and presented them H3322 unto H6440 Pharaoh. H6547
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they took their journey H5265 from Elim, H362 and H935 all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 unto H413 the wilderness H4057 of Sin, H5512 which H834 is between H996 Elim H362 and H996 Sinai, H5514 on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the H2320 second H8145 month H2320 after their departing out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If H3588 a man H376 shall steal H1589 an ox, H7794 or H176 a sheep, H7716 and kill it, H2873 or H176 sell it; H4376 he shall restore H7999 five H2568 oxen H1241 for H8478 an ox, H7794 and four H702 sheep H6629 for H8478 a sheep. H7716
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - The H3407 five H2568 curtains H3407 shall be H1961 coupled together H2266 one H802 to H413 another; H269 and H2568 other five  H2568 curtains H3407 shall be coupled H2266 one H802 to H413 another. H269
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - And thou shalt couple H2266 five H2568 curtains H3407 by themselves, H905 and H853 six H8337 curtains H3407 by themselves, H905 and shalt double H3717 the H3407 sixth H8345 curtain H3407 in H413 the forefront H4136 H6440 of the tabernacle. H168
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - And thou shalt make H6213 bars H1280 of shittim H7848 wood; H6086 five H2568 for the boards H7175 of H6763 the one H259 side H6763 of the tabernacle, H4908
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - And five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of H6763 the other H8145 side H6763 of the tabernacle, H4908 and five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of the side H6763 of the tabernacle, H4908 for the two sides H3411 westward. H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And thou shalt make H6213 for the hanging H4539 five H2568 pillars H5982 of shittim H7848 wood, and overlay H6823 them H853 with gold, H2091 and their hooks H2053 shall be of gold: H2091 and thou shalt cast H3332 five H2568 sockets H134 of brass H5178 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make H6213 an altar H4196 of shittim H7848 wood, H6086 five H2568 cubits H520 long, H753 and five H2568 cubits H520 broad; H7341 the altar H4196 shall be H1961 foursquare: H7251 and H7969 the height thereof H6967 shall be three H7969 cubits. H520
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - The hangings H7050 of one side H3802 of the gate shall be fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits: H520 their pillars H5982 three, H7969 and their sockets H134 three. H7969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - And on the H3802 other H8145 side H3802 shall be hangings H7050 fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits: their pillars H5982 three, H7969 and their sockets H134 three. H7969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length H753 of the court H2691 shall be an hundred H3967 cubits, H520 and the breadth H7341 fifty H2572 every where,  H2572 H2572 and the height H6967 five H2568 cubits H520 of fine twined H7806 linen, H8336 and their sockets H134 of brass. H5178
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - Take H3947 thou also H859 unto thee principal H7218 spices, H1314 of H4753 pure H1865 myrrh H4753 five H2568 hundred H3967 shekels, and of H7076 sweet H1314 cinnamon H7076 half so much, H4276 even two hundred and H3967 fifty H2572 shekels, and of H7070 sweet H1314 calamus H7070 two hundred and H3967 fifty H2572 shekels,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - And of cassia H6916 five H2568 hundred H3967 shekels, after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 and of oil H8081 olive H2132 an hin: H1969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - And he coupled H2266 the H3407 five H2568 curtains H3407 one H259 unto H413 another: H259 and the other five H2568 curtains H3407 he coupled H2266 one H259 unto H413 another. H259
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - And he coupled H2266 five H2568 curtains H3407 by themselves, H905 and H853 six H8337 curtains H3407 by themselves. H905
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - And he made H6213 bars H1280 of H6086 shittim H7848 wood; H6086 five H2568 for the boards H7175 of H6763 the one H259 side H6763 of the tabernacle, H4908
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - And five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of H6763 the other H8145 side H6763 of the tabernacle, H4908 and five H2568 bars H1280 for the boards H7175 of the tabernacle H4908 for the sides H3411 westward. H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - And H853 the H5982 five H2568 pillars of it H5982 with H853 their hooks: H2053 and he overlaid H6823 their chapiters H7218 and their fillets H2838 with gold: H2091 but their H134 five H2568 sockets H134 were of brass. H5178
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made H6213 the altar H4196 of burnt offering H5930 of shittim H7848 wood: H6086 five H2568 cubits H520 was the length thereof, H753 and five H2568 cubits H520 the breadth thereof; H7341 it was foursquare; H7251 and three H7969 cubits H520 the height thereof. H6967
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings H7050 of H413 the one side H3802 of the gate were fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits; H520 their pillars H5982 three, H7969 and their sockets H134 three. H7969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And for the H3802 other H8145 side H3802 of H8179 the court H2691 gate, H8179 on this hand H2088 and that hand, H2088 were hangings H7050 of fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits; H520 their pillars H5982 three, H7969 and their sockets H134 three. H7969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the hanging H4539 for the gate H8179 of the court H2691 was needlework, H7551 of blue, H8504 and purple, H713 and scarlet, H8438 H8144 and H8336 fine twined H7806 linen: H8336 and twenty H6242 cubits H520 was the length, H753 and the height H6967 in the breadth H7341 was five H2568 cubits, H520 answerable H5980 to the hangings H7050 of the court. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver of H3701 them that were numbered H6485 of the congregation H5712 was an hundred H3967 talents, H3603 and a thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 and threescore H7657 and fifteen H2568 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A bekah H1235 for every man, H1538 that is, half H4276 a shekel, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 for every one H3605 that went H5674 to H5921 be numbered, H6485 from H1121 twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 for six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and three H7969 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of H853 the thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 seventy H7657 and five H2568 shekels he made H6213 hooks H2053 for the pillars, H5982 and overlaid H6823 their chapiters, H7218 and filleted H2836 them. H853
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - And on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the H2320 same H2088 month H2320 is the feast H2282 of unleavened bread H4682 unto the LORD: H3068 seven H7651 days H3117 ye must eat H398 unleavened bread. H4682
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - Speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 The fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of H2320 this H2088 seventh H7637 month H2320 shall be the H5521 feast H2282 of tabernacles H5521 for seven H7651 days H3117 unto the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - Also H389 in the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the H2320 seventh H7637 month, H2320 when ye have gathered in H622 the fruit H8393 of the land, H776 ye shall keep H2287 a feast H2282 unto the LORD H3068 seven H7651 days: H3117 on H3117 the first H7223 day H3117 shall be a sabbath, H7677 and on H3117 the eighth H8066 day H3117 shall be a sabbath. H7677

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