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Lexicon :: Strong's H505 - 'elep̄

Aa
אֶלֶף
Transliteration
'elep̄
Pronunciation
eh'-lef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prop, the same as אֶלֶף (H504)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 109a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x

The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x
The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

  1. a thousand

    1. as numeral

  2. a thousand, company

    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.
STRONGS H505: Abbreviations
II. אֶ֫לֶף noun masculineJudges 6:15 thousand (אלף MI, SI, Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 615; Arabic أَلفً, Aramaic PElAx  , אֲלַף, אלפיא) — א׳ (אָ֑׳) Genesis 20:16 +; suffix אַלְמִּי Judges 6:15; dual אַלְמַּיִם Numbers 4:36 +; plural אֲלָפִים Exodus 18:21 +; construct אַלְפֵי Exodus 32:28 +; אֲלָפֶיךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 + 2 times; אֲלָפָיו Qr 1 Samuel 18:7 + 2 times (Kt ־פו) — a thousand.
1. numeral:
a. used with noun alone; mostly before noun Numbers 35:4; Joshua 7:3; Nehemiah 3:13; 1 Chronicles 18:4 +; after noun (late) 1 Chronicles 12:35 + 6 times Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah; בָּאַמָּה א׳ Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:3 (strike out Co); the noun always plural when preceding, sometimes when following, 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; 2 Chronicles 30:24; Psalm 90:4; Job 42:12; Ecclesiastes 6:6; elsewhere singular אישׁ Judges 9:49; Judges 15:15, 16; Joshua 7:3 +; אַמָּה Numbers 35:4 + (so SI); דּוֺר Deuteronomy 7:9 +, compare 1 Chronicles 18:4; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Kings 15:19; Job 42:12; Songs 4:4; Isaiah 7:23, noun sometimes collective; א׳ plural construct Micah 6:7; Psalm 119:72; Genesis 24:60; noun not expressed (or not fully) Genesis 20:16; Numbers 31:5, 6 +; distributive אֶלֶף⬩⬩⬩אֶלֶף Numbers 31:4; multiplicative Deuteronomy 1:11 פְּעָמִים א׳; indefinite for great number (plural) Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:10; Jeremiah 32:18, (singular) Deuteronomy 32:30; Ecclesiastes 6:6 +.
b. א׳ + other number usually precedes it Exodus 38:25 + often; but following רִבּוֺא Ezra 2:64 + 2 times; it follows also smaller number Numbers 3:50; 1 Kings 5:12 (so SI); the noun following in singular Exodus 28:25 + 8 times; plural 2 Samuel 8:4 + 2 times; noun precedes, in plural (late) Daniel 12:12 + 2 times; noun not expressed Exodus 38:28 —
c. א׳ X other number always following Exodus 12:37 +; usual order is no. X א׳ + additional no. (if any) + noun (if expressed) Numbers 31:52; Judges 20:35 compare Exodus 12:37; 2 Kings 3:4 (twice in verse) +; less often noun + no. X א׳ Numbers 31:33; 1 Kings 8:63 +; (other combinations see Exodus 38:26; Numbers 26:51; Numbers 31:32; Ezekiel 48:30; 1 Chronicles 29:7 etc.); א׳ usually singular Numbers 11:21 +; except after units, where plural absolute Numbers 1:46; Judges 20:34 + (so MI); seldom plural construct Exodus 32:28; Judges 4:10; Job 1:3 (twice in verse); (noun mostly singular when following Judges 4:10; 1 Kings 12:21+, yet plural Joshua 4:13; 1 Samuel 13:5 +; when preceding it is plural 1 Chronicles 5:21 +, or collective Numbers 31:33; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5 +); אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים 1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 14:8; אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן Psalm 68:18, compare שִׁנְאָן; בְּהַרֲרֵי אָ֑לֶף Psalm 50:10, read אֵל compare Psalm 36:7, Ol Bi Che; yet see Hup De. —
Note.10,000= עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים etc. Judges 1:4; Judges 3:29; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Chronicles 29:7 +; less often רִבּוֺ, רְבָבָה etc. which see.
2. a thousand, a company of 1000 men, as united under one superior, or leader, hence (שָׂרֵי) שַׂר א׳ Exodus 18:21, 25 compare Numbers 31:14 +; compare יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי א׳ Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4; Joshua 22:21, 30 & see below; compare also 1 Samuel 29:2; especially family, etc. Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 10:19 (|| שֵׁבֶט & compare מִשְׁפַּחַת 1 Samuel 10:21); compare Micah 5:2; — Numbers 10:36 (רִבְבוֺת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) Numbers 31:5; Joshua 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:23 apparently shew transition to this technical use.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H506.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 20:16; 24:60

Exodus

12:37; 12:37; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25; 20:6; 28:25; 32:28; 32:28; 34:7; 38:25; 38:26; 38:28

Numbers

1:16; 1:46; 3:50; 4:36; 10:4; 10:36; 11:21; 26:51; 31:4; 31:5; 31:5; 31:6; 31:14; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 31:52; 35:4; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:11; 5:10; 7:9; 7:13; 32:30

Joshua

4:13; 7:3; 7:3; 22:14; 22:21; 22:30

Judges

1:4; 3:29; 4:10; 4:10; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 9:49; 15:15; 15:16; 20:34; 20:35

1 Samuel

10:19; 10:21; 13:5; 18:7; 23:23; 25:2; 25:2; 29:2

2 Samuel

8:4

1 Kings

3:4; 5:12; 8:63; 8:63; 12:21

2 Kings

3:4; 15:19; 18:23

1 Chronicles

5:21; 12:35; 18:4; 18:4; 19:6; 21:5; 22:14; 29:7; 29:7

2 Chronicles

7:5; 14:8; 30:24

Ezra

2:64

Nehemiah

3:13

Job

1:3; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

36:7; 50:10; 68:18; 90:4; 119:72

Ecclesiastes

6:6; 6:6

Song of Songs

4:4

Isaiah

7:23; 36:8

Jeremiah

32:18

Ezekiel

47:3; 48:30

Daniel

12:12

Micah

5:2; 6:7

H505

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Strong's Number H505 matches the Hebrew אֶלֶף ('elep̄),
which occurs 507 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 20:16–Num 4:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels of silver was used to make the hooks for the pillars, and for plating the tops of the pillars and for making their bands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers' families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

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