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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 2 / 8 (Num 4:40–Deu 33:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - those who were numbered by their families, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - those who were numbered by their families were three thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - those who were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each silver platter weighed one hundred and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - “But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when it rested, he said:

“Return, O LORD,
To the many thousands of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - And Moses said, “The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - And those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14 - These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 - These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 - These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them: thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 - These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:4 - “A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5 - So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6 - Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33 - seventy-two thousand cattle,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34 - sixty-one thousand donkeys,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD’s tribute was seventy-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD’s tribute was sixty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty-two persons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - thirty-six thousand cattle,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and sixteen thousand persons—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - “The common-land of the cities which you will give the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits. The city shall be in the middle. This shall belong to them as common-land for the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:11 - ‘May the LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times more numerous than you are, and bless you as He has promised you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had surrendered them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - His glory is like a firstborn bull,
And his horns like the horns of the wild ox;
Together with them
He shall push the peoples
To the ends of the earth;
They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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