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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
Dictionary Aids

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 לְיוֺרָם＝in 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 ten＝fifteen:
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - And after the birth of Arpachshad, Shem went on living for five hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 - And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And all the years of Terah's life were two hundred and five: and Terah came to his end in Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - Now the years of Abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And he took five of his brothers to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - Five curtains are to be joined together, and the other five are to be joined together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Five of these curtains are to be joined together, and the other six are to be joined together, the sixth being folded over to make a hanging in front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - And make rods of the same wood, five for the boards on the one side,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the west side of the House at the back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And make five pillars for the curtain, of hard wood plated with gold; their hooks are to be of gold and their bases of brass

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - On the one side of the doorway will be hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - And on the other side, hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The open space is to be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, with sides five cubits high, curtained with the best linen, with bases of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - And five for the boards on the other side of the House, and five for the boards at the back, on the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings on one side of the doorway were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And the same on the other side of the doorway; on this side and on that the hangings were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25

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 - 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 - 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 BoxLev 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have got in all the fruits of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord for seven days: the first day will be a Sabbath, and the eighth day the same.

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