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Lexicon :: Strong's H4557 - mispār

Aa
מִסְפָּר
Transliteration
mispār
Pronunciation
mis-pawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1540e

Strong’s Definitions

מִסְפָּר miçpâr, mis-pawr'; from H5608; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration:— abundance, account, × all, × few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, time.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H4557 in the following manner: number (110x), few (6x), all (3x), innumerable (3x), sum (2x), time (2x), account (1x), abundance (with H369) (1x), infinite (1x), innumerable (with H369) (1x), numbered (1x), tale (1x), telling (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H4557 in the following manner: number (110x), few (6x), all (3x), innumerable (3x), sum (2x), time (2x), account (1x), abundance (with H369) (1x), infinite (1x), innumerable (with H369) (1x), numbered (1x), tale (1x), telling (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

  1. number, tale

    1. number

      1. number

      2. innumerable (with negative)

      3. few, numerable (alone)

      4. by count, in number, according to number (with prep)

    2. recounting, relation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִסְפָּר miçpâr, mis-pawr'; from H5608; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration:— abundance, account, × all, × few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, time.
STRONGS H4557: Abbreviations
I. מִסְפָּר 133 noun masculine 1 Chronicles 27:24 number, tale; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 34:30 +; construct מִסְפַּר Exodus 16:16 +; suffix מִסְפַּרְכֶם Numbers 14:29, מִסְפָּרָם Judges 21:23 +; plural construct מִסְפְּרֵי 1 Chronicles 12:23; —
1.
a. number, Judges 7:6 the number of those lapping, לַכּוֺכָבִים מִס׳ Psalm 147:4, + often (37 times PH); וגו׳ דִּבְרֵי בְּמִסְפַּר הַמִּסְפָּר עָלָה לֹא 1 Chronicles 27:24 (read בְּסֵפֶר) the number did not come up into (was not recorded in) the book of the daily doings, etc.; redundant after number, † 2 Samuel 21:20 twenty-four (in) number; אֵין מ׳ it was (they were) innumerable Genesis 41:49 (E), with לְ Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Chronicles 12:3, לִתְבוּנָתוֺ אֵין מ׳ Psalm 147:5 (of י׳); absolute Jeremiah 2:32; Job 21:33; Songs 6:8; † עַדאֵֿין מ׳ = id. Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Psalm 40:13, וְאֵין לָהֶם מ׳ Jeremiah 46:23; לְאֵין מ׳ † 1 Chronicles 22:4; וְאֵין מ׳ † Psalm 104:25; Psalm 105:34; Joel 1:6; לִגְדוּדָיו הֲיֵשׁ מ׳ Job 25:3 can his bands be numbered ? without אֵין = numerable, i.e. few, וִיהִי מְתָיו מ׳ Deuteronomy 33:6 but let his men be few יָמִים מ׳ Numbers 9:20, מ׳ alone Isaiah 10:19, usually in combination, מְתֵי מ׳ = a few men Genesis 34:30 (J), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28; 1 Chronicles 16:19; Psalm 105:12, אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Ezekiel 12:16; so שְׁנוֺת מ׳ Job 16:22; adverb phrase חַיֵּיהֶם יְמֵי מִסְפַּר Ecclesiastes 2:3 = during all their lives, compare Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 6:18 = appointed (normal) number, אֲמַלֵּא יָמֶיךָ מ׳ Exodus 23:26 (E).
b. with preposition ׃בְּ מְעַט בְּמ׳ Ezekiel 5:3 few in number; בְּמ׳ by (exact) count, tale 2 Samuel 2:15; Deuteronomy 25:2; 1 Chronicles 9:28 (twice in verse), so probably Ezekiel 20:37 read בְּמִסְפַּר Greek Version of the LXX Toy for MT מָסֹרֶת; in (prescribed) number Numbers 29:18 + 6 times Numbers 29 (P), Ezra 3:4; = acc. to (proportioned to) the number of Leviticus 25:15. 15 + often; לְמִס׳ according to number Judges 21:23; Joshua 4:5, 8 (JE) Numbers 14:29 (P) Ezekiel 4:5; 1 Chronicles 27:1; כְּמִס׳ = id. 1 Kings 18:31; Numbers 15:12 (twice in verse) (P); so מ׳ alone (adverb accusative) Exodus 16:16 (P) Job 1:5; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 11:13. — Numbers 23:10b read סָפַר מִי, compare Numbers 23:10a, so Greek Version of the LXX Di SoKau.
† 2. recounting, relation הַחֲלוֹם מִסְפַּר Judges 7:15 the recounting of the dream.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30; 41:49

Exodus

16:16; 16:16; 23:26

Leviticus

25:15; 25:15

Numbers

9:20; 14:29; 14:29; 15:12; 23:10; 23:10; 29; 29:18

Deuteronomy

4:27; 25:2; 33:6

Joshua

4:5; 4:8

Judges

6:5; 7:6; 7:12; 7:15; 21:23; 21:23

2 Samuel

2:15; 21:20

1 Kings

18:31

1 Chronicles

9:28; 12:23; 16:19; 22:4; 22:16; 27:1; 27:24; 27:24

2 Chronicles

12:3

Ezra

3:4

Job

1:5; 5:9; 9:10; 16:22; 21:33; 25:3

Psalms

40:13; 104:25; 105:12; 105:34; 147:4; 147:5

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 5:17

Song of Songs

6:8

Isaiah

10:19

Jeremiah

2:28; 2:32; 11:13; 44:28; 46:23

Ezekiel

4:5; 5:3; 12:16; 20:37

Joel

1:6

H4557

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Strong's Number H4557 matches the Hebrew מִסְפָּר (mispār),
which occurs 134 times in 129 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 34:30–Jdg 7:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - All your animals will give birth without loss, not one will be without young in all your land; I will give you a full measure of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:2 - Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24 - The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26 - The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28 - The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30 - The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34 - The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38 - The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42 - The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22

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

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 3:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.

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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 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:20 - Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:29 - Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34 - And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:12 - Whatever number you make ready, so you are to do for every one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 - Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:53 - Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:18 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen and the sheep and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:21 - And their meal offering and drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:24 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:27 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:30 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:33 - And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:37 - With the meal offering and the drink offerings for the ox, the male sheep, and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:2 - And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the Most High gave the nations their heritage, separating into groups the children of men, he had the limits of the peoples marked out, keeping in mind the number of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

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