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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 3 / 3 (Job 31:37–Joe 1:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:21 - Knowest thou H3045 it, because H3588 thou wast H3205➔ then H227 born? ➔H3205 or because the number H4557 of thy days H3117 is great? H7227

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For H3588 innumerable H5704 H369 H4557 evils H7451 have compassed H661➔ me H5921 about: ➔H661 mine iniquities H5771 have taken hold upon me, H5381 so that H3808➔ I am H3201➔ not ➔H3808 able ➔H3201 to look up; H7200 they are more H6105 than the hairs H8185 of mine head: H7218 therefore my heart H3820 faileth me. H5800

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - So is this H2088 great H1419 and wide H7342 H3027 sea, H3220 wherein H8033 are things creeping H7431 innumerable, H369 H4557 both small H6996 and H5973 great H1419 beasts. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - When they were H1961 but a few men H4962 in number; H4557 yea, very few, H4592 and strangers H1481 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:34 - He spake, H559 and H935➔ the locusts H697 came, ➔H935 and caterpillers, H3218 and that without H369 number, H4557

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - He telleth H4487 the number H4557 of the stars; H3556 he calleth H7121 them all H3605 by their names. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 - Great H1419 is our Lord, H113 and of great H7227 power: H3581 his understanding H8394 is infinite. H369 H4557

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I sought H8446 in mine heart H3820 to give H4900 myself H1320 unto wine, H3196 yet H3820➔ acquainting H5090 mine heart ➔H3820 with wisdom; H2451 and to lay hold H270 on folly, H5531 till H5704 I might see H7200 what H335 was that H2088 good H2896 for the sons H1121 of men, H120 which H834 they should do H6213 under H8478 the heaven H8064 all H4557 the days H3117 of their life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold H2009 that which H834 I H589 have seen: H7200 it is good H2896 and comely H3303 for one to eat H398 and to drink, H8354 and to enjoy H7200 the good H2896 of all H3605 his labour H5999 that he taketh H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 all H4557 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 which H834 God H430 giveth H5414 him: for H3588 it H1931 is his portion. H2506

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For H3588 who H4310 knoweth H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for man H120 in H2416➔ this life, ➔H2416 all H4557 the days H3117 of H2416➔ his vain H1892 life ➔H2416 which he spendeth H6213 as a shadow? H6738 for H834 who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 shall be H1961 after him H310 under H8478 the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 - There are H1992 threescore H8346 queens, H4436 and fourscore H8084 concubines, H6370 and virgins H5959 without H369 number. H4557

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:19 - And the rest H7605 of the trees H6086 of his forest H3293 shall be H1961 few, H4557 that a child H5288 may write them. H3789

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the residue H7605 of the number H4557 of archers, H7198 the mighty men H1368 of the children H1121 of Kedar, H6938 shall be diminished: H4591 for H3588 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 hath spoken H1696 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up H5375 your eyes H5869 on high, H4791 and behold H7200 who H4310 hath created H1254 these H428 things, that bringeth out H3318 their host H6635 by number: H4557 he calleth H7121 them all H3605 by names H8034 by the greatness H7230 of his might, H202 for that H533➔ he is strong ➔H533 in power; H3581 not H3808 one H376 faileth. H5737

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:28 - But where H346 are thy gods H430 that H834 thou hast made H6213 thee? let them arise, H6965 if H518 they can save thee H3467 in the time H6256 of thy trouble: H7451 for H3588 according to the number H4557 of thy cities H5892 are H1961 thy gods, H430 O Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:32 - Can H7911➔ a maid H1330 forget ➔H7911 her ornaments, H5716 or a bride H3618 her attire? H7196 yet my people H5971 have forgotten me H7911 days H3117 without H369 number. H4557

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - For H3588 according to the number H4557 of thy cities H5892 were H1961 thy gods, H430 O Judah; H3063 and H4557➔ according to the number ➔ H4557 of the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 have ye set up H7760 altars H4196 to that shameful thing, H1322 even altars H4196 to burn incense H6999 unto Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Yet H6412➔ a H4557➔ small H4962 number ➔ H4557 that escape ➔H6412 the sword H2719 shall return H7725 out H4480 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 into the land H776 of Judah, H3063 and H3045➔ all H3605 the remnant H7611 of Judah, H3063 that are gone H935 into the land H776 of Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there, H8033 shall know ➔H3045 whose H4310 words H1697 shall stand, H6965 mine, H4480 or theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They shall cut down H3772 her forest, H3293 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 though H3588 it H2713➔ cannot H3808 be searched; ➔H2713 because H3588 they are more H7231 than the grasshoppers, H697 and are innumerable. H4557

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:4 - Lie H7901 thou also H859 upon H5921 thy H6654➔ left H8042 side, ➔H6654 and lay H7760 the iniquity H5771 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 upon it: H5921 according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that H834 thou shalt lie H7901 upon it H5921 thou shalt bear H5375 their iniquity. H5771

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:5 - For I H589 have laid H5414 upon thee the years H8141 of their iniquity, H5771 according to the number H4557 of the days, H3117 three H7969 hundred H3967 and ninety H8673 days: H3117 so shalt thou bear H5375 the iniquity H5771 of the house H1004 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - Take H3947 thou also H859 unto thee wheat, H2406 and barley, H8184 and beans, H6321 and lentiles, H5742 and millet, H1764 and fitches, H3698 and put H5414 them H853 in H3627➔ one H259 vessel, ➔H3627 and make H6213 thee bread H3899 thereof, H853 according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that H834 thou H859 shalt lie H7901 upon H5921 thy side, H6654 three H7969 hundred H3967 and ninety H8673 days H3117 shalt thou eat thereof. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - Thou shalt also take H3947 thereof H8033 a few H4592 in number, H4557 and bind H6696 them H853 in thy skirts. H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will leave H3498 a few H4557 men H376 of them H1992 from the sword, H2719 from the famine, H7458 and from the pestilence; H1698 that H4616 they may declare H5608 all H3605 their abominations H8441 among the heathen H1471 whither H834 they come; H935 and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:2 - In the H8141➔ first H259 year ➔H8141 of his reign H4427 I H589 Daniel H1840 understood H995 by books H5612 the number H4557 of the years, H8141 whereof H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet, H5030 that he would accomplish H4390 seventy H7657 years H8141 in the desolations H2723 of Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - Yet H1961➔ the number H4557 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall be ➔H1961 as the sand H2344 of the sea, H3220 which H834 cannot H3808 be measured H4058 nor H3808 numbered; H5608 and it shall come to pass, H1961 that in the place H4725 where H834 it was said H559 unto them, Ye H859 are not H3808 my people, H5971 there it shall be said H559 unto them, Ye are the sons H1121 of the H410➔ living H2416 God. ➔H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For H3588 a nation H1471 is come up H5927 upon H5921 my land, H776 strong, H6099 and without H369 number, H4557 whose teeth H8127 are the teeth H8127 of a lion, H738 and H4973➔ he hath the cheek teeth ➔H4973 of a great lion. H3833

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