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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 5 / 8 (2Ki 19:35–1Ch 27:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4 - According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:20 - When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - from Judah, carrying shield and spear—6,800 armed for battle;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - from Simeon, warriors ready for battle—7,100;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - from Levi—4,600,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - from Benjamin, Saul’s tribe—3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 - from Ephraim, brave warriors, famous in their own clans—20,800;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - from half the tribe of Manasseh, designated by name to come and make David king—18,000;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:33 - from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty—50,000;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - from Naphtali—1,000 officers, together with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 - from Dan, ready for battle—28,600;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36 - from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle—40,000;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - and from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every type of weapon—120,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom, with rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15 - He remembers[fn] his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents[fn] of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim,[fn] Aram Maakah and Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maakah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 - But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also killed Shophak the commander of their army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - Joab reported the number of the fighting men to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could handle a sword, including four hundred and seventy thousand in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:14 - So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents[fn] of gold, a million talents[fn] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and by the other army commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives—seventeen hundred able men—were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the king’s service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - Jeriah had twenty-seven hundred relatives, who were able men and heads of families, and King David put them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - This is the list of the Israelites—heads of families, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and their officers, who served the king in all that concerned the army divisions that were on duty month by month throughout the year. Each division consisted of 24,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:2 - In charge of the first division, for the first month, was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel. There were 24,000 men in his division.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 - In charge of the division for the second month was Dodai the Ahohite; Mikloth was the leader of his division. There were 24,000 men in his division.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - The third army commander, for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was chief and there were 24,000 men in his division.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 - The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah was his successor. There were 24,000 men in his division.

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