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Lexicon :: Strong's H6240 - ʿeśer

Aa
עֶשֶׂר
Transliteration
ʿeśer
Pronunciation
aw-sawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1711b

Strong’s Definitions

עָשָׂר ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H6240 in the following manner: eleven (with H259) (9x), eleven (with H6249) (6x), eleventh (with H6249) (13x), eleventh (with H259) (4x), twelve (with H8147) (106x), twelfth (with H8147) (21x), thirteen (with H7969) (13x), thirteenth (with H7969) (11x), etc to nineteen (152x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H6240 in the following manner: eleven (with H259) (9x), eleven (with H6249) (6x), eleventh (with H6249) (13x), eleventh (with H259) (4x), twelve (with H8147) (106x), twelfth (with H8147) (21x), thirteen (with H7969) (13x), thirteenth (with H7969) (11x), etc to nineteen (152x).

  1. ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

    1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשָׂר ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
STRONGS H6240: Abbreviations
עָשָׂר 203, עֶשְׂרֵה 144 noun ten, only after units to make numbers 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal; עֶשְׂרֵה with noun feminine, עָשָׂר with noun masculine, thus:
1. eleven:
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 32:23 + 2 times
b. אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 2 Kings 23:36 + 7 times; also = eleventh 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29.
c. עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:20; ordinal Deuteronomy 1:3 + 7 times
d. עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 26:7 + 4 times; ordinal Jeremiah 1:3 + 4 times
2. twelve:
a. שְׁנֵי (ם) עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 35:22 + 80 times ordinal 1 Kings 19:19 + 12 times
b. שְׁתֵּי(ם) עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 24:4 + 31 times; ordinal 2 Kings 8:25 + 6 times
3. thirteen:
a. שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:14 + 2 times; ordinal Esther 3:12 + 7 times
b. שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 1 Kings 7:1 + 9 times; ordinal Genesis 14:4 + 2 times
4. fourteen:
a. אַרְכָּעָה עָשָׂר Genesis 46:22 + 13 times; ordinal Exodus 12:6 + 17 times
b. אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 31:41 + 5 times; ordinal 2 Kings 18:13 + 3 times
5. fifteen:
a. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר Hosea 3:2 + 3 times; ordinal Exodus 16:1 + 14 times
b. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר Judges 8:10; 2 Samuel 19:18.
c. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה 2 Kings 14:17 + 9 times; ordinal † 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 15:10. — See also עֶשֶׂר 2d.
6. sixteen:
a. שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר Exodus 26:25 + 6 times; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:14 + 2 times
b. שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 46:18 + 13 times
7. seventeen:
a. שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר 1 Chronicles 7:11 + 2 times; ordinal Genesis 7:11 + 3 times
b. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 37:2 + 4 times; ordinal 1 Kings 22:52; 2 Kings 16:1. — See also עֶשֶׂר 3d.
8. eighteen:
a. שְׁמֹנָה (שְׂמֹנַת) עָשָׂר Genesis 14:4 + 10 times; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:25.
b. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה Judges 3:14 + 6 times; ordinal 1 Kings 15:1 + 8 times
†9. nineteen:
a. תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר 2 Samuel 2:30; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:16; 1 Chronicles 25:26.
b. תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 11:25; Joshua 19:38; ordinal 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12.
These numbers usually take singular of the nouns most often used, שָׁנָה, יוֺם, חֹדֶשׁ, compare (sometimes) אִישׁ, אַמָּךְ, etc.; otherwise plural; rarely (late usage) they follow noun, which is then usually plural, e.g. Numbers 29:30; Joshua 15:51 (P), Ezra 8:35 (twice in verse); Esther 3:13; Esther 8:5, etc. (even שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Nah Esther 5:14), but שָׁנָה precedes ordinal 1 Kings 6:38, שְׁנַת 1 Kings 15:1 + 8 times, so יוֺם (with ordinal) 2 Chronicles 29:17 + 5 times Esther 9; also יוֺם and (שְׁנַת) שָׁנָה both precede and following ordinal Numbers 7:72, 78; 2 Kings 8:25; 2 Kings 9:29; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:1; Jeremiah 32:1; 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12. — See also Köii. 1. 211 ff. DaSynt. § 37 a, also R. 1, 2. Ges§§ 92d, e, 134, and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT {1893}; on form in הֵ֯ (prob for יַ֯), Ol§ 110 Köii. 1, 427 WSG 138.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 11:25; 14:4; 14:4; 31:41; 32:23; 35:22; 37:2; 46:18; 46:22

Exodus

12:6; 16:1; 24:4; 26:7; 26:25

Numbers

7:72; 7:78; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 29:14; 29:20; 29:30

Deuteronomy

1:3

Joshua

15:51; 19:38

Judges

3:14; 8:10

2 Samuel

2:30; 19:18

1 Kings

6:38; 6:38; 7:1; 15:1; 15:1; 19:19; 22:52

2 Kings

8:25; 8:25; 9:29; 9:29; 14:17; 14:23; 14:23; 16:1; 16:1; 18:13; 23:36; 25:8; 25:8

1 Chronicles

7:11; 24:14; 24:15; 24:16; 25:25; 25:26

2 Chronicles

15:10; 29:17

Ezra

8:35

Esther

3:12; 3:13; 5:14; 8:5; 9

Jeremiah

1:3; 32:1; 52:12; 52:12

Hosea

3:2

H6240

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Strong's Number H6240 matches the Hebrew עֶשֶׂר (ʿeśer),
which occurs 338 times in 292 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (Num 7:84–Jos 21:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - Each of the twelve gold containers that was filled with incense weighed four ounces (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). The total weight of the gold was three pounds.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:87

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:87 - Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn] Be sure to follow all my decrees and regulations concerning this celebration.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - in the wilderness of Sinai as twilight fell on the fourteenth day of the month. And they celebrated the festival there, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11 - They must offer the Passover sacrifice one month later, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month.[fn] They must eat the Passover lamb at that time with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - But 14,700 people died in that plague, in addition to those who had died in the affair involving Korah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - “Tell the people of Israel to bring you twelve wooden staffs, one from each leader of Israel’s ancestral tribes, and inscribe each leader’s name on his staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month,[fn] you must celebrate the LORD’s Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:17 - On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread made with yeast may be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month,[fn] you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters,[fn] a seven-day festival to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 - On the first day of the festival, you must present a burnt offering as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14 - Each of these offerings must be accompanied by a grain offering of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts for each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts for each of the two rams,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:15 - and two quarts for each of the fourteen lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:17 - “On the second day of this seven-day festival, sacrifice twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:20 - “On the third day of the festival, sacrifice eleven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:23 - “On the fourth day of the festival, sacrifice ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:26 - “On the fifth day of the festival, sacrifice nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:29 - “On the sixth day of the festival, sacrifice eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:32 - “On the seventh day of the festival, sacrifice seven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5 - So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and 16,000 virgin girls, of whom 32 were the LORD’s share.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and 16,000 virgin girls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - In all, the gold that the generals and captains presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 420 pounds.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:3 - They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month[fn]—on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:9 - They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai[fn] to Kadesh-barnea, going by way of Mount Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:3 - But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month,[fn] Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23 - “This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12 - Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - So Joshua called together the twelve men he had chosen—one from each of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - So the men did as Joshua had commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River, one for each tribe, just as the LORD had told Joshua. They carried them to the place where they camped for the night and constructed the memorial there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing. And they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20 - It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - While the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25 - So the entire population of Ai, including men and women, was wiped out that day—12,000 in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath[fn]—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - The towns in these areas included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - The boundary also touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, ending at the Jordan River—sixteen towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh—nineteen towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, were allotted thirteen towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The clan of Gershon was allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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