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Lexicon :: Strong's H6242 - ʿeśrîm

Aa
עֶשְׂרִים
Transliteration
ʿeśrîm
Pronunciation
es-reem'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1711e

Strong’s Definitions

עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym, es-reem'; from H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth:—(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 315x

The KJV translates Strong's H6242 in the following manner: twenty (278x), twentieth (36x), sixscore (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 315x
The KJV translates Strong's H6242 in the following manner: twenty (278x), twentieth (36x), sixscore (with H3967) (1x).
  1. twenty, twentieth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym, es-reem'; from H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth:—(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
STRONGS H6242: Abbreviations
עֶשְׂרִים 315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of עֶשֶׂר PräBAS i. 376; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb079701; Assyrian ešrâ; Sabean עשרי HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic bdb079702 Aramaic H6242 עשרין, bdb079703; Nabataean עשרין); —
I. as cardinal:
1. without other number:
a. usually followed by singular noun (especially שָׁנָה, אִישׁ, אַמָּה, etc.) Genesis 31:38; 1 Samuel 14:14; Exodus 38:18 + 64 times, + עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף 20,000 1 Chronicles 18:4 + 7 times + Ezekiel 45:1 (reading עֶשְׂרִים אָ֑לֶף, see עֶשֶׂר 2b).
b. followed by plural noun 2 Samuel 3:20; Exodus 36:23, 24, 25 + 4 times
†c. followed by singular noun collective 1 Kings 5:3.
d. plural noun precedes Genesis 32:15 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:16; 2 Chronicles 3:3 + 6 times
e. noun omitted Genesis 18:31 (twice in verse) (הָע׳), 1 Kings 6:2 + 6 times, as predicate Exodus 27:10 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:11 (twice in verse) + 4 times
†f. + בָּאַמָּה Zechariah 5:12 [Zechariah 5:2].
2. + other number:
a. with units, usually 20 + (with וְ) unit + singular noun Judges 10:2, 3; 1 Kings 14:20 + 58 times (including 20+1x1000, etc., + 27 times); noun omitted Joshua 15:32 + 2 times predicate; less often unit + 20 — Genesis 11:24; Exodus 38:24; Numbers 8:24 (all P) + 27 times; unit + 20 + בָּאַמָּה Ezekiel 40:21; Exodus 26:2; Exodus 36:9 (both P).
b. 20+unit+plural noun Numbers 7:8 (twice in verse) (P), 1 Chronicles 2:22 + 3 times Chronicles.
†c. plural noun + 20 + unit Joshua 19:30 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 12:29 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:28).
d. with hundreds, 20 usually following; followed by singular noun 1 Kings 9:14; Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 31:2 + 7 times; noun omitted 2 Chronicles 3:4; Ezra 2:32 = Nehemiah 7:35; 20 + 100 (noun omitted) Numbers 7:86.
e. plural noun +100+20 1 Chronicles 15:5, 6; — compare further מֵאָה.
II. as ordinal:
1. 20 alone, בִּשְׁנַת ע׳ in the twentieth year 1 Kings 15:9 + 4 times; noun omitted Numbers 10:11 + 3 times
2.
a. 20+unit+singular noun Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 40:1.
b. singular noun+20+unit Haggai 1:15; 2 Chronicles 7:10 +; singular noun+unit+20 Exodus 12:8; בִּשְׁנַת+20+unit 1 Kings 16:10, etc. — See references below H6235 עֶשֶׂר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:3; 11:24; 18:31; 31:38; 32:15; 32:16

Exodus

12:8; 26:2; 27:10; 27:11; 36:9; 36:23; 36:24; 36:25; 38:18; 38:24

Numbers

7:8; 7:86; 8:24; 10:11

Deuteronomy

31:2

Joshua

15:32; 19:30

Judges

10:2; 10:3

1 Samuel

14:14

2 Samuel

3:20

1 Kings

5:3; 6:2; 9:14; 14:20; 15:9; 16:10

1 Chronicles

2:22; 12:28; 12:29; 15:5; 15:6; 18:4

2 Chronicles

3:3; 3:4; 7:10

Ezra

2:32

Nehemiah

7:35

Ezekiel

29:17; 40:1; 40:21; 45:1

Haggai

1:15

Zechariah

5:2

H6242

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6242 matches the Hebrew עֶשְׂרִים (ʿeśrîm),
which occurs 315 times in 281 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 6 (Ezr 2:21–Eze 40:25)

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 -

the sons of Bethlehem, 123 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:23 -

the men of Anathoth, 128 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 -

the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:27 -

the men of Michmas, 122 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:28 -

the men of Bethel and Ai, 223 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:32 -

the sons of Harim, 320 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33 -

the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:41 -

The singers:

the sons of Asaph, 128 H6242.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 -

their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720 H6242.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 -

Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty H6242 years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 -

and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 H6242 males with him;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - and Hashabiah and [fn]Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 H6242 men;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - and 220 H6242 of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and 20 H6242 gold bowls worth 1,000 [fn]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 -

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth H6242 of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 -

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.

Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth H6242 year—and I was in Susa the [fn]capitol

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 -

Now it happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth H6242 year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 -

Moreover, from the day that I was put in command to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth H6242 year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my [fn]relatives have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 -

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth H6242 of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16 -

the sons of Bebai, 628 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17 -

the sons of Azgad, 2,322 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:22 -

the sons of Hashum, 328 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23 -

the sons of Bezai, 324 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27 -

the men of Anathoth, 128 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 -

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31 -

the men of Michmas, 122 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 -

the men of Bethel and Ai, 123 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35 -

the sons of Harim, 320 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 -

the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 -

their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720 H6242.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 -

Now on the twenty-fourth H6242 day of this month the sons of Israel gathered with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8 -

and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928 H6242.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 -

and their [fn]relatives who did the work of the [fn]house, 822 H6242;

and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 -

and their relatives, mighty men of valor, 128 H6242.

And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of [fn]Haggedolim.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 -

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to [fn]Ethiopia over 127 H6242 provinces,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 -

So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third H6242 [fn]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to [fn]Ethiopia, 127 H6242 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their tongue as well as to the Jews according to their script and their tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 H6242 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - “From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, [fn]these twenty-three H6242 years the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, [fn]rising up early and speaking, but you have not listened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:1 -

Zedekiah was twenty-one H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 -

These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar took away into exile: in the [fn]seventh year 3,023 H6242 Jews;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third H6242 year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took away into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 persons in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 -

Now it happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth H6242 of the month, that [fn]Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - “And your food which you eat shall be [fn]twenty H6242 shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 -

Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five H6242 men with their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east; and they were [fn]prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 -

Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of Yahweh which faced eastward. And behold, at the entrance of the gate, there were twenty-five H6242 men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 -

Now in the twenty-seventh H6242 year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 -

In the twenty-fifth H6242 year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that same day the hand of Yahweh was upon me, and He brought me there.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five H6242 cubits from one door to the door opposite.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - [fn]It had three guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches [fn]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was [fn]fifty cubits and the width twenty-five H6242 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - [fn]The gate and its porches had windows all around like [fn]those other windows; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five H6242 cubits.

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