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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)

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the men of Bethlehem123

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of Anathoth128

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of Ramah and Geba621

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of Mikmash122

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of Bethel and Ai223

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of Harim320

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of Lod, Hadid and Ono725

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:41 - The musicians:
the descendants of Asaph128

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:11 - of the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - They also brought 220 of the temple servants—a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[fn] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 - In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover, from the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, until his thirty-second year—twelve years—neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

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of Bebai628

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17

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of Azgad2,322

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of Hashum328

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23

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of Bezai324

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27

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of Anathoth128

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30

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of Ramah and Geba621

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31

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of Mikmash122

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32

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of Bethel and Ai123

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35

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of Harim320

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37

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of Lod, Hadid and Ono721

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8 - and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - and their associates, who carried on work for the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and his[fn] associates, who were men of standing—128. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[fn] the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush[fn]:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[fn] These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of Xerxes’ kingdom—words of goodwill and assurance—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the LORD has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:1 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 - This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in his twenty-third year, 745 Jews taken into exile by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard. There were 4,600 people in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - Weigh out twenty shekels[fn] of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:1 - Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 - In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 - In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city—on that very day the hand of the LORD was on me and he took me there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits[fn] from one parapet opening to the opposite one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Its alcoves—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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