Lexicon :: Strong's G1427 - dōdeka

So Seth’s life lasted 912 years; then he died.

They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

“As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their settlements and encampments: twelve leaders[fn] of their clans.[fn]

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

But they replied, “We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now[fn] with our father, and one is no longer living.”

“We were twelve brothers, sons of the same[fn] father. One is no longer living, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy date palms, and they camped there by the water.

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain.

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the twelve tribes.

“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.[fn]

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral family.

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral families,[fn] presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

This was the dedication gift from the leaders of Israel for the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold bowls.

The twelve gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold bowls was 3 pounds.[fn]

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral tribe,[fn] twelve staffs from all the leaders of their tribes.[fn] Write each man’s name on his staff.

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. Aaron’s staff was among them.

“On the second day present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old ​— ​all unblemished ​— ​

So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands[fn] in Israel ​— ​twelve thousand equipped for war.

They traveled from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

“The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one man for each tribe.

“Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

“and command them: Take twelve stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests[fn] are standing, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you spend the night.”

The Israelites did just as Joshua had commanded them. The twelve men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the LORD had told Joshua. They carried them to the camp and set them down there.

Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan,

The total of those who fell that day, both men and women, was twelve thousand ​— ​all the people of Ai.

Merari’s descendants received twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

“I sent hornets[fn] ahead of you, and they drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.

When he entered his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her into twelve pieces, limb by limb, and then sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

The congregation sent twelve thousand brave warriors there and commanded them, “Go and kill the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including women and dependents.

So they got up and were counted off ​— ​twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from David’s soldiers.

When the Ammonites realized they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.

Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.

Solomon had twelve deputies for all Israel. They provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month out of the year.

It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center.

the basin; the twelve oxen underneath the basin;

Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.

Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into twelve pieces,

In the thirty-first year of Judah’s King Asa, Omri became king over Israel, and he reigned twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah,

Elijah took twelve stones ​— ​according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel will be your name” ​— ​

Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat as he was plowing. Twelve teams of oxen were in front of him, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah walked by him and threw his mantle over him.

Joram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria during the eighteenth year of Judah’s King Jehoshaphat, and he reigned twelve years.