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Lexicon :: Strong's H2568 - ḥāmēš

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חָמֵשׁ
Transliteration
ḥāmēš
Pronunciation
khaw-maysh'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive numeral
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 686a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x

The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x
The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

  1. five

    1. five (cardinal number)

    2. a multiple of five (with another number)

    3. fifth (ordinal number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
STRONGS H2568: Abbreviations
חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, Wemfo, aXtwemfo; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, ReckendZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic خَمْسً, خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 + 94 times + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out Greek Version of the LXXB Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 + 67 times + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (with noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see LagBN 80 Genesis 18:28 + 139 times (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26 times; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —
1. without other numeral:
a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 + 35 times; before collective noun צאֹן ח׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה ח׳ five in cubit(s)＝five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם＝in the fifth year) + 6 times Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).
b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Exodus 36:38 + 36 times Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 times.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3, 4) Exodus 26:3, 9; Exodus 36:10, 16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת ח׳ Kt, but Qr מאות ח׳, see below.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 + 5 times; הָאֲנָשִׁים ח׳ Judges 18:7, 14, 17; שׁקלים ח׳ Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים ח׳ ח׳ Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים ח׳ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; בני מ׳ ח׳ 2 Samuel 21:8.
e.＝ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1, 2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten＝fifteen:
a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14, 15; Exodus 38:14, 15; 2 Kings 14:17, 23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.
b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (with noun masculine),
(1) after noun Esther 9:21;
(2) before noun Exodus 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.
c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun＝ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 +4 times + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).
3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת＝500 Genesis 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.
4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים＝5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:69; — in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc.
5. with other numerals:
a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 + 4 times;
(2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 + 8 times + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt;
(3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times
b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7;
(2) noun following ח׳ (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration);
(3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.
c. no noun expressed, ח׳ between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ Numbers 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 + 22 times
e. ח׳ follows, and
(1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 + 7 times;
(2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.
f. ח׳ precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.
g. ח׳ follows, no noun expressed Genesis 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed ח׳ between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:6; 5:6; 5:10; 5:10; 5:17; 5:30; 5:32; 7:20; 14:9; 18:28; 18:28; 25:7; 43:34; 47:2

Exodus

16:1; 26:3; 26:9; 27:14; 27:15; 36:10; 36:16; 36:38; 38:14; 38:15; 38:28

Leviticus

23:6

Numbers

1:25; 3:47; 3:47; 18:16; 31:32; 31:37

Joshua

8:12; 10:5; 13:3

Judges

3:3; 14:10; 18:7; 18:14; 18:17; 20:35; 20:45

1 Samuel

6:18; 17:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

19:18; 21:8

1 Kings

5:12; 7:3; 7:23; 7:39; 7:49

2 Kings

8:16; 8:16; 14:17; 14:23; 20:6

1 Chronicles

3:20; 11:23; 24:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

3:15; 4:2; 4:7; 15:10; 15:19; 25:25; 35:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:5; 2:69

Esther

9:21

Isaiah

38:5

Jeremiah

52:30

Ezekiel

1:1; 1:2; 8:1; 8:16; 33:21; 40:21; 40:25; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 42:16; 42:16; 45:3; 45:3; 45:6; 45:12; 48:15; 48:16

Hosea

3:2

H2568

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
which occurs 345 times in 272 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 5:6–Lev 23:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - And Enosh lived after he had begotten Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methushelah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And Lemech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred and ninety-five years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 - And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - And Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nations, and Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar -- four kings with the five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: a hundred and seventy-five years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To each one of them all he gave changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - And he took from the whole number of his brethren, five men, and set them before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they journeyed from Elim, and the whole assembly of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another, and the other five curtains coupled one to another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And thou shalt make for the curtain five pillars of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt cast five bases of copper for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - And on the other wing hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - And thou, take best spices -- of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon the half -- two hundred and fifty, and of sweet myrtle two hundred and fifty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - And he coupled five of the curtains one to another, and the other five curtains coupled he one to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - And he coupled five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - -- And he made bars of acacia-wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the rear, westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five pillars with their hooks; and he overlaid their capitals and their connecting-rods with gold; and their five bases were of copper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - -- And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver of them that were numbered of the assembly was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a bekah the head -- half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed the numbering from twenty years old and upward, of the six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made the hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and fastened them with rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to Jehovah; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths seven days to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the produce of the land, ye shall celebrate the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day there shall be rest, and on the eighth day there shall be rest.

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