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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 לְיוֺרָםin 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 tenfifteen:
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
which occurs 30 times in 21 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:15 - In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:7 - And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits[fn] long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 - Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:25 - Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 bulls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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