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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

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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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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).

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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, Reckend^{ZMG 1888, 408}; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl^{§ 75}; Ethiopic ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic خَمْسً, خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian חֿמס DHM^{ZMG 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 LXX

^B 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 Lag^{BN 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.

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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

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Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
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Eze 42:20 - He measured it [fn]on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five^H2568 hundred rods and the width five^H2568 hundred, to divide between the holy and the [fn]common.

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“Now when you divide^H5307 the land^H776 by^H5307 lot^H5307 for inheritance^H5159, you shall offer^H7311 [fn]an allotment^H8641 to the LORD^H3068, a holy^H6944 portion^H6944 of the land^H776; the length^H753 shall be a length^H753 of twenty-five^H2568^H6242 thousand^H505 [fn]cubits, and the width^H7341 shall be [fn]twenty^H6235 thousand^H505. It shall be holy^H6944 within its entire^H3605 surrounding^H5439 boundary^H1366.

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Eze 45:2 - “Out of this there shall be for the sanctuary a square encompassing five^H2568 hundred by five^H2568 hundred cubits, and fifty cubits for its [fn]open space round about.

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Eze 45:3 - “From this [fn]area you shall measure a length of twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits and a width of ten thousand cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

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Eze 45:5 - “An area twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession [fn]cities in which to live.

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“And you shall give^H5414 the city^H5892 possession^H272 of an area five^H2568 thousand^H505 cubits wide^H7341 and twenty-five^H2568^H6242 thousand^H505 cubits long^H753, alongside^H5980 the [fn]allotment^H8641 of the holy^H6944 portion^H6944; it shall be for the entire^H3605 house^H1004 of Israel^H3478.

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Eze 45:12 - “And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five^H2568 shekels, and fifteen^H2568 shekels shall be your mina.

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Eze 45:25 - “In the seventh month, on the fifteenth^H2568 day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like these, seven days [fn]for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil.”

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“And beside^H5921 the border^H1366 of Judah^H3063, from the east^H6921 side^H6285 to the west^H3220 side^H6285, shall be the [fn]allotment^H8641 which^H834 you shall [fn]set^H7311 apart^H7311, twenty-five^H6242^H2568 thousand^H505 [fn]cubits in width^H7341, and in length^H753 like one^H259 of the portions^H2506, from the east^H6921 side^H6285 to the west^H3220 side^H6285; and the sanctuary^H4720 shall be in the middle^H8432 of it.

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Eze 48:9 - “The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

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Eze 48:10 - “The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five^H2568 thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.

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Eze 48:13 - “And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits and the width ten thousand.

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“The remainder^H3498, five^H2568 thousand^H505 cubits in width^H7341 and twenty-five^H2568^H6242 thousand^H505 [fn]in length^H5921^H6440, shall be for common^H2455 use^H2455 for the city^H5892, for homes^H4186 and for [fn]open^H4054 spaces^H4054; and the city^H5892 shall be in its midst^H8432.

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Eze 48:16 - “And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500^H2568 cubits, the south side 4,500^H2568 cubits, the east side 4,500^H2568 cubits, and the west side, 4,500^H2568 cubits.

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Eze 48:20 - “The whole allotment shall be twenty-five^H2568 thousand by twenty-five^H2568 thousand cubits; you shall [fn]set apart the holy allotment, a [fn]square, with the [fn]property of the city.

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“The remainder^H3498 shall be for the prince^H5387, on the one^H2088 side^H2088 and on the other^H2088 of the holy^H6944 allotment^H8641 and of the [fn]property^H272 of the city^H5892; in front^H6440 of the twenty-five^H2568^H6242 thousand^H505 cubits of the allotment^H8641 toward^H5704 the east^H6921 border^H1366 and westward^H3220 in front^H6440 of the twenty-five^H2568^H6242 thousand^H505 toward^H5921 the west^H3220 border^H1366, alongside^H5980 the portions^H2506, it shall be for the prince^H5387. And the holy^H6944 allotment^H8641 and the sanctuary^H4720 of the house^H1004 shall be in the middle^H8432 of it.

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“Now these^H428 are the exits^H8444 of the city^H5892: on the north^H6828 side^H6285, 4,500^H2568^H3967^H702^H505 cubits by measurement^H4060,

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Eze 48:32 - “On the east side, 4,500^H2568 cubits, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one.

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Eze 48:33 - “On the south side, 4,500^H2568 cubits by measurement, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one.

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Eze 48:34 - “On the west side, 4,500^H2568 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one.

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Dan 12:12 - “Blessed is the one who is patient and attains to the 1,335^H2568 days!

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Hos 3:2 - So I purchased her for myself for fifteen^H2568 shekels of silver, and a [fn]homer and a [fn]lethech of barley.

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