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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 579 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 8 / 11 (2Ch 17:18–Ezr 2:35)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18 - And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred H3967 and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred H3967 men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, H3967 Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds H3967 spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds H3967 that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the captains of hundreds, H3967 and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred H3967 and thirty years old was he when he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, H3967 according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred H3967 thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He hired also an hundred H3967 thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred H3967 talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 - And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred H3967 talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred H3967 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. H3967

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand was an army, three hundred H3967 thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, H3967 that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred H3967 talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred H3967 and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred H3967 thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred H3967 rams, and two hundred H3967 lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - And the consecrated things were six hundred H3967 oxen and three thousand sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred H3967 small cattle, and three hundred H3967 oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred H3967 oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3 - And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred H3967 talents of silver and a talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:10 - Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred H3967 and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. H3967 All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:3 - The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred H3967 seventy and two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:4 - The children of Shephatiah, three hundred H3967 seventy and two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:5 - The children of Arah, seven hundred H3967 seventy and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:6 - The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred H3967 and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 - The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred H3967 fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:8 - The children of Zattu, nine hundred H3967 forty and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:9 - The children of Zaccai, seven hundred H3967 and threescore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:10 - The children of Bani, six hundred H3967 forty and two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:11 - The children of Bebai, six hundred H3967 twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:12 - The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred H3967 twenty and two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:13 - The children of Adonikam, six hundred H3967 sixty and six.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:15 - The children of Adin, four hundred H3967 fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:17 - The children of Bezai, three hundred H3967 twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:18 - The children of Jorah, an hundred H3967 and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:19 - The children of Hashum, two hundred H3967 twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:21 - The children of Bethlehem, an hundred H3967 twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:23 - The men of Anathoth, an hundred H3967 twenty and eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred H3967 and forty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 - The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred H3967 twenty and one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:27 - The men of Michmas, an hundred H3967 twenty and two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:28 - The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred H3967 twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:30 - The children of Magbish, an hundred H3967 fifty and six.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred H3967 fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:32 - The children of Harim, three hundred H3967 and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33 - The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred H3967 twenty and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:34 - The children of Jericho, three hundred H3967 forty and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:35 - The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred H3967 and thirty.

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