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Lexicon :: Strong's H505 - 'elep̄

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אֶלֶף
Transliteration
'elep̄
Pronunciation
eh'-lef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prop, the same as אֶלֶף (H504)
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TWOT Reference: 109a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x

The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x
The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

  1. a thousand

    1. as numeral

  2. a thousand, company

    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.
STRONGS H505: Abbreviations
II. אֶ֫לֶף noun masculineJudges 6:15 thousand (אלף MI, SI, Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 615; Arabic أَلفً, Aramaic PElAx  , אֲלַף, אלפיא) — א׳ (אָ֑׳) Genesis 20:16 +; suffix אַלְמִּי Judges 6:15; dual אַלְמַּיִם Numbers 4:36 +; plural אֲלָפִים Exodus 18:21 +; construct אַלְפֵי Exodus 32:28 +; אֲלָפֶיךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 + 2 times; אֲלָפָיו Qr 1 Samuel 18:7 + 2 times (Kt ־פו) — a thousand.
1. numeral:
a. used with noun alone; mostly before noun Numbers 35:4; Joshua 7:3; Nehemiah 3:13; 1 Chronicles 18:4 +; after noun (late) 1 Chronicles 12:35 + 6 times Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah; בָּאַמָּה א׳ Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:3 (strike out Co); the noun always plural when preceding, sometimes when following, 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; 2 Chronicles 30:24; Psalm 90:4; Job 42:12; Ecclesiastes 6:6; elsewhere singular אישׁ Judges 9:49; Judges 15:15, 16; Joshua 7:3 +; אַמָּה Numbers 35:4 + (so SI); דּוֺר Deuteronomy 7:9 +, compare 1 Chronicles 18:4; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Kings 15:19; Job 42:12; Songs 4:4; Isaiah 7:23, noun sometimes collective; א׳ plural construct Micah 6:7; Psalm 119:72; Genesis 24:60; noun not expressed (or not fully) Genesis 20:16; Numbers 31:5, 6 +; distributive אֶלֶף⬩⬩⬩אֶלֶף Numbers 31:4; multiplicative Deuteronomy 1:11 פְּעָמִים א׳; indefinite for great number (plural) Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:10; Jeremiah 32:18, (singular) Deuteronomy 32:30; Ecclesiastes 6:6 +.
b. א׳ + other number usually precedes it Exodus 38:25 + often; but following רִבּוֺא Ezra 2:64 + 2 times; it follows also smaller number Numbers 3:50; 1 Kings 5:12 (so SI); the noun following in singular Exodus 28:25 + 8 times; plural 2 Samuel 8:4 + 2 times; noun precedes, in plural (late) Daniel 12:12 + 2 times; noun not expressed Exodus 38:28 —
c. א׳ X other number always following Exodus 12:37 +; usual order is no. X א׳ + additional no. (if any) + noun (if expressed) Numbers 31:52; Judges 20:35 compare Exodus 12:37; 2 Kings 3:4 (twice in verse) +; less often noun + no. X א׳ Numbers 31:33; 1 Kings 8:63 +; (other combinations see Exodus 38:26; Numbers 26:51; Numbers 31:32; Ezekiel 48:30; 1 Chronicles 29:7 etc.); א׳ usually singular Numbers 11:21 +; except after units, where plural absolute Numbers 1:46; Judges 20:34 + (so MI); seldom plural construct Exodus 32:28; Judges 4:10; Job 1:3 (twice in verse); (noun mostly singular when following Judges 4:10; 1 Kings 12:21+, yet plural Joshua 4:13; 1 Samuel 13:5 +; when preceding it is plural 1 Chronicles 5:21 +, or collective Numbers 31:33; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5 +); אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים 1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 14:8; אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן Psalm 68:18, compare שִׁנְאָן; בְּהַרֲרֵי אָ֑לֶף Psalm 50:10, read אֵל compare Psalm 36:7, Ol Bi Che; yet see Hup De. —
Note.10,000= עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים etc. Judges 1:4; Judges 3:29; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Chronicles 29:7 +; less often רִבּוֺ, רְבָבָה etc. which see.
2. a thousand, a company of 1000 men, as united under one superior, or leader, hence (שָׂרֵי) שַׂר א׳ Exodus 18:21, 25 compare Numbers 31:14 +; compare יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי א׳ Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4; Joshua 22:21, 30 & see below; compare also 1 Samuel 29:2; especially family, etc. Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 10:19 (|| שֵׁבֶט & compare מִשְׁפַּחַת 1 Samuel 10:21); compare Micah 5:2; — Numbers 10:36 (רִבְבוֺת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) Numbers 31:5; Joshua 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:23 apparently shew transition to this technical use.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H506.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 20:16; 24:60

Exodus

12:37; 12:37; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25; 20:6; 28:25; 32:28; 32:28; 34:7; 38:25; 38:26; 38:28

Numbers

1:16; 1:46; 3:50; 4:36; 10:4; 10:36; 11:21; 26:51; 31:4; 31:5; 31:5; 31:6; 31:14; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 31:52; 35:4; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:11; 5:10; 7:9; 7:13; 32:30

Joshua

4:13; 7:3; 7:3; 22:14; 22:21; 22:30

Judges

1:4; 3:29; 4:10; 4:10; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 9:49; 15:15; 15:16; 20:34; 20:35

1 Samuel

10:19; 10:21; 13:5; 18:7; 23:23; 25:2; 25:2; 29:2

2 Samuel

8:4

1 Kings

3:4; 5:12; 8:63; 8:63; 12:21

2 Kings

3:4; 15:19; 18:23

1 Chronicles

5:21; 12:35; 18:4; 18:4; 19:6; 21:5; 22:14; 29:7; 29:7

2 Chronicles

7:5; 14:8; 30:24

Ezra

2:64

Nehemiah

3:13

Job

1:3; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

36:7; 50:10; 68:18; 90:4; 119:72

Ecclesiastes

6:6; 6:6

Song of Songs

4:4

Isaiah

7:23; 36:8

Jeremiah

32:18

Ezekiel

47:3; 48:30

Daniel

12:12

Micah

5:2; 6:7

H505

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Strong's Number H505 matches the Hebrew אֶלֶף ('elep̄),
which occurs 507 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 20:16–Num 4:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - Then to Sarah he said, “Look, I have given this brother of yours a [fn]thousand pieces of silver; it is to compensate you [for all that has happened] and to vindicate your honor before all who are with you; before all men you are cleared and compensated.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - They blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“May you, our sister,

Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands,

And may your descendants possess (conquer)

The [city] gate of those who hate them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 -

Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides [the women and] the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - “Furthermore, you shall select from all the people competent men who [reverently] fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; you shall place these over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens [from the highest to the lowest judicial levels].

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing graciousness and steadfast lovingkindness to thousands [of generations] of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people [of Israel] were killed that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - keeping mercy and lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers upon the children and the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver from those of the congregation who were assembled and counted was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka for each man (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary) for everyone who was counted, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - Of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the support poles and overlaid their tops and made connecting rings for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - “These men were the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ (ancestors’) tribes; they were the heads of thousands [the highest ranking officers] in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - those of the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those of the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - those of the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those of the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - those of the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - those of the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - those of the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - those of the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - those of the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - those of the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - those of the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those of the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - all who were numbered were 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - and his army as numbered totaled 74,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - and his army as numbered totaled 54,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - and his army as numbered totaled 57,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - “The total of the numbered men [in the three tribes on the east side] in the camp of Judah was 186,400, by their armies. They shall move out first [on the march].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - and his army as numbered totaled 46,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - and his army as numbered totaled 59,300.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - and his army as numbered totaled 45,650.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - “The total of the numbered men [in the three tribes on the south side] in the camp of Reuben was 151,450, by their armies. They shall move out second [on the march].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - and his army as numbered totaled 40,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - and his army as numbered totaled 32,200.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - and his army as numbered totaled 35,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - “The total of the numbered men [of the three tribes on the west side] in the camp of Ephraim was 108,100, by their armies. They shall move out in third place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - and his army as numbered totaled 62,700.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - and his army as numbered totaled 41,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - and his army as numbered totaled 53,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - “The total of the numbered men [of the three tribes on the north side] in the camp of Dan was 157,600. They shall move out last, [fn]standard after standard.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the men of the Israelites [twenty years old and upward] as numbered by their fathers’ households. The total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - The males who were numbered, every male from a month old and upward totaled 7,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - The males who were numbered, every male from a month old and upward totaled [fn]8,600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - The males who were numbered, every male from a month old and upward totaled 6,200.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All the men of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the [fn]command of the LORD, by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - and all the firstborn males from a month old and upward as numbered were 22,273 [273 more than the Levites].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money in terms of the sanctuary shekel, 1,365 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - the men who were numbered by their families were 2,750.

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