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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 -

And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honor[fn] to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 -

They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:

Our sister, may you become

thousands upon ten thousands.

May your offspring possess

the city gates of their[fn] enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 -

The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand able-bodied men on foot, besides their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 -

“But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 -

So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 -

but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 -

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and about three thousand men fell dead that day among the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 -

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 -

The silver from those of the community who were registered was 7,544 pounds,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 -

one-fifth of an ounce[fn] per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 -

With the remaining 44 pounds[fn] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 -

The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 -

“These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 -

those registered for the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 -

those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 -

those registered for the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 -

those registered for the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 -

those registered for the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 -

those registered for the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 -

those registered for the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 -

those registered for the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 -

those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 -

those registered for the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 -

those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 -

those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 -

All those registered numbered 603,550.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 -

“His military division numbers 74,600.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 -

“His military division numbers 54,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 -

“His military division numbers 57,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 -

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 -

“His military division numbers 46,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 -

“His military division numbers 59,300.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 -

“His military division numbers 45,650.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 -

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 -

“His military division numbers 40,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 -

“His military division numbers 32,200.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 -

“His military division numbers 35,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 -

“The total in their military divisions who belong to Ephraim’s encampment number 108,100; they will move out third.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 -

“His military division numbers 62,700.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 -

“His military division numbers 41,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 -

“His military division numbers 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 -

“The total number who belong to Dan’s encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral families. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 -

Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 -

Counting every male one month old or more, there were 8,600[fn] responsible for the duties of[fn] the sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 -

Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 -

The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron[fn] registered by their clans at the LORD’s command was 22,000.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 -

The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 -

He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels[fn] measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 -

The men registered by their clans numbered 2,750.


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