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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

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 8 / 8 (Ecc 6:6–Mic 6:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - Yea, though he live a thousand H505 years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand H505 have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 - Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand H505 bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:11 - Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand H505 pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12 - My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, H505 and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand H505 vines at a thousand H505 silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 - One thousand H505 shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand H505 horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: H505 and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - A little one shall become a thousand, H505 and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, H505 and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 - This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand H505 Jews and three and twenty:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand H505 and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 - Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand H505 reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. H505 This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, H505 and the breadth of ten thousand: H505 and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - And the five and twenty thousand H505 of length, and the ten thousand H505 of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6 - And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand H505 broad, and five and twenty thousand H505 long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand H505 cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured a thousand, H505 and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, H505 and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Afterward he measured a thousand; H505 and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 - And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand H505 reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9 - The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand H505 in length, and of ten thousand H505 in breadth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand H505 in length, and toward the west ten thousand H505 in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand H505 in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand H505 in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13 - And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand H505 in length, and ten thousand H505 in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, H505 and the breadth ten thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:15 - And the five thousand, H505 that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, H505 shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand H505 and five hundred, and the south side four thousand H505 and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand H505 and five hundred, and the west side four thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand H505 eastward, and ten thousand H505 westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand H505 by five and twenty thousand: H505 ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand H505 of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand H505 toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 - And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand H505 and five hundred measures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32 - And at the east side four thousand H505 and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - And at the south side four thousand H505 and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - At the west side four thousand H505 and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:35 - It was round about eighteen thousand H505 measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14 - And he said unto me, Unto two thousand H505 and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand H505 two hundred and ninety days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:12 - Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand H505 three hundred and five and thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand H505 shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands H505 of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 - Will the LORD be pleased with thousands H505 of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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