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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 2 / 8 (Num 4:40–Deu 33:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand H505 and six hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand H505 and five hundred and fourscore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand H505 and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands H505 of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands H505 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand H505 footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand H505 and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand H505 and seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14 - These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand H505 and three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 - These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 - These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand H505 and seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand H505 and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand H505 and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 - These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand H505 and a thousand H505 seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, H505 all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:4 - Of every tribe a thousand, H505 H505 throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5 - So there were delivered out of the thousands H505 of Israel, a thousand H505 of every tribe, twelve thousand H505 armed for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6 - And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand H505 of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, H505 and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand H505 and seventy thousand H505 and five thousand H505 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33 - And threescore and twelve thousand H505 beeves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34 - And threescore and one thousand H505 asses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - And thirty and two thousand H505 persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand H505 and seven and thirty thousand H505 and five hundred sheep:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; H505 of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - And the asses were thirty thousand H505 and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - And the persons were sixteen thousand; H505 of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand H505 and thirty thousand H505 and seven thousand H505 and five hundred sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - And thirty and six thousand H505 beeves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - And thirty thousand H505 asses and five hundred,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - And sixteen thousand H505 persons;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And the officers which were over thousands H505 of the host, the captains of thousands, H505 and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, H505 and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand H505 seven hundred and fifty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands H505 and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand H505 cubits round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand H505 cubits, and on the south side two thousand H505 cubits, and on the west side two thousand H505 cubits, and on the north side two thousand H505 cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:11 - (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand H505 times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, H505 and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - And shewing mercy unto thousands H505 of them that love me and keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand H505 generations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - How should one chase a thousand, H505 and two put ten thousand H505 to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands H505 of Manasseh.

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