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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.
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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 7 / 8 (2Ch 35:9–Psa 119:72)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 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 H505 small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:9 - And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand H505 chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:10 - Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand H505 and four hundred. 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 Box Ezr 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:3 - The children of Parosh, two thousand H505 an hundred seventy and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:6 - The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand H505 eight hundred and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 - The children of Elam, a thousand H505 two hundred fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:12 - The children of Azgad, a thousand H505 two hundred twenty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:14 - The children of Bigvai, two thousand H505 fifty and six.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - The children of the other Elam, a thousand H505 two hundred fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:35 - The children of Senaah, three thousand H505 and six hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:37 - The children of Immer, a thousand H505 fifty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:38 - The children of Pashur, a thousand H505 two hundred forty and seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:39 - The children of Harim, a thousand H505 and seventeen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:64

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:64 - The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand H505 three hundred and threescore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:65

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand H505 three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand H505 seven hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:69

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand H505 drams of gold, and five thousand H505 pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand H505 drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand H505 cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:8 - The children of Parosh, two thousand H505 an hundred seventy and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11 - The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand H505 and eight hundred and eighteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - The children of Elam, a thousand H505 two hundred fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17 - The children of Azgad, two thousand H505 three hundred twenty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19 - The children of Bigvai, two thousand H505 threescore and seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - The children of the other Elam, a thousand H505 two hundred fifty and four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:38 - The children of Senaah, three thousand H505 nine hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:40 - The children of Immer, a thousand H505 fifty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41 - The children of Pashur, a thousand H505 two hundred forty and seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42 - The children of Harim, a thousand H505 and seventeen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand H505 three hundred and threescore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand H505 three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand H505 seven hundred and twenty asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand H505 drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:71

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand H505 and two hundred pound of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand H505 pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand H505 talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, H505 but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance also was seven thousand H505 sheep, and three thousand H505 camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, H505 to shew unto man his uprightness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand H505 sheep, and six thousand H505 camels, and a thousand H505 yoke of oxen, and a thousand H505 she asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand H505 hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.]] H505 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands H505 of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. H505 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:4 - For a thousand H505 years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:7 - A thousand H505 shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 - He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand H505 generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:72

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands H505 of gold and silver.

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