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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 - To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; it is your vindication in the eyes of all who are with you; and before every one you are righted."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:60

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, be the mother of thousands of ten thousands; and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - And the people of Israel journeyed from Ram'eses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver from those of the congregation who were numbered was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for every one who was numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the bronze that was contributed was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - the number of the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - the number of the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - the number of the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - the number of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - the number of the tribe of Is'sachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - the number of the tribe of Zeb'ulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - the number of the tribe of E'phraim was forty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - the number of the tribe of Manas'seh was thirty-two thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - the number of the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - the number of the tribe of Dan was sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - the number of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - the number of the tribe of Naph'tali was fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - their whole number was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - his host as numbered being seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - his host as numbered being fifty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - his host as numbered being fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - The whole number of the camp of Judah, by their companies, is a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the march.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - his host as numbered being forty-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - his host as numbered being fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - his host as numbered being forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - The whole number of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, is a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They shall set out second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - his host as numbered being forty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - his host as numbered being thirty-two thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - his host as numbered being thirty-five thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - The whole number of the camp of E'phraim, by their companies, is a hundred and eight thousand one hundred. They shall set out third on the march.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - his host as numbered being sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - his host as numbered being forty-one thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - his host as numbered being fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - The whole number of the camp of Dan is a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, standard by standard."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are the people of Israel as numbered by their fathers' houses; all in the camps who were numbered by their companies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was seven thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was six thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the first-born males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - and their number by families was two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

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