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Lexicon :: Strong's H6235 - ʿeśer

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עֶשֶׂר
Transliteration
ʿeśer
Pronunciation
eh'ser
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1711a

Strong’s Definitions

עֶשֶׂר ʻeser, eh'ser; masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה ʻăsârâh; from H6237; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits):—ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x

The KJV translates Strong's H6235 in the following manner: ten (172x), fifteen (with H2568) (1x), seventeen (with H7651) (1x), ten times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 175x
The KJV translates Strong's H6235 in the following manner: ten (172x), fifteen (with H2568) (1x), seventeen (with H7651) (1x), ten times (1x).

  1. ten

    1. ten

    2. with other numbers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶשֶׂר ʻeser, eh'ser; masculine of term עֲשָׂרָה ʻăsârâh; from H6237; ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits):—ten, (fif-, seven-) teen.
STRONGS H6235: Abbreviations
עֶשֶׂר, עֲשָׂרָה 176 noun masculine and feminine ten (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps MI33 עשרֿ; Phoenician עשר, עסר, עשרת, etc.; Arabic bdb079607, bdb079608; Sabean עשר SabDenkmNo. 11 b, l. 5, 6, עשרת and compounds HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic bdb079609, bdb079610; Assyrian ešertu; Targum עֲסַר, עַסְרָא; עֲשַׂר, עַשְׂרָא; Syriac bdb079611, bdb079612; Nabataean עשר, all = ten; Palmyrene עשרתא the Ten (rulers)); — masculine (with noun feminine) עֶ֫שֶׂר 2 Samuel 15:16 + 53 times (absolute and construct usually indistinguishable); עָ֑שֶׁר 1 Kings 7:43; 1 Chronicles 6:46; feminine (with noun masculine): absolute עֲשָׂרָה Genesis 24:10 + 69 times; construct (probably) עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת 1 Samuel 17:18 + 46 times; feminine plural עֲשָׂרֹת Exodus 18:21 + 2 times; — on plural עֶשְׂרִים, 20, see below; —
†1. a ten, only feminine plural tens in phrase שָׂרֵי ע׳ captains of tens Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), Deuteronomy 1:15.
2. ten, enumerating person or things, usually without other numbers:
a. עֶ֫שֶׂר before feminine plural noun, Genesis 45:23 + 43 times after noun 1 Kings 7:27, 43 — Joshua 15:57; Joshua 21:5, 26 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:46; 2 Chronicles 4:7; before בָּאַמָּה = ten cubits 1 Kings 6:3, 25, 26; 1 Kings 7:23, 24.
b. עֲשָׂרָה before masculine plural noun, Genesis 45:23 + 25 times (including אֲלָפִים ע׳ = 10,000 2 Samuel 18:3; 2 Kings 24:14 Kt, עֲשֶׂרֶת Qr); before a collective noun בָּקָר 1 Kings 5:3, רֶכֶב 2 Kings 13:7; also לֶחֶם הַוֶּה ע׳ 1 Samuel 17:17 these ten loaves, compare 1 Kings 14:3; אֶלֶף ע׳ Ezekiel 45:1 read עֶשְׂרִיס א׳ Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co Berthol Toy; after masculine plural noun † Genesis 32:16 (twice in verse); Genesis 43:3 (all E), Joshua 17:5 (JE), Numbers 29:23 (P), 1 Kings 7:43; 2 Chronicles 4:6, 8; Daniel 1:12, 14, 15 †; after collective noun צאֹן 2 Chronicles 30:24; noun omitted, that is men, † Genesis 18:32 (J) Amos 5:3; Ezra 8:4; that is shekels (weight) Genesis 24:22 (J) Numbers 7:14 + 13 times Numbers 7 (זָהָב ע׳); כֶסֶף ע׳ (that is shekels, value) 2 Samuel 18:11; that is measures (of grain) Haggai 2:16; with article the ten Genesis 18:23 (J; that is men), Nehemiah 11:1 (id. = every ten); as predicate Exodus 27:12 (twice in verse) = Exodus 38:12 (twice in verse) (all P).
c. עֲשֶׂ֫רֶת before masculine plural noun Exodus 34:28 + 18 times, + כַּעֲשֶׂרֶת הַיָּמִים 1 Samuel 25:38 (on article compare Weir in Dr, but dubious; probably omitted, so Greek Version of the LXX We Bu), + אֲלָפִים ע׳ = 10,000 Judges 1:4 + 26 times; noun omitted כֶּסֶף ע׳ (that is shekels) Judges 17:10.
3. rarely + other number:
a. עֶשֶׂר after larger number, מֵאָה שָׁנִים וָע׳ Genesis 50:22, 26; Joshua 24:29 (all E), Judges 2:8.
b. ע׳ before larger number עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:14 (P).
c. עֲשָׂרָה after larger number, מֵאָה וַעֲשָׂרָה הַזְּכָרִים Ezra 8:12, compare (noun preceding) Ezra 1:10.
d. עֲשָׂרָה after smaller number, שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכָּ֑סֶף Jeremiah 32:9 = seventeen shekels; before smaller number + singular noun עֲשָׂרָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה שֶׁקֶל Ezekiel 45:12, but read חֲמִשִּׁים joining עֲשָׂרָה to preceding, Greek Version of the LXXA Hi Co and others

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6236.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:14; 18:23; 18:32; 24:10; 24:22; 32:16; 43:3; 45:23; 45:23; 50:22; 50:26

Exodus

18:21; 18:21; 18:25; 27:12; 34:28; 38:12

Numbers

7; 7:14; 29:23

Deuteronomy

1:15

Joshua

15:57; 17:5; 21:5; 21:26; 24:29

Judges

1:4; 2:8; 17:10

1 Samuel

17:17; 17:18; 25:38

2 Samuel

15:16; 18:3; 18:11

1 Kings

5:3; 6:3; 6:25; 6:26; 7:23; 7:24; 7:27; 7:43; 7:43; 7:43; 14:3

2 Kings

13:7; 24:14

1 Chronicles

6:46; 6:46

2 Chronicles

4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 30:24

Ezra

1:10; 8:4; 8:12

Nehemiah

11:1

Jeremiah

32:9

Ezekiel

45:1; 45:12

Daniel

1:12; 1:14; 1:15

Amos

5:3

Haggai

2:16

H6235

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Strong's Number H6235 matches the Hebrew עֶשֶׂר (ʿeśer),
which occurs 177 times in 157 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 5:14–Jos 24:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?”
And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - Then he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had settled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets[fn] for her wrists.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - 30 female camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - He also sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the finest products of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other supplies he would need on his journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22 - So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of 110.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:26 - So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - He chose capable men from all over Israel and appointed them as leaders over the people. He put them in charge of groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - The curtains on the west end of the courtyard will be 75 feet long,[fn] supported by ten posts set into ten bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:28 - Moses remained there on the mountain with the LORD forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the LORD[fn] wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments[fn]—on the stone tablets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle. Then Bezalel[fn] decorated the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - Each frame was 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - The curtains on the west end of the courtyard were 75 feet long,[fn] hung with silver hooks and rings and supported by ten posts set into ten bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen shekels of silver; a woman of that age is valued at ten shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:14 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces,[fn] which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:20 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:26 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:32 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:38 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:44 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:50 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:56 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:62 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:68

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:68 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:74

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:74 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:80

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:80 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - Each of the twelve gold containers that was filled with incense weighed four ounces (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). The total weight of the gold was three pounds.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:19 - And it won’t be for just a day or two, or for five or ten or even twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - So the people went out and caught quail all that day and throughout the night and all the next day, too. No one gathered less than fifty bushels[fn]! They spread the quail all around the camp to dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:23 - “On the fourth day of the festival, sacrifice ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:13 - He proclaimed his covenant—the Ten Commandments[fn]—which he commanded you to keep, and which he wrote on two stone tablets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 - Once again the LORD wrote the Ten Commandments[fn] on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the LORD had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten towns with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - As a result, Manasseh’s total allocation came to ten parcels of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan across the Jordan River,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The other families of the Kohathite clan were allotted ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - So in all, ten towns with their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - In this delegation were ten leaders of Israel, one from each of the ten tribes, and each the head of his family within the clans of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:29 - After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

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