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Lexicon :: Strong's H6240 - ʿeśer

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עֶשֶׂר
Transliteration
ʿeśer
Pronunciation
aw-sawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1711b

Strong’s Definitions

עָשָׂר ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H6240 in the following manner: eleven (with H259) (9x), eleven (with H6249) (6x), eleventh (with H6249) (13x), eleventh (with H259) (4x), twelve (with H8147) (106x), twelfth (with H8147) (21x), thirteen (with H7969) (13x), thirteenth (with H7969) (11x), etc to nineteen (152x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H6240 in the following manner: eleven (with H259) (9x), eleven (with H6249) (6x), eleventh (with H6249) (13x), eleventh (with H259) (4x), twelve (with H8147) (106x), twelfth (with H8147) (21x), thirteen (with H7969) (13x), thirteenth (with H7969) (11x), etc to nineteen (152x).

  1. ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

    1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשָׂר ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
STRONGS H6240: Abbreviations
עָשָׂר 203, עֶשְׂרֵה 144 noun ten, only after units to make numbers 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal; עֶשְׂרֵה with noun feminine, עָשָׂר with noun masculine, thus:
1. eleven:
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 32:23 + 2 times
b. אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 2 Kings 23:36 + 7 times; also = eleventh 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29.
c. עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:20; ordinal Deuteronomy 1:3 + 7 times
d. עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 26:7 + 4 times; ordinal Jeremiah 1:3 + 4 times
2. twelve:
a. שְׁנֵי (ם) עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 35:22 + 80 times ordinal 1 Kings 19:19 + 12 times
b. שְׁתֵּי(ם) עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 24:4 + 31 times; ordinal 2 Kings 8:25 + 6 times
3. thirteen:
a. שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:14 + 2 times; ordinal Esther 3:12 + 7 times
b. שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 1 Kings 7:1 + 9 times; ordinal Genesis 14:4 + 2 times
4. fourteen:
a. אַרְכָּעָה עָשָׂר Genesis 46:22 + 13 times; ordinal Exodus 12:6 + 17 times
b. אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 31:41 + 5 times; ordinal 2 Kings 18:13 + 3 times
5. fifteen:
a. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר Hosea 3:2 + 3 times; ordinal Exodus 16:1 + 14 times
b. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר Judges 8:10; 2 Samuel 19:18.
c. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה 2 Kings 14:17 + 9 times; ordinal † 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 15:10. — See also עֶשֶׂר 2d.
6. sixteen:
a. שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר Exodus 26:25 + 6 times; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:14 + 2 times
b. שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 46:18 + 13 times
7. seventeen:
a. שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר 1 Chronicles 7:11 + 2 times; ordinal Genesis 7:11 + 3 times
b. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 37:2 + 4 times; ordinal 1 Kings 22:52; 2 Kings 16:1. — See also עֶשֶׂר 3d.
8. eighteen:
a. שְׁמֹנָה (שְׂמֹנַת) עָשָׂר Genesis 14:4 + 10 times; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:25.
b. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה Judges 3:14 + 6 times; ordinal 1 Kings 15:1 + 8 times
†9. nineteen:
a. תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר 2 Samuel 2:30; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:16; 1 Chronicles 25:26.
b. תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 11:25; Joshua 19:38; ordinal 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12.
These numbers usually take singular of the nouns most often used, שָׁנָה, יוֺם, חֹדֶשׁ, compare (sometimes) אִישׁ, אַמָּךְ, etc.; otherwise plural; rarely (late usage) they follow noun, which is then usually plural, e.g. Numbers 29:30; Joshua 15:51 (P), Ezra 8:35 (twice in verse); Esther 3:13; Esther 8:5, etc. (even שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Nah Esther 5:14), but שָׁנָה precedes ordinal 1 Kings 6:38, שְׁנַת 1 Kings 15:1 + 8 times, so יוֺם (with ordinal) 2 Chronicles 29:17 + 5 times Esther 9; also יוֺם and (שְׁנַת) שָׁנָה both precede and following ordinal Numbers 7:72, 78; 2 Kings 8:25; 2 Kings 9:29; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:1; Jeremiah 32:1; 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12. — See also Köii. 1. 211 ff. DaSynt. § 37 a, also R. 1, 2. Ges§§ 92d, e, 134, and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT {1893}; on form in הֵ֯ (prob for יַ֯), Ol§ 110 Köii. 1, 427 WSG 138.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 11:25; 14:4; 14:4; 31:41; 32:23; 35:22; 37:2; 46:18; 46:22

Exodus

12:6; 16:1; 24:4; 26:7; 26:25

Numbers

7:72; 7:78; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 29:14; 29:20; 29:30

Deuteronomy

1:3

Joshua

15:51; 19:38

Judges

3:14; 8:10

2 Samuel

2:30; 19:18

1 Kings

6:38; 6:38; 7:1; 15:1; 15:1; 19:19; 22:52

2 Kings

8:25; 8:25; 9:29; 9:29; 14:17; 14:23; 14:23; 16:1; 16:1; 18:13; 23:36; 25:8; 25:8

1 Chronicles

7:11; 24:14; 24:15; 24:16; 25:25; 25:26

2 Chronicles

15:10; 29:17

Ezra

8:35

Esther

3:12; 3:13; 5:14; 8:5; 9

Jeremiah

1:3; 32:1; 52:12; 52:12

Hosea

3:2

H6240

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Strong's Number H6240 matches the Hebrew עֶשֶׂר (ʿeśer),
which occurs 337 times in 291 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 6 (2Ki 17:1–1Ch 25:28)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 - In the twelfth H6240 year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - Now in the fourteenth H6240 year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - And I will add unto thy days fifteen H6240 years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve H6240 years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - And it came to pass in the eighteenth H6240 year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - But in the eighteenth H6240 year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 - Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven H6240 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen H6240 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 - Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven H6240 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - And the city was besieged unto the eleventh H6240 year of king Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth H6240 year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen H6240 cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth H6240 month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - And Shimei had sixteen H6240 sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen H6240 cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen H6240 cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve H6240 cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen H6240 thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. H6240 These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:13 - Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen H6240 thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen H6240 thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen H6240 chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12 - The eleventh H6240 to Eliashib, the twelfth H6240 to Jakim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - The thirteenth H6240 to Huppah, the fourteenth H6240 to Jeshebeab,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 - The fifteenth H6240 to Bilgah, the sixteenth H6240 to Immer,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15 - The seventeenth H6240 to Hezir, the eighteenth H6240 to Aphses,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 - The nineteenth H6240 to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen H6240 sons and three daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:10 - The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:11 - The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:12 - The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:13 - The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:14 - The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:15 - The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:16 - The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17 - The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:18 - The eleventh H6240 to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:19 - The twelfth H6240 to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - The thirteenth H6240 to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21 - The fourteenth H6240 to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:22 - The fifteenth H6240 to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23 - The sixteenth H6240 to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24 - The seventeenth H6240 to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25 - The eighteenth H6240 to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:26 - The nineteenth H6240 to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:27 - The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28 - The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: H6240

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