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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 338 times in 292 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 6 (Est 8:12–Zec 1:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth H6240 day of the twelfth H6240 month, which is the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth H6240 month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth H6240 day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth H6240 day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - On the thirteenth H6240 day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth H6240 day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth H6240 day thereof, and on the fourteenth H6240 thereof; and on the fifteenth H6240 day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth H6240 day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:21 - To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth H6240 day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth H6240 day of the same, yearly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen H6240 thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

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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 H6240 thousand.]] 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 BoxIsa 36:1 - Now it came to pass in the fourteenth H6240 year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen H6240 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth H6240 year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh H6240 year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - From the thirteenth H6240 year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth H6240 year of Nebuchadrezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2 - And in the eleventh H6240 year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:1 - Zedekiah was one and twenty 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 BoxJer 52:5 - So the city was besieged unto the eleventh H6240 year of king Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:12 - Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth H6240 year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:20 - The two pillars, one sea, and twelve H6240 brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen H6240 cubits; and a fillet of twelve H6240 cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:29 - In the eighteenth H6240 year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth H6240 month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:1 - And it came to pass in the eleventh H6240 year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1 - In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth H6240 day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:20 - And it came to pass in the eleventh H6240 year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:1 - And it came to pass in the eleventh H6240 year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1 - And it came to pass in the twelfth H6240 year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - It came to pass also in the twelfth H6240 year, in the fifteenth H6240 day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - And it came to pass in the twelfth H6240 year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 - In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth H6240 year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen H6240 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven H6240 cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:16 - And the altar shall be twelve H6240 cubits long, twelve H6240 broad, square in the four squares thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - And the settle shall be fourteen H6240 cubits long and fourteen H6240 broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:21 - In the first month, in the fourteenth H6240 day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - In the seventh month, in the fifteenth H6240 day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve H6240 tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:35 - It was round about eighteen H6240 thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:2 - So I bought her to me for fifteen H6240 pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore H6240 thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:7 - Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh H6240 month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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