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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 26 times in 25 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 H6240 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It stood on twelve H6240 oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:15 - and the one sea with the twelve H6240 oxen under it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve H6240 lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - Now Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 H6240 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen H6240 wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen H6240 years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:1 - In the eighteenth H6240 year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21 - But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen H6240 wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen H6240 daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:10 - So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth H6240 year of Asa’s reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:25 - And Amaziah, the son of Joash king of Judah, lived fifteen H6240 years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 - And all the people of Judah took [fn]Uzziah, who was sixteen H6240 years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen H6240 years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Jechiliah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H6240 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H6240 years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H6240 years in Jerusalem; and he did not do right in the sight of the LORD as David his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - Now they began [fn]the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the LORD. Then they consecrated the house of the LORD in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth H6240 day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth H6240 of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:1 - Manasseh was twelve H6240 years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth H6240 year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - Now in the eighteenth H6240 year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah an official of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth H6240 day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth H6240 year of Josiah’s reign this Passover was celebrated.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven H6240 years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:11 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven H6240 years in Jerusalem.
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