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Lexicon :: Strong's H6242 - ʿeśrîm

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עֶשְׂרִים
Transliteration
ʿeśrîm
Pronunciation
es-reem'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1711e

Strong’s Definitions

עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym, es-reem'; from H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth:—(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 315x

The KJV translates Strong's H6242 in the following manner: twenty (278x), twentieth (36x), sixscore (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 315x
The KJV translates Strong's H6242 in the following manner: twenty (278x), twentieth (36x), sixscore (with H3967) (1x).
  1. twenty, twentieth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym, es-reem'; from H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth:—(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
STRONGS H6242: Abbreviations
עֶשְׂרִים 315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of עֶשֶׂר PräBAS i. 376; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb079701; Assyrian ešrâ; Sabean עשרי HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic bdb079702 Aramaic H6242 עשרין, bdb079703; Nabataean עשרין); —
I. as cardinal:
1. without other number:
a. usually followed by singular noun (especially שָׁנָה, אִישׁ, אַמָּה, etc.) Genesis 31:38; 1 Samuel 14:14; Exodus 38:18 + 64 times, + עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף 20,000 1 Chronicles 18:4 + 7 times + Ezekiel 45:1 (reading עֶשְׂרִים אָ֑לֶף, see עֶשֶׂר 2b).
b. followed by plural noun 2 Samuel 3:20; Exodus 36:23, 24, 25 + 4 times
†c. followed by singular noun collective 1 Kings 5:3.
d. plural noun precedes Genesis 32:15 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:16; 2 Chronicles 3:3 + 6 times
e. noun omitted Genesis 18:31 (twice in verse) (הָע׳), 1 Kings 6:2 + 6 times, as predicate Exodus 27:10 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:11 (twice in verse) + 4 times
†f. + בָּאַמָּה Zechariah 5:12 [Zechariah 5:2].
2. + other number:
a. with units, usually 20 + (with וְ) unit + singular noun Judges 10:2, 3; 1 Kings 14:20 + 58 times (including 20+1x1000, etc., + 27 times); noun omitted Joshua 15:32 + 2 times predicate; less often unit + 20 — Genesis 11:24; Exodus 38:24; Numbers 8:24 (all P) + 27 times; unit + 20 + בָּאַמָּה Ezekiel 40:21; Exodus 26:2; Exodus 36:9 (both P).
b. 20+unit+plural noun Numbers 7:8 (twice in verse) (P), 1 Chronicles 2:22 + 3 times Chronicles.
†c. plural noun + 20 + unit Joshua 19:30 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 12:29 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:28).
d. with hundreds, 20 usually following; followed by singular noun 1 Kings 9:14; Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 31:2 + 7 times; noun omitted 2 Chronicles 3:4; Ezra 2:32 = Nehemiah 7:35; 20 + 100 (noun omitted) Numbers 7:86.
e. plural noun +100+20 1 Chronicles 15:5, 6; — compare further מֵאָה.
II. as ordinal:
1. 20 alone, בִּשְׁנַת ע׳ in the twentieth year 1 Kings 15:9 + 4 times; noun omitted Numbers 10:11 + 3 times
2.
a. 20+unit+singular noun Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 40:1.
b. singular noun+20+unit Haggai 1:15; 2 Chronicles 7:10 +; singular noun+unit+20 Exodus 12:8; בִּשְׁנַת+20+unit 1 Kings 16:10, etc. — See references below H6235 עֶשֶׂר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:3; 11:24; 18:31; 31:38; 32:15; 32:16

Exodus

12:8; 26:2; 27:10; 27:11; 36:9; 36:23; 36:24; 36:25; 38:18; 38:24

Numbers

7:8; 7:86; 8:24; 10:11

Deuteronomy

31:2

Joshua

15:32; 19:30

Judges

10:2; 10:3

1 Samuel

14:14

2 Samuel

3:20

1 Kings

5:3; 6:2; 9:14; 14:20; 15:9; 16:10

1 Chronicles

2:22; 12:28; 12:29; 15:5; 15:6; 18:4

2 Chronicles

3:3; 3:4; 7:10

Ezra

2:32

Nehemiah

7:35

Ezekiel

29:17; 40:1; 40:21; 45:1

Haggai

1:15

Zechariah

5:2

H6242

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6242 matches the Hebrew עֶשְׂרִים (ʿeśrîm),
which occurs 315 times in 281 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 6 (1Ch 25:28–Ezr 2:19)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28 -

for the twenty-first H6242 to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:29 -

for the twenty-second H6242 to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 -

for the twenty-third H6242 to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31 -

for the twenty-fourth H6242 to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 -

Now this is the total count of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king in each matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000 H6242:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:2 -

Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel was over the first division for the first month; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 -

Dodai the Ahohite and his division were over the division for the second month, Mikloth being the chief officer; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 -

The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 -

The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:8 -

The fifth for the fifth month was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:9 -

The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:10 -

The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:11 -

The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:12 -

The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite of the Benjamites; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:13 -

The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 -

The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15 -

The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel; and in his division were 24,000 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 -

But David did not take up a count of those twenty H6242 years of age and under, because Yahweh had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - “And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, [fn]20,000 H6242 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 H6242 kors of barley, and [fn]20,000 H6242 baths of wine and 20,000 H6242 baths of oil.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - Now these are the [fn]foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was [fn]sixty cubits, and the width twenty H6242 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - And the porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, [fn]20 H6242 cubits, and the height 120 H6242; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 -

And he made the [fn]room of the Holy of Holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty H6242 cubits, and its width was twenty H6242 cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to [fn]600 talents.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - Now the wingspan of the cherubim was twenty H6242 cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - The wings of these cherubim extended twenty H6242 cubits, and they stood on their feet [fn]facing the main room.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:1 -

Then he made a bronze altar, [fn]twenty H6242 cubits in length and twenty H6242 cubits in width and ten cubits in height.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them 120 H6242 priests blowing trumpets
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 H6242 oxen and 120,000 H6242 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - And on the twenty-third H6242 day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, with gladness and goodness of heart because of the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David and to Solomon and to Israel His people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:1 -

Now it happened at the end of the twenty H6242 years in which Solomon had built the house of Yahweh and his own house

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 H6242 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. There had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and became the father of twenty-eight H6242 sons and sixty daughters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21 -

But Abijah became stronger; and he took fourteen wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two H6242 sons and sixteen daughters.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 -

Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five H6242 years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 -

Amaziah was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine H6242 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 -

Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he [fn]took a census of those from twenty H6242 years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 choice men, able to go out for military duty, able to handle spear and large shield.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 -

Jotham was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 -

Ahaz was twenty H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of Yahweh, as David his father had done.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - Indeed, Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah 120,000 H6242 in one day, all men of valor, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 -

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five H6242 years old; and he reigned twenty-nine H6242 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty H6242 years old and upwards, by their responsibilities and their divisions.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:21 -

Amon was twenty-two H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - [fn]Joahaz was twenty-three H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 -

Jehoiakim was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:11 -

Zedekiah was twenty-one H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:9 - Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 H6242 [fn]duplicates;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:11 -

the sons of Bebai, 623 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:12 -

the sons of Azgad, 1,222 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:17 -

the sons of Bezai, 323 H6242;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:19 -

the sons of Hashum, 223 H6242;


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