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Lexicon :: Strong's H2568 - ḥāmēš

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חָמֵשׁ
Transliteration
ḥāmēš
Pronunciation
khaw-maysh'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive numeral
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 686a

Strong’s Definitions

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x

The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 343x
The KJV translates Strong's H2568 in the following manner: five (300x), fifteenth (with H6240) (16x), fifteen (with H6240) (15x), fifth (6x), fifteen (with H7657) (3x), variant (1x).

  1. five

    1. five (cardinal number)

    2. a multiple of five (with another number)

    3. fifth (ordinal number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמֵשׁ châmêsh, khaw-maysh'; masculine חֲמִשָּׁה chămishshâh; a primitive numeral; five:—fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
STRONGS H2568: Abbreviations
חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, Wemfo, aXtwemfo; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, ReckendZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ፡ ኀምስቱ፡ Arabic خَمْسً, خَمْسَةً Sabean & Liḥyânian חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 + 94 times + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out Greek Version of the LXXB Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 + 67 times + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (with noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see LagBN 80 Genesis 18:28 + 139 times (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26 times; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —
1. without other numeral:
a. חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 + 35 times; before collective noun צאֹן ח׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה ח׳ five in cubit(s)＝five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם＝in the fifth year) + 6 times Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).
b. חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Exodus 36:38 + 36 times Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20 times.
c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3, 4) Exodus 26:3, 9; Exodus 36:10, 16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת ח׳ Kt, but Qr מאות ח׳, see below.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 + 5 times; הָאֲנָשִׁים ח׳ Judges 18:7, 14, 17; שׁקלים ח׳ Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים ח׳ ח׳ Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים ח׳ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; בני מ׳ ח׳ 2 Samuel 21:8.
e.＝ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1, 2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)
2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten＝fifteen:
a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14, 15; Exodus 38:14, 15; 2 Kings 14:17, 23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.
b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (with noun masculine),
(1) after noun Esther 9:21;
(2) before noun Exodus 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.
c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.
d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun＝ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 +4 times + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).
3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת＝500 Genesis 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.
4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים＝5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:69; — in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc.
5. with other numerals:
a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 + 4 times;
(2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 + 8 times + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt;
(3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times
b. חָמֵשׁ after larger number:
(1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7;
(2) noun following ח׳ (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration);
(3) noun before both numbers, stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.
c. no noun expressed, ח׳ between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ Numbers 31:37.
d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 + 22 times
e. ח׳ follows, and
(1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 + 7 times;
(2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.
f. ח׳ precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.
g. ח׳ follows, no noun expressed Genesis 18:28 +.
h. no noun expressed ח׳ between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:6; 5:6; 5:10; 5:10; 5:17; 5:30; 5:32; 7:20; 14:9; 18:28; 18:28; 25:7; 43:34; 47:2

Exodus

16:1; 26:3; 26:9; 27:14; 27:15; 36:10; 36:16; 36:38; 38:14; 38:15; 38:28

Leviticus

23:6

Numbers

1:25; 3:47; 3:47; 18:16; 31:32; 31:37

Joshua

8:12; 10:5; 13:3

Judges

3:3; 14:10; 18:7; 18:14; 18:17; 20:35; 20:45

1 Samuel

6:18; 17:5; 25:18

2 Samuel

19:18; 21:8

1 Kings

5:12; 7:3; 7:23; 7:39; 7:49

2 Kings

8:16; 8:16; 14:17; 14:23; 20:6

1 Chronicles

3:20; 11:23; 24:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

3:15; 4:2; 4:7; 15:10; 15:19; 25:25; 35:9

Ezra

1:11; 2:5; 2:69

Esther

9:21

Isaiah

38:5

Jeremiah

52:30

Ezekiel

1:1; 1:2; 8:1; 8:16; 33:21; 40:21; 40:25; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 42:16; 42:16; 45:3; 45:3; 45:6; 45:12; 48:15; 48:16

Hosea

3:2

H2568

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Strong's Number H2568 matches the Hebrew חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš),
which occurs 345 times in 272 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 6 (Eze 42:20–Hos 3:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it [fn]on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five H2568 hundred rods and the width five H2568 hundred, to divide between the holy and the [fn]common.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 -

“Now when you divide the land by lot for inheritance, you shall offer [fn]an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be a length of twenty-five H2568 thousand [fn]cubits, and the width shall be [fn]twenty thousand. It shall be holy within its entire surrounding boundary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - “Out of this there shall be for the sanctuary a square encompassing five H2568 hundred by five H2568 hundred cubits, and fifty cubits for its [fn]open space round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - “From this [fn]area you shall measure a length of twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits and a width of ten thousand cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - “An area twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession [fn]cities in which to live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6 -

“And you shall give the city possession of an area five H2568 thousand cubits wide and twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits long, alongside the [fn]allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the entire house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:12 - “And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five H2568 shekels, and fifteen H2568 shekels shall be your mina.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - “In the seventh month, on the fifteenth H2568 day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like these, seven days [fn]for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 -

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [fn]allotment which you shall [fn]set apart, twenty-five H2568 thousand [fn]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9 - “The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - “The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand in width, toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five H2568 thousand in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13 - “And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits in length and ten thousand in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits and the width ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:15 -

“The remainder, five H2568 thousand cubits in width and twenty-five H2568 thousand [fn]in length, shall be for common use for the city, for homes and for [fn]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - “And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 H2568 cubits, the south side 4,500 H2568 cubits, the east side 4,500 H2568 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 H2568 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - “The whole allotment shall be twenty-five H2568 thousand by twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits; you shall [fn]set apart the holy allotment, a [fn]square, with the [fn]property of the city.

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“The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the [fn]property of the city; in front of the twenty-five H2568 thousand cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five H2568 thousand toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 -

“Now these are the exits of the city: on the north side, 4,500 H2568 cubits by measurement,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32 - “On the east side, 4,500 H2568 cubits, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - “On the south side, 4,500 H2568 cubits by measurement, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - “On the west side, 4,500 H2568 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:12 - “Blessed is the one who is patient and attains to the 1,335 H2568 days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:2 - So I purchased her for myself for fifteen H2568 shekels of silver, and a [fn]homer and a [fn]lethech of barley.

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