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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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

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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 1 / 6 (Gen 5:6–Lev 23:39)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - vixit quoque Seth centum quinque annos et genuit Enos

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - post cuius ortum vixit octingentis quindecim annis et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - factique sunt omnes dies Enos nongentorum quinque annorum et mortuus est

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:15 - vixit autem Malalehel sexaginta quinque annos et genuit Iared

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - et facti sunt omnes dies Malalehel octingenti nonaginta quinque anni et mortuus est

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - porro Enoch vixit sexaginta quinque annis et genuit Mathusalam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - et facti sunt omnes dies Enoch trecenti sexaginta quinque anni

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - vixitque Lamech postquam genuit Noe quingentos nonaginta quinque annos et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - Noe vero cum quingentorum esset annorum genuit Sem et Ham et Iafeth

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - quindecim cubitis altior fuit aqua super montes quos operuerat

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - vixitque Sem postquam genuit Arfaxad quingentos annos et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:12 - porro Arfaxad vixit triginta quinque annos et genuit Sale

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - et facti sunt dies Thare ducentorum quinque annorum et mortuus est in Haran

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - egressus est itaque Abram sicut praeceperat ei Dominus et ivit cum eo Loth septuaginta quinque annorum erat Abram cum egrederetur de Haran

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - scilicet adversum Chodorlahomor regem Aelamitarum et Thadal regem Gentium et Amrafel regem Sennaar et Arioch regem Ponti quattuor reges adversus quinque

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - quid si minus quinquaginta iustis quinque fuerint delebis propter quinque universam urbem et ait non delebo si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:7 - fuerunt autem dies vitae eius centum septuaginta quinque anni

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:34 - sumptis partibus quas ab eo acceperant maiorque pars venit Beniamin ita ut quinque partibus excederet biberuntque et inebriati sunt cum eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - biennium est quod fames esse coepit in terra et adhuc quinque anni restant quibus nec arari poterit nec meti

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - ibique te pascam adhuc enim quinque anni residui sunt famis ne et tu pereas et domus tua et omnia quae possides

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - singulisque proferri iussit binas stolas Beniamin vero dedit trecentos argenteos cum quinque stolis optimis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:2 - extremos quoque fratrum suorum quinque viros statuit coram rege

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - profectique sunt de Helim et venit omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel in desertum Sin quod est inter Helim et Sinai quintodecimo die mensis secundi postquam egressi sunt de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - si quis furatus fuerit bovem aut ovem et occiderit vel vendiderit quinque boves pro uno bove restituet et quattuor oves pro una ove

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - quinque cortinae sibi iungentur mutuo et aliae quinque nexu simili coherebunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - e quibus quinque iunges seorsum et sex sibi mutuo copulabis ita ut sextum sagum in fronte tecti duplices

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - facies et vectes de lignis setthim quinque ad continendas tabulas in uno latere tabernaculi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - et quinque alios in altero et eiusdem numeri ad occidentalem plagam

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - et quinque columnas deaurabis lignorum setthim ante quas ducetur tentorium quarum erunt capita aurea et bases aeneae

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - facies et altare de lignis setthim quod habebit quinque cubitos in longitudine et totidem in latitudine id est quadrum et tres cubitos in altitudine

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - in quibus quindecim cubitorum tentoria lateri uno deputabuntur columnaeque tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - et in latere altero erunt tentoria cubitos obtinentia quindecim columnas tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - in longitudine occupabit atrium cubitos centum in latitudine quinquaginta altitudo quinque cubitorum erit fietque de bysso retorta et habebit bases aeneas

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - dicens sume tibi aromata prima et zmyrnae electae quingentos siclos et cinnamomi medium id est ducentos quinquaginta calami similiter ducentos quinquaginta

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - cassiae autem quingentos siclos in pondere sanctuarii olei de olivetis mensuram hin

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:10 - coniunxitque cortinas quinque alteram alteri et alias quinque sibi invicem copulavit

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - quorum quinque iunxit seorsum et sex alia separatim

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - fecit et vectes de lignis setthim quinque ad continendas tabulas unius lateris tabernaculi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - et quinque alios ad alterius lateris tabulas coaptandas et extra hos quinque alios vectes ad occidentalem plagam tabernaculi contra mare

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - et columnas quinque cum capitibus suis quas operuit auro basesque earum fudit aeneas

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - fecit et altare holocausti de lignis setthim quinque cubitorum per quadrum et trium in altitudine

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - e quibus quindecim cubitos columnarum trium cum basibus suis unum tenebat latus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - et in parte altera quia utraque introitum tabernaculi facit quindecim aeque cubitorum erant tentoria columnae tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - et in introitu eius opere plumario fecit tentorium ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo ac bysso retorta quod habebat viginti cubitos in longitudine altitudo vero quinque cubitorum erat iuxta mensuram quam cuncta atrii habebant tentoria

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - oblatum est autem ab his qui transierant ad numerum a viginti annis et supra de sescentis tribus milibus et quingentis quinquaginta armatorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - fuerunt praeterea centum talenta argenti e quibus conflatae sunt bases sanctuarii et introitus ubi velum pendet

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - de mille autem septingentis et septuaginta quinque fecit capita columnarum quas et ipsas vestivit argento

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - et quintadecima die mensis huius sollemnitas azymorum Domini est septem diebus azyma comedetis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - loquere filiis Israhel a quintodecimo die mensis huius septimi erunt feriae tabernaculorum septem diebus Domino

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - a quintodecimo ergo die mensis septimi quando congregaveritis omnes fructus terrae vestrae celebrabitis ferias Domini septem diebus die primo et die octavo erit sabbatum id est requies

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