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Lexicon :: Strong's H4557 - mispār

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מִסְפָּר
Transliteration
mispār
Pronunciation
mis-pawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1540e

Strong’s Definitions

מִסְפָּר miçpâr, mis-pawr'; from H5608; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration:— abundance, account, × all, × few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, time.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x

The KJV translates Strong's H4557 in the following manner: number (110x), few (6x), all (3x), innumerable (3x), sum (2x), time (2x), account (1x), abundance (with H369) (1x), infinite (1x), innumerable (with H369) (1x), numbered (1x), tale (1x), telling (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 134x
The KJV translates Strong's H4557 in the following manner: number (110x), few (6x), all (3x), innumerable (3x), sum (2x), time (2x), account (1x), abundance (with H369) (1x), infinite (1x), innumerable (with H369) (1x), numbered (1x), tale (1x), telling (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

  1. number, tale

    1. number

      1. number

      2. innumerable (with negative)

      3. few, numerable (alone)

      4. by count, in number, according to number (with prep)

    2. recounting, relation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִסְפָּר miçpâr, mis-pawr'; from H5608; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration:— abundance, account, × all, × few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, time.
STRONGS H4557: Abbreviations
I. מִסְפָּר 133 noun masculine 1 Chronicles 27:24 number, tale; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 34:30 +; construct מִסְפַּר Exodus 16:16 +; suffix מִסְפַּרְכֶם Numbers 14:29, מִסְפָּרָם Judges 21:23 +; plural construct מִסְפְּרֵי 1 Chronicles 12:23; —
1.
a. number, Judges 7:6 the number of those lapping, לַכּוֺכָבִים מִס׳ Psalm 147:4, + often (37 times PH); וגו׳ דִּבְרֵי בְּמִסְפַּר הַמִּסְפָּר עָלָה לֹא 1 Chronicles 27:24 (read בְּסֵפֶר) the number did not come up into (was not recorded in) the book of the daily doings, etc.; redundant after number, † 2 Samuel 21:20 twenty-four (in) number; אֵין מ׳ it was (they were) innumerable Genesis 41:49 (E), with לְ Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 2 Chronicles 12:3, לִתְבוּנָתוֺ אֵין מ׳ Psalm 147:5 (of י׳); absolute Jeremiah 2:32; Job 21:33; Songs 6:8; † עַדאֵֿין מ׳ = id. Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Psalm 40:13, וְאֵין לָהֶם מ׳ Jeremiah 46:23; לְאֵין מ׳ † 1 Chronicles 22:4; וְאֵין מ׳ † Psalm 104:25; Psalm 105:34; Joel 1:6; לִגְדוּדָיו הֲיֵשׁ מ׳ Job 25:3 can his bands be numbered ? without אֵין = numerable, i.e. few, וִיהִי מְתָיו מ׳ Deuteronomy 33:6 but let his men be few יָמִים מ׳ Numbers 9:20, מ׳ alone Isaiah 10:19, usually in combination, מְתֵי מ׳ = a few men Genesis 34:30 (J), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28; 1 Chronicles 16:19; Psalm 105:12, אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Ezekiel 12:16; so שְׁנוֺת מ׳ Job 16:22; adverb phrase חַיֵּיהֶם יְמֵי מִסְפַּר Ecclesiastes 2:3 = during all their lives, compare Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 6:18 = appointed (normal) number, אֲמַלֵּא יָמֶיךָ מ׳ Exodus 23:26 (E).
b. with preposition ׃בְּ מְעַט בְּמ׳ Ezekiel 5:3 few in number; בְּמ׳ by (exact) count, tale 2 Samuel 2:15; Deuteronomy 25:2; 1 Chronicles 9:28 (twice in verse), so probably Ezekiel 20:37 read בְּמִסְפַּר Greek Version of the LXX Toy for MT מָסֹרֶת; in (prescribed) number Numbers 29:18 + 6 times Numbers 29 (P), Ezra 3:4; = acc. to (proportioned to) the number of Leviticus 25:15. 15 + often; לְמִס׳ according to number Judges 21:23; Joshua 4:5, 8 (JE) Numbers 14:29 (P) Ezekiel 4:5; 1 Chronicles 27:1; כְּמִס׳ = id. 1 Kings 18:31; Numbers 15:12 (twice in verse) (P); so מ׳ alone (adverb accusative) Exodus 16:16 (P) Job 1:5; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 11:13. — Numbers 23:10b read סָפַר מִי, compare Numbers 23:10a, so Greek Version of the LXX Di SoKau.
† 2. recounting, relation הַחֲלוֹם מִסְפַּר Judges 7:15 the recounting of the dream.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30; 41:49

Exodus

16:16; 16:16; 23:26

Leviticus

25:15; 25:15

Numbers

9:20; 14:29; 14:29; 15:12; 23:10; 23:10; 29; 29:18

Deuteronomy

4:27; 25:2; 33:6

Joshua

4:5; 4:8

Judges

6:5; 7:6; 7:12; 7:15; 21:23; 21:23

2 Samuel

2:15; 21:20

1 Kings

18:31

1 Chronicles

9:28; 12:23; 16:19; 22:4; 22:16; 27:1; 27:24; 27:24

2 Chronicles

12:3

Ezra

3:4

Job

1:5; 5:9; 9:10; 16:22; 21:33; 25:3

Psalms

40:13; 104:25; 105:12; 105:34; 147:4; 147:5

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 5:17

Song of Songs

6:8

Isaiah

10:19

Jeremiah

2:28; 2:32; 11:13; 44:28; 46:23

Ezekiel

4:5; 5:3; 12:16; 20:37

Joel

1:6

H4557

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Strong's Number H4557 matches the Hebrew מִסְפָּר (mispār),
which occurs 134 times in 129 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Jdg 21:23–Job 25:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, H4557 of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4 - Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number H4557 of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the golden mice, according to the number H4557 of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:7 - And the time H4557 that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - And the time H4557 that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - Then there arose and went over by number H4557 twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; H4557 and he also was born to the giant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number H4557 of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - And Joab gave up the sum H4557 of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:31 - And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number H4557 of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number H4557 was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number H4557 throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. H4557 H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - And this is the number H4557 of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - And these are the numbers H4557 of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - When ye were but few, H4557 even a few, and strangers in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number H4557 of them to me, that I may know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - And Joab gave the sum H4557 of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - Also cedar trees in abundance: H4557 for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. H4557 Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number H4557 by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number H4557 of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered H4557 from twenty years old and above:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, H4557 according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number H4557 of the workmen according to their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - So the number H4557 of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now the children of Israel after their number, H4557 to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - But David took not the number H4557 of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number H4557 put in the account H4557 of the chronicles of king David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number H4557 that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number H4557 of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The whole number H4557 of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - And the number H4557 of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number H4557 of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:9 - And this is the number H4557 of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number H4557 of the men of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:4 - They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, H4557 according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - By number H4557 and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, H4557 I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:11 - On that day the number H4557 of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number H4557 of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number H4557 of the months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Seeing his days are determined, the number H4557 of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number H4557 of years is hidden to the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - When a few H4557 years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number H4557 of his months is cut off in the midst?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 - The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable H4557 before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3 - Is there any number H4557 of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

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