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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 - The sons of Benjamin did so, and took wives according to their number H4557 from those who danced, whom they carried away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4 - Then they said, “What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?” And they said, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice according to the number H4557 of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of [fn]you 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 fortified cities and of country villages. The large [fn]stone on which they set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:7 - The number H4557 of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - The [fn]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 - So they arose and went over by count, H4557 twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth 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 - There was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; H4557 and he also had been born to the [fn]giant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and [fn]register 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 the number H4557 of the [fn]registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who 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 - Elijah took twelve stones according to the number H4557 of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number H4557 in the days of David was 22,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number H4557 of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:28 - Now some of them [fn]had charge of the utensils of service, for [fn]they counted H4557 them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - These constitute the list H4557 of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred [fn]whom he killed at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - Now these are the numbers H4557 of the [fn]divisions equipped for war, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the [fn]word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - When they were only a few in number, H4557
Very few, and strangers in it,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number.” H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - Joab gave the number H4557 of the [fn]census of all the people to David. And all Israel were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, H4557 for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - “Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no limit. H4557 Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number H4557 by [fn]census of men was 38,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were [fn]counted, in the number H4557 of names by their [fn]census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old 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 sons of Levi were numbered H4557 from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the number H4557 set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number H4557 of [fn]those who performed their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - Their number H4557 who were trained in singing to the LORD, with their [fn]relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now this is the enumeration H4557 of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - But David did not [fn]count H4557 those twenty years of age and under, because the LORD had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number H4557 was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: H4557 the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which [fn]entered combat by divisions according to the number H4557 of their muster, [fn]prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number H4557 of the heads of the [fn]households, of valiant warriors, was 2,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - The number H4557 of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 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 - Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering H4557 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:9 - Now this was their number: H4557 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 [fn]duplicates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:2 - [fn]These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, [fn]Seraiah, [fn]Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, [fn]Mispar, Bigvai, [fn]Rehum and 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 celebrated the Feast of [fn]Booths, as it is written, and offered [fn]the fixed number H4557 of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:34 - Everything was numbered H4557 and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, [fn]Azariah, [fn]Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, [fn]Mispereth, Bigvai, [fn]Nehum, Baanah. The number H4557 of men of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:11 - On that day the number H4557 of those who were killed at the citadel in Susa [fn]was reported to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number H4557 of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - “As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among 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 - Who does great and unsearchable things,
[fn]Wonders without number. H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - Who does great things, [fn]unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number. H4557

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - “Since his days are determined,
The number H4557 of his months is with You;
And his limits You have [fn]set so that he cannot pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - “The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And [fn]numbered H4557 are the years stored up for the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - “For when a few H4557 years are past,
I shall go the way of no return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:21 - “For what does he care for his household [fn]after him,
When the number H4557 of his months is cut off?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:33 - “The clods of the valley will [fn]gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will [fn]follow after him,
While countless H4557 ones go before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:3 - “Is there any number H4557 to His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

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