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Lexicon :: Strong's H505 - 'elep̄

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אֶלֶף
Transliteration
'elep̄
Pronunciation
eh'-lef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prop, the same as אֶלֶף (H504)
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TWOT Reference: 109a

Strong’s Definitions

אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x

The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 505x
The KJV translates Strong's H505 in the following manner: thousand (500x), eleven hundred (with H3967) (3x), variant (1x), twelve hundred (with H3967) (1x).

  1. a thousand

    1. as numeral

  2. a thousand, company

    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלֶף ʼeleph, eh'-lef; prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand:—thousand.
STRONGS H505: Abbreviations
II. אֶ֫לֶף noun masculineJudges 6:15 thousand (אלף MI, SI, Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 615; Arabic أَلفً, Aramaic PElAx  , אֲלַף, אלפיא) — א׳ (אָ֑׳) Genesis 20:16 +; suffix אַלְמִּי Judges 6:15; dual אַלְמַּיִם Numbers 4:36 +; plural אֲלָפִים Exodus 18:21 +; construct אַלְפֵי Exodus 32:28 +; אֲלָפֶיךָ Deuteronomy 7:13 + 2 times; אֲלָפָיו Qr 1 Samuel 18:7 + 2 times (Kt ־פו) — a thousand.
1. numeral:
a. used with noun alone; mostly before noun Numbers 35:4; Joshua 7:3; Nehemiah 3:13; 1 Chronicles 18:4 +; after noun (late) 1 Chronicles 12:35 + 6 times Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah; בָּאַמָּה א׳ Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:3 (strike out Co); the noun always plural when preceding, sometimes when following, 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 3:4; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; 2 Chronicles 30:24; Psalm 90:4; Job 42:12; Ecclesiastes 6:6; elsewhere singular אישׁ Judges 9:49; Judges 15:15, 16; Joshua 7:3 +; אַמָּה Numbers 35:4 + (so SI); דּוֺר Deuteronomy 7:9 +, compare 1 Chronicles 18:4; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Kings 15:19; Job 42:12; Songs 4:4; Isaiah 7:23, noun sometimes collective; א׳ plural construct Micah 6:7; Psalm 119:72; Genesis 24:60; noun not expressed (or not fully) Genesis 20:16; Numbers 31:5, 6 +; distributive אֶלֶף⬩⬩⬩אֶלֶף Numbers 31:4; multiplicative Deuteronomy 1:11 פְּעָמִים א׳; indefinite for great number (plural) Exodus 20:6; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 5:10; Jeremiah 32:18, (singular) Deuteronomy 32:30; Ecclesiastes 6:6 +.
b. א׳ + other number usually precedes it Exodus 38:25 + often; but following רִבּוֺא Ezra 2:64 + 2 times; it follows also smaller number Numbers 3:50; 1 Kings 5:12 (so SI); the noun following in singular Exodus 28:25 + 8 times; plural 2 Samuel 8:4 + 2 times; noun precedes, in plural (late) Daniel 12:12 + 2 times; noun not expressed Exodus 38:28 —
c. א׳ X other number always following Exodus 12:37 +; usual order is no. X א׳ + additional no. (if any) + noun (if expressed) Numbers 31:52; Judges 20:35 compare Exodus 12:37; 2 Kings 3:4 (twice in verse) +; less often noun + no. X א׳ Numbers 31:33; 1 Kings 8:63 +; (other combinations see Exodus 38:26; Numbers 26:51; Numbers 31:32; Ezekiel 48:30; 1 Chronicles 29:7 etc.); א׳ usually singular Numbers 11:21 +; except after units, where plural absolute Numbers 1:46; Judges 20:34 + (so MI); seldom plural construct Exodus 32:28; Judges 4:10; Job 1:3 (twice in verse); (noun mostly singular when following Judges 4:10; 1 Kings 12:21+, yet plural Joshua 4:13; 1 Samuel 13:5 +; when preceding it is plural 1 Chronicles 5:21 +, or collective Numbers 31:33; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5 +); אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים 1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 2 Chronicles 14:8; אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן Psalm 68:18, compare שִׁנְאָן; בְּהַרֲרֵי אָ֑לֶף Psalm 50:10, read אֵל compare Psalm 36:7, Ol Bi Che; yet see Hup De. —
Note.10,000= עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים etc. Judges 1:4; Judges 3:29; 1 Kings 5:28; 1 Chronicles 29:7 +; less often רִבּוֺ, רְבָבָה etc. which see.
2. a thousand, a company of 1000 men, as united under one superior, or leader, hence (שָׂרֵי) שַׂר א׳ Exodus 18:21, 25 compare Numbers 31:14 +; compare יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי א׳ Numbers 1:16; Numbers 10:4; Joshua 22:21, 30 & see below; compare also 1 Samuel 29:2; especially family, etc. Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 10:19 (|| שֵׁבֶט & compare מִשְׁפַּחַת 1 Samuel 10:21); compare Micah 5:2; — Numbers 10:36 (רִבְבוֺת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) Numbers 31:5; Joshua 22:14; 1 Samuel 23:23 apparently shew transition to this technical use.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H506.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 20:16; 24:60

Exodus

12:37; 12:37; 18:21; 18:21; 18:25; 20:6; 28:25; 32:28; 32:28; 34:7; 38:25; 38:26; 38:28

Numbers

1:16; 1:46; 3:50; 4:36; 10:4; 10:36; 11:21; 26:51; 31:4; 31:5; 31:5; 31:6; 31:14; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 31:52; 35:4; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:11; 5:10; 7:9; 7:13; 32:30

Joshua

4:13; 7:3; 7:3; 22:14; 22:21; 22:30

Judges

1:4; 3:29; 4:10; 4:10; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 9:49; 15:15; 15:16; 20:34; 20:35

1 Samuel

10:19; 10:21; 13:5; 18:7; 23:23; 25:2; 25:2; 29:2

2 Samuel

8:4

1 Kings

3:4; 5:12; 8:63; 8:63; 12:21

2 Kings

3:4; 15:19; 18:23

1 Chronicles

5:21; 12:35; 18:4; 18:4; 19:6; 21:5; 22:14; 29:7; 29:7

2 Chronicles

7:5; 14:8; 30:24

Ezra

2:64

Nehemiah

3:13

Job

1:3; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

36:7; 50:10; 68:18; 90:4; 119:72

Ecclesiastes

6:6; 6:6

Song of Songs

4:4

Isaiah

7:23; 36:8

Jeremiah

32:18

Ezekiel

47:3; 48:30

Daniel

12:12

Micah

5:2; 6:7

H505

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Strong's Number H505 matches the Hebrew אֶלֶף ('elep̄),
which occurs 62 times in 38 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands H505 and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:6 - And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand H505 burnt offerings upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand H505 and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand H505 horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand H505 men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand H505 to hew in the mountain, and three thousand H505 and six hundred to oversee them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand H505 measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand H505 measures of barley, and twenty thousand H505 baths of wine, and twenty thousand H505 baths of oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:17 - And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand H505 and three thousand H505 and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - And he set threescore and ten thousand H505 of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand H505 to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand H505 and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:5 - And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand H505 baths.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand H505 oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand H505 sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had four thousand H505 stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand H505 horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand H505 chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - With twelve hundred H505 chariots, and threescore thousand H505 horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand H505 chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand H505 chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand H505 chosen men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; H505 and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: H505 all these were mighty men of valour.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand H505 thousand, H505 and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand H505 sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand H505 and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand H505 and seven hundred he goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; H505 Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:15 - And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16 - And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand H505 mighty men of valour.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18 - And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand H505 ready prepared for the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 - Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, H505 and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand H505 choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He hired also an hundred thousand H505 mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - And other ten thousand H505 left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand H505 of them, and took much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand H505 and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand H505 and seven thousand H505 and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand H505 measures of wheat, and ten thousand H505 of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand H505 in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 - And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, H505 women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand H505 sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand H505 bullocks and seven thousand H505 sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand H505 bullocks and ten thousand H505 sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 of thirty thousand, H505 and three thousand H505 bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand H505 and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand H505 small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
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