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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 104 times in 82 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 1:16–Num 26:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands H505 in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand H505 and three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand H505 six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand H505 and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand H505 and seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand H505 and three thousand H505 and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand H505 and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand H505 and fourscore thousand H505 and six thousand H505 and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand H505 and three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand H505 and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand H505 and fifty and one thousand H505 and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand H505 and eight thousand H505 and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand H505 and seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand H505 and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand H505 and fifty and seven thousand H505 and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand H505 and three thousand H505 and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand H505 and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand H505 and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand H505 two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand H505 three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand H505 seven hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand H505 and six hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand H505 and five hundred and fourscore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand H505 and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands H505 of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands H505 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand H505 footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand H505 and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand H505 and seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14 - These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand H505 and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand H505 and five hundred.

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