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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 28 times in 22 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - And the Philistines arranged themselves to meet Israel. Then the battle spread, and Israel was [fn]defeated before the Philistines who struck down about 4,000 H505 men on the battlefield.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 -

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was [fn]defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel 30,000 H505 foot soldiers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 -

Then He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh. He struck down of all the people, 50,070 H505 men, and the people mourned because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:12 - “And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands H505 and of fifties, and some to [fn]do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ So now, take your stand before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans H505.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8 - And he [fn]numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000 H505, and the men of Judah 30,000 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 -

And Saul chose for himself 3,000 H505 men of Israel, of which 2,000 H505 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 H505 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 -

Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 H505 chariots and 6,000 H505 horsemen and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:4 -

Then Saul summoned the people and [fn]numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 H505 foot soldiers and 10,000 H505 men of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And he had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor, and the weight of that scale-armor was five thousand H505 [fn]shekels of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - “You shall also bring these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand H505, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back [fn]a token from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - And the women sang as they [fn]were merry and said,

“Saul has struck his thousands H505,

And David his ten thousands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8

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Then Saul became very angry, for this saying was [fn]displeasing in his eyes; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands H505. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - Therefore Saul turned him away from [fn]his presence and appointed him as his commander of one thousand H505; and he went out and came in before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying,

‘Saul has struck his thousands H505,

And David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - And Saul said to his servants who were standing around him, “Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands H505 and commanders of hundreds?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - “So see and know about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands H505 of Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - Then Saul took three thousand H505 chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 -

Now there was a man in Maon whose work was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand H505 sheep and one thousand H505 goats. And it happened, while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand H505 chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands H505, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - “Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying,

‘Saul has struck his thousands H505,

And David his ten thousands’?”

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