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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H505 matches the Hebrew אֶלֶף ('elep̄),
which occurs 507 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 8 / 8 (Ecc 6:6–Mic 6:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - “Even if the man lives a thousand H505 years twice, but does not see good things—do not all go to one and the same place?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - which [fn]I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand H505, but I have not found a woman among all these.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:4 -

“Your neck is like the tower of David,

Built with layers of stones

On which are hung a thousand H505 shields,

All the round shields of the warriors.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:11 -

“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.

Each one was to bring a thousand H505 shekels of silver for its fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12 -

“My very own vineyard is [fn]at my disposal;

The thousand H505 shekels are for you, Solomon,

And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 -

And it will come about on that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand H505 vines, valued at a thousand H505 shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:17 -

One thousand H505 will flee at the threat of one man;

You will flee at the threat of five,

Until you are left like a signal post on a mountain top,

And like a flag on a hill.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “Now then, come make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand H505 horses, if you are able on your part to put riders on them!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 -

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 H505 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the rest got up early in the morning, behold, all of [fn]the 185,000 were [fn]dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 -

“The smallest one will become a thousand H505,

And the least one a mighty nation.

I, the LORD, will bring it about quickly in its time.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - who shows mercy to thousands H505, but repays the wrongdoing of fathers into the laps of their children after them, great and mighty God. The LORD of armies is His name;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 -

These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the [fn]seventh year 3,023 H505 Jews;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 H505 people in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 -

“Now when you divide the land by lot for inheritance, you shall offer [fn]an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be a length of twenty-five thousand H505 [fn]cubits, and the width shall be [fn]twenty thousand H505. It shall be holy within its entire surrounding boundary.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - “From this [fn]area you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand H505 cubits and a width of ten thousand H505 cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - An area twenty-five thousand H505 cubits in length and ten thousand H505 in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession [fn]cities in which to live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:6 -

“And you shall give the city possession of an area five thousand H505 cubits wide and twenty-five thousand H505 cubits long, alongside the [fn]allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the entire house of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 -

When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand H505 [fn]cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured a thousand H505 and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand H505 and led me through the water, water reaching the [fn]hips.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Again he measured a thousand H505; and it was a river that I could not [fn]wade across, because the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be crossed by wading.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 -

“And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the [fn]allotment which you shall [fn]set apart, twenty-five thousand H505 [fn]cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9 - “The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be twenty-five thousand H505 cubits in length and ten thousand H505 in width.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - “The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north twenty-five thousand H505 cubits in length, toward the west ten thousand H505 in width, toward the east ten thousand H505 in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand H505 in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:13 - “And alongside the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand H505 cubits in length and ten thousand H505 in width. The entire length shall be twenty-five thousand H505 cubits and the width ten thousand H505.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:15 -

“The remainder, five thousand H505 cubits in width and twenty-five thousand H505 [fn]in length, shall be for common use for the city, for homes and for [fn]open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - “And these shall be its measurements: the north side, 4,500 H505 cubits, the south side 4,500 H505 cubits, the east side 4,500 H505 cubits, and the west side, 4,500 H505 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - “The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be ten thousand H505 cubits toward the east and ten thousand H505 toward the west; and it shall be [fn]alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - “The whole allotment shall be twenty-five thousand H505 by twenty-five thousand H505 cubits; you shall [fn]set apart the holy allotment, a [fn]square, with the [fn]property of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 -

“The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the [fn]property of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand H505 cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand H505 toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 -

“Now these are the exits of the city: on the north side, 4,500 H505 cubits by measurement,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32 - “On the east side, 4,500 H505 cubits, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - “On the south side, 4,500 H505 cubits by measurement, [fn]shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - “On the west side, 4,500 H505 cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:35 - The city shall be eighteen thousand H505 cubits all around; and the name of the city from that day shall be,[fn]The LORD is there.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14 - And he said to me, “For 2,300 H505 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be [fn]properly restored.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - “And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination [fn]of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 H505 days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:12 - “Blessed is the one who is patient and attains to the 1,335 H505 days!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3 -

For this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says:

“The city which goes forth a thousand H505 strong

Will have a hundred left,

And the one which goes forth a hundred strong

Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 -

[fn]But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

Too little to be among the clans H505 of Judah,

From you One will come forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.

His times of coming forth are from long ago,

From the days of eternity.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:7 -

Does the LORD take pleasure in thousands H505 of rams,

In ten thousand rivers of [fn]oil?

Shall I give Him my firstborn for my wrongdoings,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?


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