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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 507 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 8 (Num 4:40–Deu 33:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - their numbered men by their families were 3,200 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - their numbered men were 8,580 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - each silver dish weighing 130 shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils totaled 2,400 H505 in sanctuary shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - “But if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the [fn]divisions H505 of Israel, shall meet you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 -

And when it came to rest, he said,

“Return, LORD,

To the myriad thousands H505 of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am included, are six hundred thousand H505 on foot! Yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - But those who died by the plague were 14,700 H505 in number, besides those who died on account of Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - But those who died from the plague were twenty-four thousand H505 in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were counted of them were 43,730 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14 - These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200 H505 in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, 40,500 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families of Judah by those who were numbered of them, 76,500 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the families of Issachar by those who were numbered of them, 64,300 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 - These are the families of the Zebulunites by those who were numbered of them, 60,500 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 - These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These are the families of the sons of Ephraim by those who were numbered of them, 32,500 H505. These are the sons of Joseph by their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These are the sons of Benjamin by their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the families of the Shuhamites, by those who were numbered of them, were 64,400 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher by those who were numbered of them, 53,400 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These are the families of Naphtali by their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 -

These are the ones who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730 H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand H505, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:4 - “You shall send a thousand H505 from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel to the war.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:5 - So there were selected from the thousands H505 of Israel, a thousand H505 from each tribe, twelve thousand H505 armed for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6 - And Moses sent them, a thousand H505 from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holy implements and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands H505 and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

Now the spoils that remained from the plunder which the [fn]men of war had plundered was 675,000 H505 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:33 - seventy-two thousand H505 cattle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:34 - sixty-one thousand H505 donkeys,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - and of captive people, of the women who had not known a [fn]man intimately, in all were thirty-two thousand H505 people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 -

The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500 H505,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - the cattle were thirty-six thousand H505, from which the LORD’S tribute tax was seventy-two;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - the donkeys were 30,500 H505, from which the LORD’S tribute tax was sixty-one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and the captive people were sixteen thousand H505, from whom the LORD’S tribute tax was thirty-two persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the congregation’s half was 337,500 H505 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - thirty-six thousand H505 cattle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - 30,500 H505 donkeys,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and the captive people were sixteen thousand H505—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 -

Then the officers who were over the thousands H505 of the army, the commanders of thousands H505 and the commanders of hundreds, approached Moses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands H505 and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 H505 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands H505 and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 -

“The pasture lands of the cities which you are to give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city [fn]outward a thousand H505 cubits around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand H505 cubits, on the south side two thousand H505 cubits, on the west side two thousand H505 cubits, and on the north side two thousand H505 cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:11 - ‘May the LORD, the God of your fathers increase you a thousand H505 times more than you are, and bless you, just as He has [fn]promised you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and informed men, and [fn]appointed them as heads over you, commanders of thousands H505, [fn]hundreds, [fn]fifties, and [fn]tens, and officers for your tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - but showing [fn]favor to thousands H505, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps [fn]His covenant and [fn]His faithfulness to a thousand H505 generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 -

“How could one chase a thousand H505,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Unless their Rock had sold them,

And the LORD had given them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 -

“As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his,

And his horns are the horns of the wild ox;

With them he will gore the peoples

All [fn]at once, to the ends of the earth.

And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And those are the thousands H505 of Manasseh.”


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