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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 7 / 8 (2Ch 35:9–Psa 119:72)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 H505 from the flocks and 500 bulls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:9 - Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 H505 silver dishes, 29 [fn]duplicates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:10 - 30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 H505 other articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:11 - All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. H505 Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:3 - the sons of Parosh, 2,172; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:6 - the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 - the sons of Elam, 1,254; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:12 - the sons of Azgad, 1,222; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:14 - the sons of Bigvai, 2,056; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:35 - the sons of Senaah, 3,630. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:37 - the sons of Immer, 1,052; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:38 - the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:39 - the sons of Harim, 1,017. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:64

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:64 - The whole assembly [fn]numbered 42,360, H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:65

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - besides their male and female servants [fn]who numbered 7,337; H505 and they had 200 singing men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:69

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work 61,000 H505 gold drachmas and 5,000 H505 silver minas and 100 priestly [fn]garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:27 - and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 H505 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and a thousand H505 cubits of the wall to the [fn]Refuse Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:8 - the sons of Parosh, 2,172; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11 - the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - the sons of Elam, 1,254; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17 - the sons of Azgad, 2,322; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19 - the sons of Bigvai, 2,067; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:38 - the sons of Senaah, 3,930. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:40 - the sons of Immer, 1,052; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41 - the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42 - the sons of Harim, 1,017. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole assembly together was 42,360, H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their male and their female servants, [fn]of whom there were 7,337; H505 and they had 245 male and female singers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The [fn]governor gave to the treasury 1,000 H505 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:71

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 H505 silver minas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 H505 silver minas and 67 priests’ garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If it is pleasing to the king, let it be [fn]decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand H505 talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to defend their lives and [fn]rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 H505 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions also were 7,000 H505 sheep, 3,000 H505 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the [fn]men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - “If one wished to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand H505 times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 - “If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand, H505
To remind a man what is [fn]right for him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 H505 sheep and 6,000 H505 camels and 1,000 H505 yoke of oxen and 1,000 H505 female donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 - “For every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand H505 hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - For the choir director; according to [fn]Shushan Eduth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, to teach; [fn]when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
O God, You have rejected us. You have [fn]broken us;
You have been angry; O, restore us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - The chariots of God are [fn]myriads, thousands upon thousands; H505
[fn]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand H505 outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:4 - For a thousand H505 years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it passes by,
[fn]Or as a watch in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:7 - A thousand H505 may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But it shall not approach you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 - He has remembered His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a thousand H505 generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:72

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands H505 of gold and silver pieces.

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