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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 507 times in 390 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 20:16–Num 4:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - Sarrae autem dixit ecce mille argenteos dedi fratri tuo hoc erit tibi in velamen oculorum ad omnes qui tecum sunt et quocumque perrexeris mementoque te deprehensam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - inprecantes prospera sorori suae atque dicentes soror nostra es crescas in mille milia et possideat semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - profectique sunt filii Israhel de Ramesse in Soccoth sescenta ferme milia peditum virorum absque parvulis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - provide autem de omni plebe viros potentes et timentes Deum in quibus sit veritas et qui oderint avaritiam et constitue ex eis tribunos et centuriones et quinquagenarios et decanos

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - et electis viris strenuis de cuncto Israhel constituit eos principes populi tribunos et centuriones et quinquagenarios et decanos

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - et faciens misericordiam in milia his qui diligunt me et custodiunt praecepta mea

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - fecerunt filii Levi iuxta sermonem Mosi cecideruntque in die illo quasi tria milia hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:7 - qui custodis misericordiam in milia qui aufers iniquitatem et scelera atque peccata nullusque apud te per se innocens est qui reddis iniquitatem patrum in filiis ac nepotibus in tertiam et quartam progeniem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - oblatum est autem ab his qui transierant ad numerum a viginti annis et supra de sescentis tribus milibus et quingentis quinquaginta armatorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - fuerunt praeterea centum talenta argenti e quibus conflatae sunt bases sanctuarii et introitus ubi velum pendet

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - de mille autem septingentis et septuaginta quinque fecit capita columnarum quas et ipsas vestivit argento

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - aeris quoque oblata sunt talenta septuaginta duo milia et quadringenti supra sicli

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - hii nobilissimi principes multitudinis per tribus et cognationes suas et capita exercitus Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - quadraginta sex milia quingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - quinquaginta novem milia trecenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - quadraginta quinque milia sescenti quinquaginta

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - recensiti sunt septuaginta quattuor milia sescenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - recensiti sunt quinquaginta quattuor milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - quinquaginta septem milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - quadraginta milia quingenti

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - triginta duo milia ducenti

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - triginta quinque milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - sexaginta duo milia septingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - quadraginta milia et mille quingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - quinquaginta tria milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - sescenta tria milia virorum quingenti quinquaginta

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - et omnis de stirpe eius summa pugnantium septuaginta quattuor milia sescentorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:6 - et omnis numerus pugnatorum eius quinquaginta quattuor milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:8 - omnis de stirpe eius exercitus pugnatorum quinquaginta septem milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - universi qui in castris Iudae adnumerati sunt fuerunt centum octoginta sex milia quadringenti et per turmas suas primi egredientur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta sex milia quingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quinquaginta novem milia trecenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta quinque milia sescenti quinquaginta

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:16 - omnes qui recensiti sunt in castris Ruben centum quinquaginta milia et mille quadringenti quinquaginta per turmas suas in secundo loco proficiscentur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:19 - cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta milia quingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:21 - cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt triginta duo milia ducenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:23 - et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui recensiti sunt triginta quinque milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - omnes qui numerati sunt in castris Ephraim centum octo milia centum per turmas suas tertii proficiscentur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:26 - cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt sexaginta duo milia septingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:28 - cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta milia et mille quingenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius quinquaginta tria milia quadringenti

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - omnes qui numerati sunt in castris Dan fuerunt centum quinquaginta septem milia sescenti et novissimi proficiscentur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - hic numerus filiorum Israhel per domos cognationum suarum et turmas divisi exercitus sescenta tria milia quingenti quinquaginta

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra septem milia quingentorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra octo milia sescenti habebunt excubias sanctuarii

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra sex milia ducenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - omnes Levitae quos numeraverunt Moses et Aaron iuxta praeceptum Domini per familias suas in genere masculino a mense uno et supra fuerunt viginti duo milia

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - et fuerunt masculi per nomina sua a mense uno et supra viginti duo milia ducenti septuaginta tres

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - pro primogenitis filiorum Israhel mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum iuxta pondus sanctuarii

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - et inventi sunt duo milia septingenti quinquaginta

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