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Lexicon :: Strong's H6240 - ʿeśer

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עֶשֶׂר
Transliteration
ʿeśer
Pronunciation
aw-sawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1711b

Strong’s Definitions

עָשָׂר ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H6240 in the following manner: eleven (with H259) (9x), eleven (with H6249) (6x), eleventh (with H6249) (13x), eleventh (with H259) (4x), twelve (with H8147) (106x), twelfth (with H8147) (21x), thirteen (with H7969) (13x), thirteenth (with H7969) (11x), etc to nineteen (152x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H6240 in the following manner: eleven (with H259) (9x), eleven (with H6249) (6x), eleventh (with H6249) (13x), eleventh (with H259) (4x), twelve (with H8147) (106x), twelfth (with H8147) (21x), thirteen (with H7969) (13x), thirteenth (with H7969) (11x), etc to nineteen (152x).

  1. ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

    1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשָׂר ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
STRONGS H6240: Abbreviations
עָשָׂר 203, עֶשְׂרֵה 144 noun ten, only after units to make numbers 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal; עֶשְׂרֵה with noun feminine, עָשָׂר with noun masculine, thus:
1. eleven:
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 32:23 + 2 times
b. אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 2 Kings 23:36 + 7 times; also = eleventh 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29.
c. עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:20; ordinal Deuteronomy 1:3 + 7 times
d. עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 26:7 + 4 times; ordinal Jeremiah 1:3 + 4 times
2. twelve:
a. שְׁנֵי (ם) עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Genesis 35:22 + 80 times ordinal 1 Kings 19:19 + 12 times
b. שְׁתֵּי(ם) עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) Exodus 24:4 + 31 times; ordinal 2 Kings 8:25 + 6 times
3. thirteen:
a. שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר (with masculine noun) Numbers 29:14 + 2 times; ordinal Esther 3:12 + 7 times
b. שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (with feminine noun) 1 Kings 7:1 + 9 times; ordinal Genesis 14:4 + 2 times
4. fourteen:
a. אַרְכָּעָה עָשָׂר Genesis 46:22 + 13 times; ordinal Exodus 12:6 + 17 times
b. אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 31:41 + 5 times; ordinal 2 Kings 18:13 + 3 times
5. fifteen:
a. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר Hosea 3:2 + 3 times; ordinal Exodus 16:1 + 14 times
b. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר Judges 8:10; 2 Samuel 19:18.
c. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה 2 Kings 14:17 + 9 times; ordinal † 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 15:10. — See also עֶשֶׂר 2d.
6. sixteen:
a. שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר Exodus 26:25 + 6 times; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:14 + 2 times
b. שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 46:18 + 13 times
7. seventeen:
a. שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר 1 Chronicles 7:11 + 2 times; ordinal Genesis 7:11 + 3 times
b. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 37:2 + 4 times; ordinal 1 Kings 22:52; 2 Kings 16:1. — See also עֶשֶׂר 3d.
8. eighteen:
a. שְׁמֹנָה (שְׂמֹנַת) עָשָׂר Genesis 14:4 + 10 times; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:25.
b. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה Judges 3:14 + 6 times; ordinal 1 Kings 15:1 + 8 times
†9. nineteen:
a. תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר 2 Samuel 2:30; ordinal 1 Chronicles 24:16; 1 Chronicles 25:26.
b. תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה Genesis 11:25; Joshua 19:38; ordinal 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12.
These numbers usually take singular of the nouns most often used, שָׁנָה, יוֺם, חֹדֶשׁ, compare (sometimes) אִישׁ, אַמָּךְ, etc.; otherwise plural; rarely (late usage) they follow noun, which is then usually plural, e.g. Numbers 29:30; Joshua 15:51 (P), Ezra 8:35 (twice in verse); Esther 3:13; Esther 8:5, etc. (even שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Nah Esther 5:14), but שָׁנָה precedes ordinal 1 Kings 6:38, שְׁנַת 1 Kings 15:1 + 8 times, so יוֺם (with ordinal) 2 Chronicles 29:17 + 5 times Esther 9; also יוֺם and (שְׁנַת) שָׁנָה both precede and following ordinal Numbers 7:72, 78; 2 Kings 8:25; 2 Kings 9:29; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:1; Jeremiah 32:1; 2 Kings 25:8 = Jeremiah 52:12. — See also Köii. 1. 211 ff. DaSynt. § 37 a, also R. 1, 2. Ges§§ 92d, e, 134, and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT {1893}; on form in הֵ֯ (prob for יַ֯), Ol§ 110 Köii. 1, 427 WSG 138.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:11; 11:25; 14:4; 14:4; 31:41; 32:23; 35:22; 37:2; 46:18; 46:22

Exodus

12:6; 16:1; 24:4; 26:7; 26:25

Numbers

7:72; 7:78; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 29:14; 29:20; 29:30

Deuteronomy

1:3

Joshua

15:51; 19:38

Judges

3:14; 8:10

2 Samuel

2:30; 19:18

1 Kings

6:38; 6:38; 7:1; 15:1; 15:1; 19:19; 22:52

2 Kings

8:25; 8:25; 9:29; 9:29; 14:17; 14:23; 14:23; 16:1; 16:1; 18:13; 23:36; 25:8; 25:8

1 Chronicles

7:11; 24:14; 24:15; 24:16; 25:25; 25:26

2 Chronicles

15:10; 29:17

Ezra

8:35

Esther

3:12; 3:13; 5:14; 8:5; 9

Jeremiah

1:3; 32:1; 52:12; 52:12

Hosea

3:2

H6240

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Strong's Number H6240 matches the Hebrew עֶשֶׂר (ʿeśer),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - And Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:25 - In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:29 - (And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab had Ahaziah begun to reign over Judah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the three-and-twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, for seventeen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 - In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, for sixteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:17 - And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21 - And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, for forty-one years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:1 - In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not what was right in the sight of Jehovah his God, like David his father,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 - In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel, for nine years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - and I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebuddah, daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, servant of the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital upon it was brass, and the height of the capital three cubits; and the network and the pomegranates, upon the capital round about, all of brass: and similarly for the second pillar with the network.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
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