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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 59 times in 44 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - And to the children of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand two hundred, fit for service for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:13 - Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - And there were more head-men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads of fathers' houses, and eight of the sons of Ithamar according to their fathers' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12 - the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 - the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15 - the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizez,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 - the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:10 - The third to Zaccur; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:11 - The fourth to Jizri; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:12 - The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:13 - The sixth to Bukkijah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:14 - The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:15 - The eighth to Isaiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:16 - The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17 - The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:18 - The eleventh to Azareel; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:19 - The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21 - The fourteenth to Mattithiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:22 - The fifteenth to Jeremoth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23 - The sixteenth to Hananiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24 - The seventeenth to Joshbekashah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25 - The eighteenth to Hanani; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:26 - The nineteenth to Mallothi; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:27 - The twentieth to Elijathah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28 - The twenty-first to Hothir; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:29 - The twenty-second to Giddalti; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 - The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31 - The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:9 - -- And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, men of valour, eighteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11 - Hilkijah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 - The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15 - The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
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