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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
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 24 times in 24 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12 - “Now then, take for yourselves twelve H6240 men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - “Take for yourselves twelve H6240 men from the people, one man from each tribe,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve H6240 stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firmly, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the encampment where you will spend the night.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - So Joshua called the twelve H6240 men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 -

So the sons of Israel did exactly as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve H6240 stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the encampment and put them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Then Joshua set up twelve H6240 stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20 - As for [fn]those twelve H6240 stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set them up at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 -

While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth H6240 day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25 - So all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve H6240 thousand—all the [fn]people of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen H6240 cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen H6240 cities with their villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included also were Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and [fn]their border ended at the Jordan; sixteen H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:38 - Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen H6240 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And to the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, thirteen H6240 cities were given by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeonites, and from the tribe of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 -

And to the sons of Gershon thirteen H6240 cities were given by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 -

To the sons of Merari according to their families twelve H6240 cities were given from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:19 - All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen H6240 cities with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen H6240 cities with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve H6240 cities.
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