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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 338 times in 292 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 5:8–Num 7:78)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - The entire lifetime of Seth was 912 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month - on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps - twelve princes according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you - fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said. "I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:22 - These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:28 - Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob's life were 147 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:28 - These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:18 - In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 - Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - and Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones - according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - "You are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you are to make eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of each curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet - the same size for the eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - So there are to be eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - The hangings on one side of the gate are to be twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - On the second side there are to be hangings twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:14 - He made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet - one size for all eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - So there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - "Tell the Israelites, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - "'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the LORD for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:5 - "You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - They brought their offering before the LORD, six covered carts and twelve oxen - one cart for every two of the leaders, and an ox for each one; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the Asherites, presented an offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:78

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 - On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.

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