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Lexicon :: Strong's H6242 - ʿeśrîm

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עֶשְׂרִים
Transliteration
ʿeśrîm
Pronunciation
es-reem'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1711e

Strong’s Definitions

עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym, es-reem'; from H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth:—(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 315x

The KJV translates Strong's H6242 in the following manner: twenty (278x), twentieth (36x), sixscore (with H3967) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 315x
The KJV translates Strong's H6242 in the following manner: twenty (278x), twentieth (36x), sixscore (with H3967) (1x).

  1. twenty, twentieth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym, es-reem'; from H6235; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth:—(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
STRONGS H6242: Abbreviations
עֶשְׂרִים 315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of עֶשֶׂר PräBAS i. 376; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb079701; Assyrian ešrâ; Sabean עשרי HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic bdb079702 Aramaic H6242 עשרין, bdb079703; Nabataean עשרין); —
I. as cardinal:
1. without other number:
a. usually followed by singular noun (especially שָׁנָה, אִישׁ, אַמָּה, etc.) Genesis 31:38; 1 Samuel 14:14; Exodus 38:18 + 64 times, + עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף 20,000 1 Chronicles 18:4 + 7 times + Ezekiel 45:1 (reading עֶשְׂרִים אָ֑לֶף, see עֶשֶׂר 2b).
b. followed by plural noun 2 Samuel 3:20; Exodus 36:23, 24, 25 + 4 times
†c. followed by singular noun collective 1 Kings 5:3.
d. plural noun precedes Genesis 32:15 (twice in verse); Genesis 32:16; 2 Chronicles 3:3 + 6 times
e. noun omitted Genesis 18:31 (twice in verse) (הָע׳), 1 Kings 6:2 + 6 times, as predicate Exodus 27:10 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:11 (twice in verse) + 4 times
†f. + בָּאַמָּה Zechariah 5:12 [Zechariah 5:2].
2. + other number:
a. with units, usually 20 + (with וְ) unit + singular noun Judges 10:2, 3; 1 Kings 14:20 + 58 times (including 20+1x1000, etc., + 27 times); noun omitted Joshua 15:32 + 2 times predicate; less often unit + 20 — Genesis 11:24; Exodus 38:24; Numbers 8:24 (all P) + 27 times; unit + 20 + בָּאַמָּה Ezekiel 40:21; Exodus 26:2; Exodus 36:9 (both P).
b. 20+unit+plural noun Numbers 7:8 (twice in verse) (P), 1 Chronicles 2:22 + 3 times Chronicles.
†c. plural noun + 20 + unit Joshua 19:30 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 12:29 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:28).
d. with hundreds, 20 usually following; followed by singular noun 1 Kings 9:14; Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 31:2 + 7 times; noun omitted 2 Chronicles 3:4; Ezra 2:32 = Nehemiah 7:35; 20 + 100 (noun omitted) Numbers 7:86.
e. plural noun +100+20 1 Chronicles 15:5, 6; — compare further מֵאָה.
II. as ordinal:
1. 20 alone, בִּשְׁנַת ע׳ in the twentieth year 1 Kings 15:9 + 4 times; noun omitted Numbers 10:11 + 3 times
2.
a. 20+unit+singular noun Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 40:1.
b. singular noun+20+unit Haggai 1:15; 2 Chronicles 7:10 +; singular noun+unit+20 Exodus 12:8; בִּשְׁנַת+20+unit 1 Kings 16:10, etc. — See references below H6235 עֶשֶׂר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:3; 11:24; 18:31; 31:38; 32:15; 32:16

Exodus

12:8; 26:2; 27:10; 27:11; 36:9; 36:23; 36:24; 36:25; 38:18; 38:24

Numbers

7:8; 7:86; 8:24; 10:11

Deuteronomy

31:2

Joshua

15:32; 19:30

Judges

10:2; 10:3

1 Samuel

14:14

2 Samuel

3:20

1 Kings

5:3; 6:2; 9:14; 14:20; 15:9; 16:10

1 Chronicles

2:22; 12:28; 12:29; 15:5; 15:6; 18:4

2 Chronicles

3:3; 3:4; 7:10

Ezra

2:32

Nehemiah

7:35

Ezekiel

29:17; 40:1; 40:21; 45:1

Haggai

1:15

Zechariah

5:2

H6242

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6242 matches the Hebrew עֶשְׂרִים (ʿeśrîm),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:1 - The words of Nechemyah the son of Hakhalyah. Now it happened in the month Kislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 - It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artachshasta the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been before sad in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Yehudah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artachshasta the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16 - The children of Bevai, six hundred twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:17 - The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:22 - The children of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:23 - The children of Betzai, three hundred twenty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:27 - The men of `Anatot, one hundred twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - The men of Ramah and Geva, six hundred twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:31 - The men of Mikhmas, one hundred and twenty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 - The men of Beit-El and `Ai, a hundred twenty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35 - The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Yisra'el were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and eretz on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8 - After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and `Adayah the son of Yerocham, the son of Pelalyah, the son of Amtzi, the son of Zekharyah, the son of Pashchur, the son of Malkiyah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zavdi'el, the son of Haggedolim.
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