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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.
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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 315 times in 281 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (1Ki 9:14–1Ch 25:27)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14 - And Hiram sent to the king [fn]120 H6242 talents of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28 - And they went to Ophir and took from there 420 H6242 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 H6242 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - Now the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two H6242 years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 -

Now in the twentieth H6242 year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 -

In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four H6242 years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 -

In the twenty-sixth H6242 year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh H6242 year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 -

In the twenty-seventh H6242 year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 -

Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two H6242 years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 H6242 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42 - Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five H6242 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 -

Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty H6242 loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - Ahaziah was twenty-two H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:36 - Now the [fn]time which Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight H6242 years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:6 -

Now it happened that in the twenty-third H6242 year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 -

In the twenty-third H6242 year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - He was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine H6242 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:1 -

In the twenty-seventh H6242 year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 -

In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned twenty H6242 years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:30 - And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth H6242 year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - He was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of Yahweh his God, as David his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2 - He was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king; and he reigned twenty-nine H6242 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 -

Amon was twenty-two H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 -

Jehoahaz was twenty-three H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 -

Jehoiakim was twenty-five H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 -

Zedekiah was twenty-one H6242 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 -

Now it happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh H6242 day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 -

Segub became the father of Jair, and he had twenty-three H6242 cities in the land of Gilead.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 -

The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 -

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five. They were heads of fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 H6242 recorded by genealogy.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 -

They were recorded by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ households, 20,200 H6242 mighty men of valor.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 -

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them recorded by genealogy for the army in war was 26,000 H6242 men.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:28 -

also Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house 22 H6242 commanders.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 -

Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800 H6242, mighty men of valor, men [fn]who had a name in their fathers’ households.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 -

Of the Danites who could arrange themselves for battle, there were 28,600 H6242.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 -

From the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 H6242 with all kinds of weapons for the army for battle.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5 -

of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 H6242 of his [fn]relatives;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 -

of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 H6242 of his relatives;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - And David captured from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 H6242 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 -

Then the Arameans of [fn]Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 H6242 men of the Arameans.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four H6242 fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also had been born to the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, 24,000 H6242 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 -

These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were [fn]counted, in the number of names by their [fn]census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty H6242 years old and upward.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty H6242 years old and upward.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 -

the nineteenth for Pethahiah,

the twentieth H6242 for Jehezkel,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17 -

the twenty-first H6242 for Jachin,

the twenty-second H6242 for Gamul,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 -

the twenty-third H6242 for Delaiah,

the twenty-fourth H6242 for Maaziah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:27 -

for the twentieth H6242 to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;


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