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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

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Strong's Number H6242 matches the Hebrew עֶשְׂרִים (ʿeśrîm),
which occurs 25 times in 21 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 - ten fat oxen, twenty H6242 [fn]pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 H6242 [fn]kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty H6242 [fn]kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty [fn]cubits and its width twenty H6242 cubits and its height thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty H6242 cubits [fn]in length, [fn]corresponding to the width of the house, and its [fn]depth along the front of the house was ten cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He built twenty H6242 cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the [fn]ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - [fn]The inner sanctuary was twenty H6242 cubits in length, twenty H6242 cubits in width, and twenty H6242 cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000 H6242 oxen and 120,000 H6242 sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:10 - It came about at the end of twenty H6242 years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king’s house

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty H6242 cities in the land of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14 - And Hiram sent to the king 120 H6242 talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28 - They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty H6242 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - She gave the king a hundred and twenty 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two H6242 years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 - So in the twentieth H6242 year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42

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.
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