אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) — Thousand
Hebrew word study: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph), Strong's H505. hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV translation words: thousand.
Strong's H505 is tagged on 506 words in 391 verses across 25 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 20:16 and last appears in Micah 6:7.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 391)
- Genesis 20:16 — אֶלֶף — a thousand
- Genesis 24:60 — לְאַלְפֵי — into thousands of
- Exodus 12:37 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Exodus 18:21 — אֲלָפִים — thousands
- Exodus 18:25 — אֲלָפִים — thousands
- Exodus 20:6 — לַאֲלָפִים — to thousands
- Exodus 32:28 — אַלְפֵי — thousands
- Exodus 34:7 — לָאֲלָפִים — to the thousands
- Exodus 38:25 — וְאֶלֶף — and one thousand
- Exodus 38:26 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Exodus 38:28 — הָאֶלֶף — the one thousand
- Exodus 38:29 — וְאַלְפַּיִם — and two thousand
- Numbers 1:16 — אַלְפֵי — the families of
- Numbers 1:21 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:23 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:25 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:27 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:29 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:31 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:33 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:35 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:37 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:39 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:41 — אֶלֶף — thousand
- Numbers 1:43 — אֶלֶף — thousand
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Related entries
Named in this entry's derivation: H504 אֶלֶף (ʼeleph).
Entries whose derivation names this word: H503 אָלַף (ʼâlaph), H506 אֲלַף (ʼălaph), H507 אֶלֶף (ʼEleph).
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What does ʼeleph (H505) mean?
Hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand.
How is H505 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H505 as: thousand..
How often does אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) appear?
Strong's H505 is tagged on 506 words in 391 verses across 25 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 20:16 and last appears in Micah 6:7.
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