Eleph אֶ֫לֶף

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Eleph
אֶ֫לֶף
Transliterationeleph
Strong's numberH505 (H0505G, H0505H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechnoun
Glossthousand
Occurrences505 in 390 verses
Most frequent inNumbers (82)

Eleph (Hebrew אֶ֫לֶף, Strong's H505) is a Hebrew noun meaning “thousand”. It occurs 505 times in 390 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0505G: thousand

: thousand
1) a thousand
1a) as numeral
2) a thousand, company
2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

H0505H: thousand: clan

: clan
1) a thousand
1a) as numeral
2) a thousand, company
2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVthousand (446), thousands (46), hundred (3), thousand thousand (3)
BSBthousand (112), thousands (31), two thousand (9), clans (6), thousand men (3), totaled (2), among the clans (2), eleven (2), were over the units (1), are the thousands (1), about two thousand (1), two (1), and 15 other renderings

Verses

Eleph occurs in 390 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (2): 20:16, 24:60

Exodus (10): 12:37, 18:21, 18:25, 20:6, 32:28, 34:7, 38:25, 38:26, 38:28, 38:29

Numbers (82): 1:16, 1:21, 1:23, 1:25, 1:27, 1:29, 1:31, 1:33, 1:35, 1:37, 1:39, 1:41, 1:43, 1:46, 2:4, 2:6, 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:15, 2:16, 2:19, 2:21, 2:23, 2:24, 2:26, 2:28, 2:30, 2:31, 2:32, 3:22, 3:28, 3:34, 3:39, 3:43, 3:50, 4:36, 4:40, 4:44, 4:48, 7:85, 10:4, 10:36, 11:21, 16:49, 25:9, 26:7, 26:14, 26:18, 26:22, 26:25, 26:27, 26:34, 26:37, 26:41, 26:43, 26:47, 26:50, 26:51, 26:62, 31:4, 31:5, 31:6, 31:14, 31:32, 31:33, 31:34, 31:35, 31:36, 31:38, 31:39, 31:40, 31:43, 31:44, 31:45, 31:46, 31:48, 31:52, 31:54, 35:4, 35:5

Deuteronomy (6): 1:11, 1:15, 5:10, 7:9, 32:30, 33:17

Joshua (11): 3:4, 4:13, 7:3, 7:4, 8:3, 8:12, 8:25, 22:14, 22:21, 22:30, 23:10

Judges (31): 1:4, 3:29, 4:6, 4:10, 4:14, 5:8, 6:15, 7:3, 8:10, 8:26, 9:49, 12:6, 15:11, 15:15, 15:16, 16:5, 16:27, 17:2, 17:3, 20:2, 20:10, 20:15, 20:17, 20:21, 20:25, 20:34, 20:35, 20:44, 20:45, 20:46, 21:10

1 Samuel (22): 4:2, 4:10, 6:19, 8:12, 10:19, 11:8, 13:2, 13:5, 15:4, 17:5, 17:18, 18:7, 18:8, 18:13, 21:11, 22:7, 23:23, 24:2, 25:2, 26:2, 29:2, 29:5

2 Samuel (15): 6:1, 8:4, 8:5, 8:13, 10:6, 10:18, 17:1, 18:1, 18:3, 18:4, 18:7, 18:12, 19:17, 24:9, 24:15

1 Kings (16): 3:4, 4:26, 4:32, 5:11, 5:13, 5:14, 5:15, 5:16, 7:26, 8:63, 10:26, 12:21, 19:18, 20:15, 20:29, 20:30

2 Kings (9): 3:4, 5:5, 13:7, 14:7, 15:19, 18:23, 19:35, 24:14, 24:16

1 Chronicles (60): 5:18, 5:21, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:40, 9:13, 12:14, 12:20, 12:24, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27, 12:29, 12:30, 12:31, 12:33, 12:34, 12:35, 12:36, 12:37, 13:1, 15:25, 16:15, 18:4, 18:5, 18:12, 19:6, 19:7, 19:18, 21:5, 21:14, 22:14, 23:3, 23:4, 23:5, 26:26, 26:30, 26:32, 27:1, 27:2, 27:4, 27:5, 27:7, 27:8, 27:9, 27:10, 27:11, 27:12, 27:13, 27:14, 27:15, 28:1, 29:4, 29:6, 29:7, 29:21

2 Chronicles (38): 1:2, 1:6, 1:14, 2:2, 2:10, 2:17, 2:18, 4:5, 7:5, 9:25, 11:1, 12:3, 13:3, 13:17, 14:8, 14:9, 15:11, 17:11, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:17, 17:18, 25:5, 25:6, 25:11, 25:12, 25:13, 26:12, 26:13, 27:5, 28:6, 28:8, 29:33, 30:24, 35:7, 35:8, 35:9

Ezra (18): 1:9, 1:10, 1:11, 2:3, 2:6, 2:7, 2:12, 2:14, 2:31, 2:35, 2:37, 2:38, 2:39, 2:64, 2:65, 2:67, 2:69, 8:27

Nehemiah (17): 3:13, 7:8, 7:11, 7:12, 7:17, 7:19, 7:34, 7:38, 7:40, 7:41, 7:42, 7:66, 7:67, 7:69, 7:70, 7:71, 7:72

Esther (2): 3:9, 9:16

Job (4): 1:3, 9:3, 33:23, 42:12

Psalms (7): 50:10, 68:17, 84:10, 90:4, 91:7, 105:8, 119:72

Ecclesiastes (2): 6:6, 7:28

Song of Solomon (3): 4:4, 8:11, 8:12

Isaiah (5): 7:23, 30:17, 36:8, 37:36, 60:22

Jeremiah (3): 32:18, 52:28, 52:30

Ezekiel (21): 45:1, 45:3, 45:5, 45:6, 47:3, 47:4, 47:5, 48:8, 48:9, 48:10, 48:13, 48:15, 48:16, 48:18, 48:20, 48:21, 48:30, 48:32, 48:33, 48:34, 48:35

Daniel (3): 8:14, 12:11, 12:12

Amos (1): 5:3

Micah (2): 5:2, 6:7

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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