Tesah תֵּ֫שַׁע

Tesah (Hebrew תֵּ֫שַׁע, Strong's H8672) is a Hebrew noun meaning “nine”. It occurs 58 times in 57 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tesah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 5:5
  And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:8
  And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:11
  And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:14
  And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:20
  And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 5:27
  And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 9:29
  And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
• Genesis 11:19
  And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:24
  And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
• Genesis 11:25
  And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
• Genesis 17:1
  And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
• Genesis 17:24
  And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

Exodus

• Exodus 38:24
  All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 23:32
  It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
• Leviticus 25:8
  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years.

Numbers

• Numbers 1:23
  Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.
• Numbers 2:13
  And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.and his division numbers 59,300.
• Numbers 29:26
  And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:On the fifth day you are to present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
• Numbers 34:13
  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 3:11
  For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Joshua

• Joshua 13:7
  Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
• Joshua 14:2
  By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
• Joshua 15:32
  And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
• Joshua 15:44
  And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah—nine cities, along with their villages.
• Joshua 15:54
  And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
• Joshua 19:38
  And Iron, and Migdal–el, Horem, and Beth–anath, and Beth–shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
• Joshua 21:16
  And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

Judges

• Judges 4:3
  And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
• Judges 4:13
  And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.he summoned all nine hundred of his iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the River Kishon.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 2:30
  And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
• 2 Samuel 24:8
  So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 14:2
  He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 15:13
  Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
• 2 Kings 15:17
  In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years.
• 2 Kings 17:1
  In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
• 2 Kings 18:2
  Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
• 2 Kings 18:10
  And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
• 2 Kings 25:3
  And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
• 2 Kings 25:8
  And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 3:8
  And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine in all.
• 1 Chronicles 9:9
  And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
• 1 Chronicles 24:16
  The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
• 1 Chronicles 25:26
  The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 16:12
  And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
• 2 Chronicles 25:1
  Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 29:1
  Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Ezra

• Ezra 1:9
  And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
• Ezra 2:8
  The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.the descendants of Zattu, 945;
• Ezra 2:36
  The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
• Ezra 2:42
  The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 7:38
  The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.
• Nehemiah 7:39
  The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
• Nehemiah 11:1
  And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
• Nehemiah 11:8
  And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.and his followers Gabbai and Sallai—928 men.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 39:2
  And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
• Jeremiah 52:6
  And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
• Jeremiah 52:12
  Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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).