חָמֵשׁ
five
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Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 169 times (49%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 149 times (43%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct 28 times (8%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 346 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 22 verses
- Genesis 5:6 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh.
- Genesis 5:10 חֲמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:11 חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:15 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.
- Genesis 5:17 חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:21 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
- Genesis 5:23 חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
- Genesis 5:30 חָמֵ֤שׁ וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:32 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 7:20 חֲמֵ֨שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
- Genesis 11:11 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Shem lived after he became the father of Arpachshad five hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:12 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah.
- Genesis 11:32 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.
- Genesis 12:4 חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 14:9 הַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.
- Genesis 18:28 חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
- Genesis 25:7 וְ/חָמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years.
- Genesis 43:34 חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.
- Genesis 45:6 חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
- Genesis 45:11 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
- Genesis 45:22 וְ/חָמֵ֖שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
- Genesis 47:2 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
Exodus 25 verses
- Exodus 16:1 בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 22:1 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 26:3 חֲמֵ֣שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
- Exodus 26:9 חֲמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
- Exodus 26:26 חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה adj Cardinal number ms "You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 26:27 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tent, for the far part westward.
- Exodus 26:37 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
- Exodus 27:1 חָמֵשׁ֩ וְ/חָמֵ֧שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
- Exodus 27:14 וַ/חֲמֵ֨שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 27:15 חְמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 27:18 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 30:23 חֲמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
- Exodus 30:24 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.
- Exodus 36:10 חֲמֵ֣שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.
- Exodus 36:16 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
- Exodus 36:31 חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה adj Cardinal number ms He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
- Exodus 36:32 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part westward.
- Exodus 36:38 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.
- Exodus 38:1 חָמֵשׁ֩ וְ/חָֽמֵשׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Exodus 38:14 חֲמֵשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
- Exodus 38:15 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 38:18 חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
- Exodus 38:25 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- Exodus 38:26 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
- Exodus 38:28 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
Leviticus 7 verses
- Leviticus 23:6 וּ/בַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה conj + prep det + Adjective Cardinal number fs On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
- Leviticus 23:34 בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:39 בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁה֩ prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms "'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
- Leviticus 26:8 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Leviticus 27:5 חָמֵ֜שׁ adj Cardinal number fs If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
- Leviticus 27:6 חָמֵ֣שׁ חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
- Leviticus 27:7 חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
Numbers 48 verses
- Numbers 1:21 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:25 חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
- Numbers 1:33 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:37 חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:41 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:46 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 2:11 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 2:15 חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
- Numbers 2:19 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 2:23 חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:28 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 2:32 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 3:22 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 3:47 חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
- Numbers 3:50 חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה adj Cardinal number ms from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- Numbers 4:48 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
- Numbers 7:17 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 7:23 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
- Numbers 7:29 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 7:35 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 7:41 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 7:47 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
- Numbers 7:53 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 7:59 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 7:65 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 7:71 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 7:77 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
- Numbers 7:83 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
- Numbers 8:24 חָמֵ֨שׁ adj Cardinal number fs "This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
- Numbers 11:19 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,
- Numbers 18:16 חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).
- Numbers 26:18 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 26:22 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 26:27 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 26:37 וַ/חֲמֵ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
- Numbers 26:41 חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 26:50 חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 28:17 וּ/בַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה conj + prep det + Adjective Cardinal number fs On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
- Numbers 29:12 וּ/בַ/חֲמִשָּׁה֩ conj + prep det + Adjective Cardinal number fs On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
- Numbers 31:8 חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.
- Numbers 31:28 מֵ/חֲמֵ֖שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
- Numbers 31:32 וַ/חֲמֵֽשֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
- Numbers 31:36 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
- Numbers 31:37 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
- Numbers 31:39 וַ/חֲמֵ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one.
- Numbers 31:43 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
- Numbers 31:45 וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
- Numbers 33:3 בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
Joshua 9 verses
- Joshua 8:12 כַּ/חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
- Joshua 10:5 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:16 חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:17 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:22 חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
- Joshua 10:23 חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs They did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.
- Joshua 10:26 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
- Joshua 13:3 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,
- Joshua 14:10 וְ/חָמֵ֜שׁ חָמֵ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Now, behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
Judges 9 verses
- Judges 3:3 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs [namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
- Judges 8:10 כַּ/חֲמֵ֤שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
- Judges 18:2 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. They came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
- Judges 18:7 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
- Judges 18:14 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
- Judges 18:17 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
- Judges 20:35 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:45 חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.
- Judges 20:46 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these [were] men of valor.
1 Samuel 9 verses
- 1 Samuel 6:4 חֲמִשָּׁה֙ וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then they said, "What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
- 1 Samuel 6:16 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
- 1 Samuel 6:18 לַ/חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains] to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
- 1 Samuel 17:5 חֲמֵשֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
- 1 Samuel 17:40 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 21:3 חֲמִשָּׁה adj Cardinal number ms Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
- 1 Samuel 22:18 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 25:18 וְ/חָמֵ֨שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 4:4 חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Samuel 9:10 חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
- 2 Samuel 19:17 וַ/חֲמֵ֨שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
- 2 Samuel 21:8 חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
- 2 Samuel 24:9 חֲמֵשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Kings 13 verses
- 1 Kings 4:32 חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
- 1 Kings 6:6 חָמֵ֧שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:10 חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:24 וְ/חָמֵ֣שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:3 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were on the pillars; fifteen in a row.
- 1 Kings 7:16 חָמֵ֣שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:23 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
- 1 Kings 7:39 חָמֵ֞שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֛שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
- 1 Kings 7:49 חָמֵ֨שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֧שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
- 1 Kings 9:23 וַ/חֲמֵ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred fifty, who bore rule over the people who labored in the work.
- 1 Kings 12:32 בַּ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
- 1 Kings 12:33 בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to burn incense.
- 1 Kings 22:42 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Kings 14 verses
- 2 Kings 6:25 בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
- 2 Kings 7:13 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms One of his servants answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are consumed); and let us send and see.
- 2 Kings 8:16 חָמֵ֗שׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 13:19 חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
- 2 Kings 14:2 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 14:17 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
- 2 Kings 14:23 חֲמֵשׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, [and reigned] forty-one years.
- 2 Kings 15:33 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Kings 18:2 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
- 2 Kings 19:35 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- 2 Kings 20:6 חֲמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- 2 Kings 21:1 וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
- 2 Kings 23:36 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
- 2 Kings 25:19 וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
1 Chronicles 11 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:4 חֲמִשָּֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 חֲמִשָּֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
- 1 Chronicles 3:20 חָמֵֽשׁ adj Cardinal number fs and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32 חָמֵֽשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
- 1 Chronicles 4:42 חֲמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
- 1 Chronicles 7:3 חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7 חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
- 1 Chronicles 11:23 חָמֵ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
- 1 Chronicles 24:14 חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- 1 Chronicles 25:22 לַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 חֲמֵֽשֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
2 Chronicles 21 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 חָמֵ֗שׁ חָמֵ֔שׁ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 חָמֵ֔שׁ חָמֵ֔שׁ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 וְ/חָמֵ֖שׁ חָמֵֽשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
- 2 Chronicles 4:6 חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
- 2 Chronicles 4:7 חָמֵ֥שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
- 2 Chronicles 4:8 חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וַ/חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 חָמֵ֨שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
- 2 Chronicles 13:17 חֲמֵשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
- 2 Chronicles 15:10 חֲמֵשׁ adj Cardinal number fs So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
- 2 Chronicles 15:19 וְ/חָמֵ֖שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
- 2 Chronicles 20:31 וְ/חָמֵ֨שׁ וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
- 2 Chronicles 25:1 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 25:25 חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 וַ/חֲמֵ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
- 2 Chronicles 27:1 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Chronicles 27:8 וְ/חָמֵ֛שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 29:1 וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1 וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 35:9 חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת חֲמֵ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number fs Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand [small cattle], and five hundred oxen.
- 2 Chronicles 36:5 וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jehoiakim was Twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.
Ezra 9 verses
- Ezra 1:11 חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:5 חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
- Ezra 2:8 וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
- Ezra 2:20 וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
- Ezra 2:33 וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
- Ezra 2:34 וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
- Ezra 2:66 וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
About this entry
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חמש — transliterated châmêsh — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “five.” The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. With 273 verses in 21 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 5:6, it then recurs through the corpus. Sharing its root, it stands alongside חמישי, חמש and חמשים. See the sense tree, 273-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2568 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 273
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 273 distinct verses.
- 21 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 21 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #143
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 143 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 273 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 273 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 114 verses · 42%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 102 verses · 37%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 57 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Five 249×, Was five 15×, Fifteenth 14×
- American Standard Version: Five 240×, Was five 14×, Fifteenth 12×
- Berean Standard Bible: Five 142×, Fifteenth 16×, Fifteen 11×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Five 160×, Were 24×, And 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2568 across 335 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2568 across 334 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2568 across 216 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 126 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2568 across 280 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 82 further occurrences.
22 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 22 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. without other numeral:
- a. חָמֵשׁ, before fpl. noun Gn 43:34 + 35 times; before n. coll. ח׳ צאן 1 S 25:18; v. also ח׳ בָּאַמָּה five in cubit(s) = five cubits 1 K 7:23; 1 Ch 11:23; 2 Ch 4:2; after noun (late) 2 K 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֹרָם = in the fifth year) + 6 times Ch; no noun expr. 1 K 7:39(×2), 49(×2) 1 Ch 3:20; 2 Ch 4:7(×2). e.g. Genesis 43:34
- b. חֲמִשָּׁה before mpl. noun Gn 47:2 + 18 times; after noun Ex 36:38 + 36 times Nu (all P); no noun expr. Gn 14:9 (only here c. art.) + 20 times e.g. Genesis 47:2
- c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֹת, אֲלָפִים, v. 3, 4) Ex 26:3, 9; 36:10, 16 + Ez 42:16 ח׳ אַמּוֹת Kt, but Qr ח׳ מאות, v. infr. e.g. Exodus 26:3
- d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Jos 10:5 + 5 times; \ Ju 18:7, 14, 17; ח׳ שׁקלים Nu 18:16; also, distrib., ח׳ ח׳ שְׁקָלִים 3:47; ח׳ הַסְּרָנִים Jos 13:3; Ju 3:3; 1 S 6:18; ח׳ בני מ׳ 2 S 21:8. e.g. Joshua 10:5
- e. = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 K 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ez 1:1, 2; 8:1; 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.) e.g. 2 Kings 8:16
- 2. ח׳ combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten = fifteen:
- a. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (c. n.f.) Gn 5:10; 7:20; Ex 27:14, 15; 38:14, 15; 2 K 14:17, 23; 20:6; 2 Ch 15:10; 25:25; Is 38:5. e.g. Genesis 5:10
- b. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר (c. n.m.), (1) after noun Est 9:21; (2) before noun Ex 16:1 (= ordinal fifteenth, so Lv 23:6 +) Ho 3:2 +. e.g. Esther 9:21
- c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before n. 2 S 19:18 +. e.g. 2 Samuel 19:18
- d. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without n. = ordinal fifteenth 1 Ch 24:14 + 4 times + Ez 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co). e.g. 1 Chronicles 24:14
- 3. חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת = 500 Gn 5:30, 32 + 49 times + Ez 42:16 Qr e.g. Genesis 5:30
- 4. חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים = 5000 Nu 31:32; Jos 8:12; Ju 20:45; 1 S 17:5; Ez 45:6; 48:15; 1 Ch 29:7; 2 Ch 35:9; Ezr 1:11; 2:69;—in 25,000, 35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without א׳) precedes the 20,000, 30,000, etc. e.g. Numbers 31:32
- 5. with other numerals:
- a. חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral: (1) noun repeated Gn 5:6 + 4 times; (2) noun with 2nd num. only, Gn 5:17 + 8 times + Ez 45:3 Kt; (3) noun c. בְּ with 2nd num. Ez 40:21 + 2 times e.g. Genesis 5:6
- b. חָמֵשׁ after larger num.: (1) noun repeated Gn 25:7; (2) noun foll. ח׳ (only) Ju 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both num., st. abs., 2 Ch 3:15; st. cstr. 2 Ch 15:19. e.g. Genesis 25:7
- c. no noun expr., ח׳ between other num., e.g. שֵׁשׁ מאות ח׳ ושׁבעים Nu 31:37. e.g. Numbers 31:37
- d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger num., noun foll. larger num. Nu 1:25 + 22 times e.g. Numbers 1:25
- e. ח׳ follows, and (1) is foll. by noun Ju 20:35 + 7 times; (2) noun precedes both 1 K 7:3; Je 52:30. e.g. Judges 20:35
- f. ח׳ precedes, no noun expr. 1 K 5:12. e.g. 1 Kings 5:12
- g. ח׳ follows, no noun expr. Gn 18:28 +. e.g. Genesis 18:28
- h. no noun expr. ח׳ between other num. Ex 38:28; Ezr 2:5. e.g. Exodus 38:28
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. and f. five (NH id., id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, ܚܰܡܶܫ, ܚܰܡܶܫܬܳܐ; Ph. חמשת; Palm. חמשא, c. n. masc., ReckendorfZMG 1888, 408; Assyrian ḫamšu, ḫamiltu Dl§ 75; Ethiopic ኀምስ, ኀምስቱ Arabic خَمْسٌ, خَمْسَةٌ; Sab. & Liḥyân. חֿמס DHMZMG xxix, 613; Epigr. Denkm. 71, 73);—m. (c. n.f.) abs. חָמֵשׁ Gn 5:6 + 94 times + Ez 40:30 (del. 𝔊B Hi-Sm Co; Co del. also in v 25, 29, 33, 36) + Ez 45:3 Kt (where read f. with Qr); cstr. חֲמֵשׁ Gn 5:10 + 67 times + Ez 48:16 Kt; f. (c. n.m.) abs. חֲמִשָּׁה v. LagBN 80 Gn 18:28 + 139 times (incl. Ez 8:16 del. B Co al.); cstr. חֲמֵשֶׁת Nu 3:47(×2) + 26 times;—on pl. חֲמִשִּׂים fifty, see below;—five, in Hex chiefly P;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive numeral
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חָמֵשׁ
- (b. h.) five (numeral letter ה׳). Snh. V, 3 בחמש (sub. שעות) during the fifth hour of the day. Ib. בחמשה (sub. ימים) on the fifth of the month.—Sabb. 77ᵇ חמשה אימות וכ׳ (sub. מִינֵי), v. אֵימָה. B. Mets. IV, 9 תשלומי ארבעה וח׳ fines of the fourfold or fivefold value (Ex. XXI, 37); a. v. fr.—Pl. חֲמִשִּׁים (נ׳) fifty. R. Hash. 21ᵇ. Ab. V, 21 בן ח׳ at the age of fifty years; a. v. fr.—Denom. חִמֵּשׁ to divide into five.—Part. pass. מְחוּמָּשׁ; f. מְחוּמֶּשֶׁת, pl. מְחוּמָּשׁוֹת. B. Bath. 150ᵃ ובלבד שיהו מח׳ provided the minimum of wool required is equally divided between the five lambs.—חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה f.; חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר m. (ט"ו) fifteen. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ (ref. to וחמשים, Ex. XIII, 18) בח׳ ע׳ מיני וכ׳ with fifteen kinds of arms. Taan. IV, 8 כח׳ ע׳ באב like the celebration of the fifteenth of Ab; a. fr.—Constr. of חֲמִשָּׁה; חֲמֵשֶׁת. Kidd. 30ᵃ ח׳ אלפים five thousand; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 21:37
חֲמֵשׁ
- Targ. Gen. XLV, 11. Ib. XLVII, 2; a. fr.—Yoma 84ᵃ ח׳ ומעלי וכ׳ on Thursday and on Friday; a. fr.—Pl. חַמְשִׁין fifty. Targ. Num. XXXI, 47; a. fr.—B. Mets. 51ᵃ; a. fr.—חֲמֵישַׁת עַשְׂרָה (חֲמֵישְׁתְּ) fifteen. Targ. O. Lev. XXIII, 6; a. fr.; v. חֲמֵיסַר.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 85 distinct written forms H2568 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 25 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2568, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 258 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 273 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:6
- Exodus 16:1
- Leviticus 23:6
- Numbers 1:21
- Joshua 8:12
- Judges 3:3
- 1 Samuel 6:4
- 2 Samuel 4:4
- 1 Kings 6:6
- 2 Kings 6:25
- 1 Chronicles 2:4
- 2 Chronicles 3:11
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
