אֶ֫לֶף
thousand
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
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
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Singular, Absolute 312 times (61%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Absolute 171 times (34%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Both, Plural, Construct 25 times (5%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 508 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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2 Kings 9 verses
- 2 Kings 19:35 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs 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 24:14 אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bp He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 24:16 אֲלָפִ֗ים אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
1 Chronicles 60 verses
- 1 Chronicles 5:18 אֶ֛לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
- 1 Chronicles 5:21 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֶ֔לֶף אַלְפָּ֑יִם אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs They took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
- 1 Chronicles 7:5 אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7 אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bs 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 7:9 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 אֶ֨לֶף֙ adj Cardinal number bs All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the host for war.
- 1 Chronicles 7:40 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 9:13 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 12:14 לְ/אָֽלֶף prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 12:20 הָ/אֲלָפִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 אֲלָפִ֛ים adj Cardinal number bp The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
- 1 Chronicles 12:25 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 12:26 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 12:27 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 אֲלָפִ֑ים adj Cardinal number bp Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 12:30 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
- 1 Chronicles 12:31 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
- 1 Chronicles 12:33 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, who could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34 אָ֑לֶף אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 12:35 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 12:36 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, who could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 12:37 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1 הָ/אֲלָפִ֛ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25 הָ/אֲלָפִ֑ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 לְ/אֶ֥לֶף prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִים֙ אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
- 1 Chronicles 18:5 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 18:12 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 אֶ֣לֶף adj Cardinal number bs When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 19:7 אֶ֜לֶף adj Cardinal number bs So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18 אֲלָפִים֙ אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִים֩ אֶ֤לֶף אֶ֛לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
- 1 Chronicles 21:14 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֶ֤לֶף אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 23:3 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4 אָ֑לֶף אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
- 1 Chronicles 23:5 אֲלָפִ֖ים אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], for giving praise.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 הָ/אֲלָפִ֥ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
- 1 Chronicles 26:30 אֶ֣לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32 אַלְפַּ֛יִם adj Cardinal number bp His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1 הָֽ/אֲלָפִ֣ים אָֽלֶף ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:2 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:4 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:5 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:7 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:8 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:9 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The sixth [captain] for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:10 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The seventh [captain] for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:11 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The eighth [captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:12 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The ninth [captain] for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:13 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The tenth [captain] for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:14 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:15 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1 הָ/אֲלָפִ֣ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 אֲלָפִ֛ים אֲלָפִ֤ים adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
- 1 Chronicles 29:6 הָ/אֲלָפִים֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 אֲלָפִים֮ אֲלָפִ֔ים אֲלָפִ֖ים אֶ֥לֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs 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.
- 1 Chronicles 29:21 אֶ֜לֶף אֶ֛לֶף אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
2 Chronicles 38 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:2 הָ/אֲלָפִ֨ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
- 2 Chronicles 1:6 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 אֶ֤לֶף אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֶ֛לֶף אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 אֶ֔לֶף אָ֑לֶף אֶ֔לֶף אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֶ֖לֶף אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 אֶ֔לֶף אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 אֲלָפִ֨ים אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 11:1 אֶ֛לֶף adj Cardinal number bs When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 בְּ/אֶ֤לֶף אֶ֖לֶף prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3 אֶ֖לֶף אֶ֛לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 אֶ֔לֶף אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bp They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 אֲלָפִים֙ אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.
- 2 Chronicles 17:14 אֲלָפִ֔ים אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs This was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
- 2 Chronicles 17:15 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
- 2 Chronicles 17:16 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 17:17 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
- 2 Chronicles 17:18 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs and next to him Jehozabad and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 הָ/אֲלָפִים֙ אֶ֤לֶף ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
- 2 Chronicles 25:6 אֶ֛לֶף adj Cardinal number bs He hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bp Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck of the children of Seir ten thousand.
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 אֲלָפִ֜ים adj Cardinal number bp [other] ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
- 2 Chronicles 25:13 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
- 2 Chronicles 26:12 אַלְפַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number bp The whole number of the heads of fathers' [houses], even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 אֶ֗לֶף אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp 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 27:5 אֲלָפִ֤ים אֲלָפִ֑ים adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. The children of Ammon gave him the same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render to him, in the second year also, and in the third.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6 אֶ֛לֶף adj Cardinal number bs For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8 אֶ֗לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 29:33 אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bp The consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִ֑ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 35:7 אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִ֑ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.
- 2 Chronicles 35:8 אַלְפַּ֨יִם֙ adj Cardinal number bp His princes gave for a freewill-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [small cattle], and three hundred oxen.
- 2 Chronicles 35:9 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp 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.
Ezra 18 verses
- Ezra 1:9 אָ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bs This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
- Ezra 1:10 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels one thousand.
- Ezra 1:11 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp 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 2:3 אַלְפַּ֕יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
- Ezra 2:6 אַלְפַּ֕יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
- Ezra 2:7 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Ezra 2:12 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
- Ezra 2:14 אַלְפַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
- Ezra 2:31 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Ezra 2:35 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
- Ezra 2:37 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
- Ezra 2:38 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
- Ezra 2:39 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
- Ezra 2:64 אַלְפַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number bp The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
- Ezra 2:65 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- Ezra 2:67 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
- Ezra 2:69 וָ/אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִ֑ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
- Ezra 8:27 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
Nehemiah 18 verses
- Nehemiah 3:13 וְ/אֶ֤לֶף conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors of it, the bolts of it, and the bars of it, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
- Nehemiah 7:8 אַלְפַּ֕יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 7:11 אַלְפַּ֕יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred [and] eighteen.
- Nehemiah 7:12 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Nehemiah 7:17 אַלְפַּ֕יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:19 אַלְפַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number bp The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
- Nehemiah 7:34 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
- Nehemiah 7:38 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.
- Nehemiah 7:40 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:41 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
- Nehemiah 7:42 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.
- Nehemiah 7:66 אַלְפַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number bp The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
- Nehemiah 7:67 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
- Nehemiah 7:68 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
- Nehemiah 7:69 אלפים adj Cardinal number bp [their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
- Nehemiah 7:70 אֶ֨לֶף֙ adj Cardinal number bs Some from among the heads of fathers' [houses] gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.
- Nehemiah 7:71 אַלְפַּ֥יִם adj Cardinal number bp Some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72 אַלְפָּ֑יִם adj Cardinal number bp That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 3:9 אֲלָפִ֜ים adj Cardinal number bp If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
- Esther 9:16 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed of those who hated them seventy-five thousand; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
Job 4 verses
- Job 1:3 אַלְפֵי אַלְפֵ֣י adj Cardinal number bp cs adj Cardinal number bp cs His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Job 9:3 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.
- Job 33:23 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs "If there is beside him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man what is right for him;
- Job 42:12 אֶ֜לֶף אֲלָפִים֙ וְ/אֶֽלֶף וְ/אֶ֥לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
Psalms 8 verses
- Psalms 50:10 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs For every animal of the forest is mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
- Psalms 60:1 אָֽלֶף adj Cardinal number bs God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
- Psalms 68:17 אַלְפֵ֣י adj Cardinal number bp cs The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
- Psalms 84:10 מֵ֫/אָ֥לֶף prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Psalms 90:4 אֶ֪לֶף adj Cardinal number bs For a thousand years in your sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, As a watch in the night.
- Psalms 91:7 אֶ֗לֶף adj Cardinal number bs A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you.
- Psalms 105:8 לְ/אֶ֣לֶף prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Psalms 119:72 מֵ֝/אַלְפֵ֗י prep + Adjective Cardinal number bp cs The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
- Ecclesiastes 6:6 אֶ֤לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?
- Ecclesiastes 7:28 מֵ/אֶ֨לֶף֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Song of Solomon 3 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:4 אֶ֤לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand shields, All the shields of the mighty men.
- Song of Solomon 8:11 אֶ֥לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
- Song of Solomon 8:12 הָ/אֶ֤לֶף ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bs My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; Two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover
Isaiah 5 verses
- Isaiah 7:23 אֶ֥לֶף בְּ/אֶ֣לֶף adj Cardinal number bs prep + Adjective Cardinal number bs It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.
- Isaiah 30:17 אֶ֣לֶף adj Cardinal number bs One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall you flee: until you be left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
- Isaiah 36:8 אַלְפַּ֣יִם adj Cardinal number bp Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Isaiah 37:36 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs The angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Isaiah 60:22 לָ/אֶ֔לֶף prep det + Adjective Cardinal number bs The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 32:18 לַֽ/אֲלָפִ֔ים prep det + Adjective Cardinal number bp who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Hosts is his name;
- Jeremiah 52:28 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand twenty-three Jews;
- Jeremiah 52:30 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Ezekiel 21 verses
- Ezekiel 45:1 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand [reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border of it round about.
- Ezekiel 45:3 אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִ֑ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Of this measure shall you measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.
- Ezekiel 45:5 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth, shall be to the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession to themselves, [for] twenty chambers.
- Ezekiel 45:6 אֲלָפִים֙ אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 47:3 אֶ֨לֶף֙ adj Cardinal number bs When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.
- Ezekiel 47:4 אֶ֔לֶף אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters], waters that were to the loins.
- Ezekiel 47:5 אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Afterward he measured one thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
- Ezekiel 48:8 אֶ֜לֶף adj Cardinal number bs By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand [reeds] in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:9 אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp The offering that you shall offer to Yahweh shall be twenty-five thousand [reeds] in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
- Ezekiel 48:10 אֶ֗לֶף אֲלָפִ֔ים אֲלָפִ֔ים אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand [in length], and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:13 אֶ֨לֶף֙ אֲלָפִ֑ים אֶ֔לֶף אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
- Ezekiel 48:15 אֲלָפִ֜ים אֶ֔לֶף adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bs The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:16 אֲלָפִ֔ים אֲלָפִ֑ים אֲלָפִ֔ים אֲלָפִֽים adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp These shall be the measures of it: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
- Ezekiel 48:18 אֲלָפִ֤ים אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp The remainder in the length, answerable to the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be answerable to the holy offering; and the increase of it shall be for food to those who labor in the city.
- Ezekiel 48:20 אֶ֔לֶף אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs All the offering shall be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall offer the holy offering four-square, with the possession of the city.
- Ezekiel 48:21 אֶ֥לֶף אֶ֨לֶף֙ adj Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bs The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 48:30 אֲלָפִ֖ים adj Cardinal number bp These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure;
- Ezekiel 48:32 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
- Ezekiel 48:33 אֲלָפִים֙ adj Cardinal number bp At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
- Ezekiel 48:34 אֲלָפִ֔ים adj Cardinal number bp At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
- Ezekiel 48:35 אָ֑לֶף adj Cardinal number bs It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
Daniel 3 verses
- Daniel 8:14 אַלְפַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number bp He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings [and] mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- Daniel 12:11 אֶ֖לֶף adj Cardinal number bs From the time that the continual [burnt offering] shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
- Daniel 12:12 אֶ֕לֶף adj Cardinal number bs Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
Amos 1 verse
Micah 2 verses
- Micah 5:2 בְּ/אַלְפֵ֣י prep + Adjective Cardinal number bp cs But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Being small among the clans of Judah, Out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
- Micah 6:7 בְּ/אַלְפֵ֣י prep + Adjective Cardinal number bp cs Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
About this entry
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אלף — transliterated ʼeleph — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “thousand.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “thousand” in the King James Version, “were” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 391 verses across 25 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 20:16. The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 391-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H505 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 →
- 391
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 391 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #97
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 97 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 391 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Numbers 82 verses 21%
- 1 Chronicles 60 verses 15%
- 2 Chronicles 38 verses 10%
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 391 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 156 verses · 40%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 135 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 100 verses · 26%
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).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Thousand 406×, Thousands 32×, Two thousand 19×
- American Standard Version†: Thousand 389×, Thousands 35×, Two thousand 19×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Thousand 114×, Thousands 31×, Two thousand 9×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Were 61×, Thousand 58×, And 35×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H505 across 502† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 19 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 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H505 across 501† 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 H505 across 200† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 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 306 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H505 across 294† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 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 239 further occurrences.
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 6 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.
אלף I
- 1. numeral:
- a. used with noun alone; mostly before noun Nu 35:4 Jos 7:3 Ne 3:13 1 Ch 18:4 +; after noun (late) 1 Ch 12:35 + 6 times Ch Ezr Ne; א׳ בָּאַמָּה Nu 35:5(×4) Ez 47:3 (del. Co); the noun always pl. when preceding, sometimes when following, 1 S 25:2 1 K 3:4 2 K 18:23 = Is 36:8 2 Ch 30:24 ψ 90:4 Jb 42:12 Ec 6:6; elsewhere sg. אישׁ Ju 9:49; 15:15, 16 Jos 7:3 +; אַמָּה Nu 35:4 + (so SI); דּוֹר Dt 7:9 +, cf. 1 Ch 18:4; 19:6 2 K 15:19 Jb 42:12 Ct 4:4 Is 7:23, noun sometimes coll.; א׳ pl. cstr. Mi 6:7 ψ 119:72 Gn 24:60; noun not expr. (or not fully) Gn 20:16 Nu 31:5, 6 +; distrib. אֶלֶף … אֶלָף Nu 31:4; multipl. Dt 1:11 א׳ פְּעָמִים; indef. for great no. (pl.) Ex 20:6; 34:7 Dt 5:10 Je 32:18, (sg.) Dt 32:30 Ec 6:6 +. e.g. Numbers 35:4
- b. א׳ + other num. usually precedes it Ex 38:25 + often; but foll. רִבּוֹא Ezr 2:64 + 2 times; it follows also smaller no. Nu 3:50 1 K 5:12 (so SI); the noun foll. in sg. Ex 38:25 + 8 times; pl. 2 S 8:4 + 2 times; noun precedes, in pl. (late) Dn 12:12 + 2 times; noun not expr. Ex 38:28 + often e.g. Exodus 38:25
- c. א׳ × other no. always foll. Ex 12:37 +; usual order is no. × א׳ + additional no. (if any) + noun (ifexpr.) Nu. 31:52 Ju 20:35 cf. Ex 12:37 2 K 3:4(×2) +; less often noun + no. × א׳ Nu 31:33 1 K 8:63 +; (other combin. v. Ex 38:26 Nu 26:51; 31:32 Ez 48:30 1 Ch 29:7 etc.); א׳ usually sg. Nu 11:21 +; except after units, where pl. abs. Nu 1:46 Ju 20:34 + (so MI); seld. pl. cstr. Ex 32:28 Ju 4:10 Jb 1:3(×2); (noun mostly sg. when foll. Ju 4:10 1 K 12:21 +, yet pl. Jos 4:13 1 S 13:5 +; when preceding it is pl. 1 Ch 5:21 +, or coll. Nu 31:33 1 S 25:2 1 K 8:63 2 Ch 7:5 +); אֶלָף אֲלָפִים 1 Ch 21:5; 22:14 2 Ch 14:8; אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן ψ 68:18, cf. שִׁנְאָן; בְּהַרְרֵי אָ֑לֶף ψ 50:10, read אֵל cf. ψ 36:7, Ol Bi Che; yet v. Hup De.— e.g. Exodus 12:37
- 10,000 = עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים etc. Ju 1:4; 3:29 1 K 5:28 1 Ch 29:7 +; less often רִבּוֹ, רְבָבָה etc. q.v. e.g. Judges 1:4
- 2. a thousand, a company of 1000 men, as united under one superior, or leader, hence שַׂר א׳ (שָׂרֵי) Ex 18:21, 25 cf. Nu 31:14 +; cf. רָאשֵׁי א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Nu 1:16; 10:4 Jos 22:21, 30 & v. infr.; cf. also 1 S 29:2; especially family, etc. Ju 6:15 1 S 10:19 (‖ שֵׁבֶט & cf. מִשְׁפַּחַת v 21); cf. Mi 5:1;—Nu 10:36 (רִבְבוֹת אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל) 31:5 Jos 22:14 1 S 23:23 apparently shew transit. to this technical use. e.g. Exodus 18:21
אלף II loc. city in Benj., הָא׳ Jos 18
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
I. n.m. ψ 8:8; only pl. cattle (Ph. אלף, Assyrian alpu, COTGloss.)—אֲלָפִים Pr 14:4 Is 30:24 used in tillage; subject to man ψ 8:8 (‖ צֹנֶה); their increase שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ a blessing Dt 7:13; 28:4, 18, 51 (‖ all עַשְׁתְּרֹת צֹאנֶ֑ךָ).
II. n.m. Ju 6:15 thousand (אלף MI, SI, Sab. DHMZMG 1875, 615; Arabic أَلْفٌ, Aramaic ܐܳܠܶܦ, אֲלַף, אלפיא; cf. Ethiopic እልፍ mille, myrias)*.—(אָ֑׳)א׳ Gn 20:16 +; sf. אַלְפִּי †Ju 6:15; du. אַלְפַּיִם Nu 4:36 +; pl. אֲלָפִים Ex 18:21 +; cstr. אַלְפֵי Ex 32:28 +; אֲלָפֶיךָ Dt 7:13 + 2 times; אֲלָפָיו Qr 1 S 18:7 + 2 times (Kt ־פו)—a thousand.
III. n.pr.loc. city in Benj., הָא׳ Jos 18:28; perhaps Lifta NW. from Jerus. Surveyiii. 18.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אלף (ʼeleph) (H504) — cattle.
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.
אֶלֶף
- (b. h.) thousand. Du. אַלְפַּיִם.—Pl. אֲלָפִים.—א׳ אלפים a million. Gen. R. s. 8 שני א׳; a. fr.—Ex. R. s. 5 אַלְפַּיִם two thousand (men); a. e.
אֲלַף I
- Targ. O. Ex. XXXVIII, 25 אַלַּף ed. Berl. (Y. אלפא); a. fr.—Snh. 95ᵇ חד א׳ one thousand. Bekh. 8ᵇ מאה א׳ זוזי one hundred thousand zuz; a. fr.—Pl. אַלְפִין, אַלְפַיָּא. Targ. Ex. XXXVIII, 26; a. fr. Targ. I Sam. XVIII, 8; a. fr.—Y. Dem. VII, 26ᵇ bot.; a. fr.
אֲלַף II
- , √לף to join, be joined) to become used; to learn, study, train one’s self.—אֲלִיף accustomed, used to. Targ. I Sam. XVII, 39. Targ. O. Num. XXII, 30.—Targ. Deut. V, 1; a. fr. (v. also יְלֵיף).—Cant. R. to II, 2 צבי רבי דייליף would you like to study? B. Bath. 111ᵇ top גוד לית דין צבי למילף take me away from here, this man has no desire to learn (but only to argue). Taan. 4ᵃ man is bound למֵילַף נפשיה בניחותא [prob. למַלֵּיף, v. infra] to train himself to be gentle; a. fr.
- to train, teach. Targ. Ps. XVIII, 35 מַלֵּיף (= מְאַלֵּף). Targ. Prov. XI, 25; a. fr.—Koh. R. to IX, 10 thou didst emigrate למילף for the sake of studying, והוא גלי לאַלָּפָא but he emigrated for the sake of teaching. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ top ולא כן אַלְּפָן רבי (not איל׳) did you not teach us thus?—א׳ זכו, v. infra.
- as Pa. Lev. R. s. 30 (מַלֵּיף) מוֹלִיף עלי זכו offers arguments in my favor.
- to exercise, practice, exert one’s self. Targ. Is. II, 4; XXVI, 9.
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Forms in the corpus
The 100 distinct written forms H505 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; 40 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Other BDB entries built from the same root as H505, 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.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 363 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 391 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 20:16
- Exodus 12:37
- Numbers 1:16
- Deuteronomy 1:11
- Joshua 3:4
- Judges 1:4
- 1 Samuel 4:2
- 2 Samuel 6:1
- 1 Kings 3:4
- 2 Kings 3:4
- 1 Chronicles 5:18
- 2 Chronicles 1:2
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.
