עָשָׂר
teen
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 204 times (60%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 134 times (40%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 338 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–292 of 292 distinct verses where H6240 appears, across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles 44 verses
- 1 Chronicles 25:28 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:29 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:30 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:31 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 26:9 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
- 1 Chronicles 26:11 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
- 1 Chronicles 27:14 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms 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 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
2 Chronicles 25 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms 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 4:4 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
- 2 Chronicles 4:15 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
- 2 Chronicles 9:19 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms 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 11:21 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
- 2 Chronicles 13:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 15:10 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה 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 25:25 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה 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 26:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 27:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj 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 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father;
- 2 Chronicles 29:17 עָשָׂ֛ר adj Cardinal number ms Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה adj Cardinal number fs Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 35:1 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
- 2 Chronicles 35:19 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
- 2 Chronicles 36:5 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj 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.
- 2 Chronicles 36:11 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Ezra 9 verses
- Ezra 2:6 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
- Ezra 2:18 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
- Ezra 2:39 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
- Ezra 6:19 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
- Ezra 8:9 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
- Ezra 8:18 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
- Ezra 8:24 עָשָׂ֑ר adj Cardinal number ms Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
- Ezra 8:31 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.
- Ezra 8:35 עָשָׂ֤ר עָשָׂ֑ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 5:14 עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה adj Cardinal number fs Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
- Nehemiah 7:11 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred [and] eighteen.
- Nehemiah 7:24 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
- Nehemiah 7:42 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.
Esther 11 verses
- Esther 2:12 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her as prescribed for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
- Esther 3:7 עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
- Esther 3:12 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
- Esther 3:13 עָשָׂ֛ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 8:12 עָשָׂ֛ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms on one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
- Esther 9:1 עָשָׂ֨ר עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over those who hated them),
- Esther 9:15 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
- Esther 9:17 עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms [This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:18 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] of it, and on the fourteenth of it; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:19 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms Therefore do the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
- Esther 9:21 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms to enjoin those who they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
Job 1 verse
Psalms 1 verse
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 36:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
- Isaiah 38:5 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs Go, and tell Hezekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.
Jeremiah 12 verses
- Jeremiah 1:2 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- Jeremiah 1:3 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- Jeremiah 25:3 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 32:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
- Jeremiah 39:2 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),
- Jeremiah 52:1 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- Jeremiah 52:5 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah 52:12 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 52:20 עָשָׂ֤ר adj Cardinal number ms The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Jeremiah 52:21 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
- Jeremiah 52:29 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
- Jeremiah 52:31 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;
Ezekiel 16 verses
- Ezekiel 26:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:1 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 30:20 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [month], in the seventh [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 31:1 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 32:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 32:17 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms It happened also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 33:21 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs It happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
- Ezekiel 40:1 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there.
- Ezekiel 40:11 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
- Ezekiel 40:49 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
- Ezekiel 43:16 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it.
- Ezekiel 43:17 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps of it shall look toward the east.
- Ezekiel 45:21 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
- Ezekiel 45:25 עָשָׂ֨ר adj Cardinal number ms In the seventh [month], in the fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days; according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meal-offering, and according to the oil.
- Ezekiel 47:13 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This shall be the border, by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.
- Ezekiel 48:35 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
Hosea 1 verse
Jonah 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, עשר (ʻâsâr) means “teen.” Translators differ — “twelve” in the King James Version, then “and” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. It turns up in 292 verses across 23 books, a common footprint. It first appears in Genesis 5:8. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6240 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 →
- 292
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 292 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #145
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 145 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 292 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 44 verses 15%
- Numbers 31 verses 11%
- 2 Kings 25 verses 9%
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 292 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 117 verses · 40%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 95 verses · 33%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 80 verses · 27%
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: Twelve 9×, Fifteen 4×, Eleven 2×
- American Standard Version: Twelve 9×, Fifteen 4×, Eleven 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Day 1×, Days of the month 1×, Happizzez 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: And 23×, Were 16×, On 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6240 across 30 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 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 305 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6240 across 38 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 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 H6240 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Not rendered by a distinct English word in 332 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6240 across 185 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 15 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 171 further occurrences.
30 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 30 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. eleven:
- a. אַחַד עָשָׂר (c. n.m.) Gn 32:23 + 2 times. e.g. Genesis 32:23
- b. אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה (c. n.f.) 2 K 23:36 + 7 times; also = eleventh 1 K 6:38 2 K 9:29. e.g. 2 Kings 23:36
- c. עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (c. n.m.) Nu 29:20; ord. Dt 1:3 + 7 times. e.g. Numbers 29:20
- d. עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (c. n.f.) Ex 26:7 + 4 times; ord. Je 1:3 + 4 times. e.g. Exodus 26:7
- 2. twelve:
- a. שְׁנֵי(ם) עָשָׂר (c. n.m.) Gn 35:22 + 80 times; ord. 1 K 19:19 + 12 times e.g. Genesis 35:22
- b. שְׁתֵּי(ם) עֶשְׂרֵה (c. n.f.) Ex 24:4 + 31 times; ord. 2 K 8:25 + 6 times. e.g. Exodus 24:4
- 3. thirteen:
- a. שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר (c. n.m.) Nu 29:14 + 2 times; ord. Est 3:12 + 7 times. e.g. Numbers 29:14
- b. שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (c. n.f.) 1 K 7:1 + 9 times; ord. Gn 14:4 + 2 times. e.g. 1 Kings 7:1
- 4. fourteen:
- a. אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר Gn 46:22 + 13 times; ord. Ex 12:6 + 17 times. e.g. Genesis 46:22
- b. אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה Gn 31:41 + 5 times; ord. 2 K 18:13 + 3 times. e.g. Genesis 31:41
- 5. fifteen:
- a. חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר Ho 3:2 + 3 times; ord. Ex 16:1 + 14 times. e.g. Hosea 3:2
- b. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר Ju 8:10; 2 S 19:18. e.g. Judges 8:10
- c. חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה 2 K 14:17 + 9 times; ord. †2 K 14:23; 2 Ch 15:10.—Vid. also עֶשֶׂר 3 d. e.g. 2 Kings 14:17
- 6. sixteen:
- a. שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר Ex 26:25 + 6 times; ord. 1 Ch 24:14 + 2 times. e.g. Exodus 26:25
- b. שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה Gn 46:18 + 13 times. e.g. Genesis 46:18
- 7. seventeen:
- a. שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר 1 Ch 7:11 + 2 times; ord. Gn 7:11 + 3 times. e.g. 1 Chronicles 7:11
- b. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה Gn 37:2 + 4 times; ord. 1 K 22:52; 2 K 16:1.—Vid. also עֶשֶׂר 3 d. e.g. Genesis 37:2
- 8. eighteen:
- a. עָשָׂר (שְׁמֹנַת) שְׁמֹנָה Gn 14:4 + 10 times; ord. †1 Ch 24:15; 25:25. e.g. Genesis 14:4
- b. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה Ju 3:14 + 6 times; ord. 1 K 15:1 + 8 times. e.g. Judges 3:14
- 9. nineteen:
- a. תִּשְׁעָה עָשָׂר 2 S 2:30; ord. 1 Ch 24:16; 25:26. e.g. 2 Samuel 2:30
- b. תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה Gn 11:25; Jos 19:38; ord. 2 K 25:8 = Je 52:12. These num. usually take sg. of the nouns most often used, שָׁנָה, יוֹם, חֹדֶשׁ, cf. (sometimes) אִישׁ, אַמָּה, etc.; otherwise pl.; rarely (late usage) they follow noun, which is then usually pl., e.g. Nu 29:30; Jos 15:51 (P), Ezr 8:35(×2;) Est 3:13; 8:5, etc. (even שָׁנִים שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Na 5:14), but שָׁנָה precedes ordinal 1 K 6:38, שְׁנַת 15:1 + 8 times, so יוֹם (c. ord.) 2 Ch 29:17 + 5 times Est 9; also יוֹם and שָׁנָה (שְׁנַת) both precede and foll. ordinal Nu 7:72, 78; 2 K 8:25; 9:29; 14:23; 16:1; Je 32:1; 2 K 25:8 = Je 52:12.—Vid. also Köii. 1, 211 ff. DaSynt. § 37 a, also R. 1, 2 Ges§§ 92 d, e, 134, and especially Herner Synt. d. Zahlwörter im AT (1893); on form in ה—ֵ (prob for י—ַ), Ol§ 110 Köii. 1, 427 WSG 138. e.g. Genesis 11:25
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. ten, only after units to make num. 11–19, both cardinal and ordinal; עֶשְׂרֵה c. n.f., עָשָׂר c. n.m., thus:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from עשר (ʻeser) (H6235) — ten.
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.
עוֹשֶׁר
- plenty, wealth, riches. Ab. IV, 9, v. עִוֹנִי. B. Bath. 9ᵇ בעלי ע׳ wealthy men; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 63 (play on ויעתר, Gen. XXV, 21; cmp. עוּתְרָא) שפך תפלות בע׳ he poured out prayers plentifully; Yalk. ib. 110 כעתר (corr. acc., or בְּעֶתֶר, a Hebr. adapt. of עוֹתַר). e.g. Genesis 25:21
עָשַׁר
- (cmp. עֲשַׁן) to be strong, substantial, wealthy.
- 1. (denom. of (denom. of עָשִׁיר) to become wealthy. B. Bath. 25ᵇ ושיַעֲשִׁיר and he who desires to become rich. Ber. 33ᵃ הֶעֱשִׁירוּ קבעוה וכ׳ when they became wealthy, they made it a custom to recite the Habdalah over a cup. Meïl. 17ᵃ, v. עָנָה II, Hif. Ned. 38ᵃ לא ה׳ משה וכ׳ Moses became rich from the chips of the tablets; a. fr.
- 2. to make rich. Keth. 48ᵃ לאו כל הימנו שיעשיר וכ׳ he is not permitted to enrich his children and throw himself on the charities. Ḥull. 84ᵇ (expl. עשתרת, Deut. VII, 13) שמַעֲשִׁירוֹת את בעליהן Ar. (ed. שמְעַשְּׁרוֹת, Pi.) for they make their owners rich; Yalk. Deut. 848 שמעשרות. Cant. R. to VII, 11 (ref. to תעשרנה, Ps. LXV, 10) אם זכיתם תַּעֲשִׁיֶרנָּה ואם לאו תְּעַשְּׂרֶנָּה וכ׳ if you deserve well (it reads:) ‘thou makest her rich’, if not, ‘thou reducest her to one-tenth’, that she yield you only one-tenth; a. e. e.g. Deuteronomy 7:13
- same; v. supra. B. Bath. l. c., v. infra.
- 1. to become rich. Sabb. 119ᵃ; Taan. 9ᵃ (play on עשר תעשר, Deut. XIV, 22) עַשֵּׂר בשביל שתִּתְעַשֵּׂר give tithes in order that thou become rich. B. Bath. l. c. מתוך שמתחכם מִתְעַשֵּׁר for when he grows wise, he will also grow rich; (Ms. M. חכמתו מְעַשַּׁרְתּוֹ his wisdom makes him rich). Pes. 50ᵇ עשרים … שלא יִתְעַשְּׁרוּ שאילמלי מִתְעַשְּׁרִין וכ׳ the men of the Great Assembly held twenty-four fasts to pray that the copyists of sacred books &c. might not become rich, for if they grew rich, they would not write; a. fr.—[2) (b. h.) to pretend to be rich, to pass for a rich man. Men. 85ᵇ. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV.] e.g. Deuteronomy 14:22
עֲשַׁר
- ch. same (mostly עֲתַר).
- to become rich. Gitt. 30ᵇ, v. אֲשַׁר.
עשֶׁר
- , v. עוֹשֶׁר
עֶשֶׂר
- (b. h.) ten. Ab. V, 1, v. מַאֲמָר. Ex. R. s. 15, a. fr. עשר מכות (not עשרה) the ten Egyptian plagues. Ib. ע׳ אנשים ten men; a. v. fr.—In compounds עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה, as אַחַד ע׳ eleven, שְׁנֵים ע׳ twelve &c. R. Hash. I, 1 בחמשה ע׳ בו on the fifteenth day of it (the month of Shebat). Pes. I, 1 אור לארבעה ע׳, v. אוֹר II; a. v. fr.—Pl. עֶשְׂרִים twenty. B. Bath. 107ᵃ ואחד אומר בע׳ and one of the experts says, it is worth twenty (Selaim). Ab. V, 21 בן ע׳ לרריף at the age of twenty years it is time to hunt (for a living); a. v. fr.
עֲשַׂר I
- (also עֲסַר; עַסְרָא) ch. same. Targ. Gen. XLV, 23 (Y. also עֶשֶׂר; O. ed. Berl. עש׳, oth. ed. עס׳); a. fr.—חַד עֲשַׂר, חַד עֲסַר (contr. חַדְסַר) eleven; תרתי סרי twelve &c.—Pl. עַשְׂרִין, עַסְרִין, עֶ׳. Targ. Gen. XXXI, 38. Targ. Num. X, 11 בע׳ on the twentieth; a. fr.—B. Bath. 106ᵇ הויא ע׳ גריוי it contains twenty g’rivas (v. גְּרִיוָא); a. fr.
עָשַׂר
- , Pi. עִשֵּׂר (b. h.;
- 1. to give one-tenth, separate tithes. Sabb. 119ᵃ עַשִּׁר וכ׳, v. עָשַׁר. Maasr. IV, 2 ושכחו לעַשְּׂרָן but had forgotten to pay the tithe of them. Sabb. II, 7 עִשַּׂרְתֶּם have you set aside tithes (of what you intend to use for the Sabbath)? Ib. ספק … אין מְעַשְּׂרִין את הודאי if it is doubtful whether or not night has set in, you must not separate the tithes of what is sure to be subject to tithes (v. דְּמַאי); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְעוּשָּׂר; f. מְעוּשֶּׂרֶת; pl. מְעוּשָּׂרִים, מְעוּשָּׂרִין; מְעוּשָּׂרוֹת. Bekh. IX, 7 (קפץ אחד) מן המע׳ לתוכן if one of those (lambs) which have been set aside as tithe, leaped among the flock. Ib. הרי אלו מע׳ they (the flock) are considered as tithed; a. fr.
- 2. to reduce to one-tenth. Cant. R. to VII, 11, v. עָשַׁר.
- , Nithpa. נִתְעַשֵּׂר to be tithed. Maasr. l. c. עד שיֵעָשְׂרוּ (Ms. M. שיִתְעַשְּׂרוּ) until they are tithed. Ib. 5 מִתְעַשֶּׂרֶת זרע וכ׳ must be tithed as seed, as vegetables (if the leaves are used) &c. Bekh. IX, 1 ואינן מִתְעַשְּׂרִים מזה על זה and they (large cattle and small cattle) cannot be tithed one for the other. Ib. 53ᵇ אין דין שיִתְעַשְּׂרוּ זה מזה should we not conclude that they may be tithed one for the other?; a. fr.
עֲשַׂר II
- Pa. עַשֵּׂר, עַסֵּר same, to tithe. Targ. Deut. XIV, 22. Ib. XXVI, 12 (Y. II למַעַשְׂרָא Af.).—Yeb. 93ᵃ ע׳ מפירי דביתיה עילויהו he set aside as tithes from the produces in his house on behalf of those (that were to come in). Ib. לעַשּׂוּרֵי ומיכל as regards tithing and eating; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 28 distinct written forms H6240 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.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָשָׂ֖ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Esther 3:7 | 53 |
| עָשָֽׂר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ezra 2:6 | 41 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 26:8 | 35 |
| עָשָׂ֥ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:2 | 29 |
| עָשָׂר֙ | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Esther 9:15 | 25 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Ezekiel 32:1 | 24 |
| עֶשְׂרֵה֙ | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 24:4 | 22 |
| עָשָׂ֣ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 1:23 | 17 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 26:7 | 16 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 7:20 | 10 |
| עָשָׂ֛ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Esther 3:13 | 9 |
| עָשָׂ֨ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Esther 9:1 | 8 |
| עֶשְׂרֵֽה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 6:62 | 7 |
| עָשָׂ֔ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 24:4 | 7 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 14:5 | 6 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Esther 3:7 | 5 |
| עָשָׂ֤ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ezra 8:35 | 5 |
| עָשָׂ֑ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Ezra 8:24 | 4 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Kings 6:38 | 3 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 13:21 | 2 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 15:27 | 2 |
| עָשָׂר֩ | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Genesis 42:13 | 2 |
| הֶ/עָשָׂ֑ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Kings 19:19 | 1 |
| הֶֽ/עָשָׂר֙ | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Joshua 4:4 | 1 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֗ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 7:84 | 1 |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֞ה | Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute | Numbers 33:9 | 1 |
| עָשָׂ֜ר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Leviticus 23:34 | 1 |
| עשר | Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Kings 22:48 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6240, 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.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- עשור ʻâsôwr H6218 ten
- עשירי ʻăsîyrîy H6224 tenth
- עשר ʻăsar H6236 ten
- עשרון ʻissârôwn H6241 tithe
- עשרים ʻesrîym H6242 twenty
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 282 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 292 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 5:8
- Exodus 12:6
- Leviticus 23:5
- Numbers 1:44
- Deuteronomy 1:2
- Joshua 3:12
- Judges 3:14
- 2 Samuel 2:15
- 1 Kings 4:7
- 2 Kings 3:1
- 1 Chronicles 4:27
- 2 Chronicles 1:14
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.