עָשָׂר
teen
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H6240
Strong's Hebrew
ʻâsâr
Transliteration
/aw-sawr'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
338
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)
- used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19
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.
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Genesis 23 verses
- Genesis 5:8 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:10 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ 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 7:11 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 7:20 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
- Genesis 8:4 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat's mountains.
- Genesis 11:25 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs Nahor lived after he became the father of Terah one hundred nineteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 14:4 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.
- Genesis 14:5 עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Genesis 14:14 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
- Genesis 17:20 עָשָׂ֤ר adj Cardinal number ms As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 17:25 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
- Genesis 25:16 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
- Genesis 31:41 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
- Genesis 32:22 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
- Genesis 35:22 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
- Genesis 37:2 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
- Genesis 37:9 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
- Genesis 42:13 עָשָׂר֩ adj Cardinal number ms They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
- Genesis 42:32 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
- Genesis 46:18 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- Genesis 46:22 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
- Genesis 47:28 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
- Genesis 49:28 עָשָׂ֑ר adj Cardinal number ms All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
Exodus 17 verses
- Exodus 12:6 עָשָׂ֛ר adj Cardinal number ms and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
- Exodus 12:18 עָשָׂ֨ר adj Cardinal number ms In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening.
- Exodus 15:27 עֶשְׂרֵ֛ה adj Cardinal number fs They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
- Exodus 16:1 עָשָׂ֥ר adj 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 24:4 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 26:7 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs "You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
- Exodus 26:8 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:25 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 27:14 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj 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 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 28:21 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 36:14 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them eleven curtains.
- Exodus 36:15 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:30 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
- Exodus 38:14 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
- Exodus 38:15 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה 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 39:14 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Leviticus 6 verses
- Leviticus 23:5 עָשָׂ֛ר adj Cardinal number ms In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover.
- Leviticus 23:6 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms 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 עָשָׂ֜ר adj 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 עָשָׂ֨ר adj 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 24:5 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs "You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
- Leviticus 27:7 עָשָׂ֖ר 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 31 verses
- Numbers 1:44 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.
- Numbers 7:3 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 7:72 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher
- Numbers 7:78 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
- Numbers 7:84 עֶשְׂרֵ֗ה עָשָׂ֔ר עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
- Numbers 7:86 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
- Numbers 7:87 עָשָׂ֣ר עָשָׂר֙ עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;
- Numbers 9:3 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season-- according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
- Numbers 9:5 עָשָׂ֨ר adj Cardinal number ms They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
- Numbers 9:11 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms In the second month, on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
- Numbers 16:49 עָשָׂ֛ר adj Cardinal number ms Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
- Numbers 17:2 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod.
- Numbers 17:6 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
- Numbers 28:16 עָשָׂ֛ר adj Cardinal number ms In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh's Passover.
- Numbers 28:17 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
- Numbers 29:12 עָשָׂ֨ר adj Cardinal number ms 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 29:13 עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
- Numbers 29:14 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
- Numbers 29:15 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
- Numbers 29:17 עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:20 עָשָׂ֖ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:23 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:26 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:29 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:32 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 31:5 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- Numbers 31:40 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons.
- Numbers 31:46 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms and sixteen thousand persons),
- Numbers 31:52 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
- Numbers 33:3 עָשָׂ֛ר adj 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,
- Numbers 33:9 עֶשְׂרֵ֞ה adj Cardinal number fs They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:2 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:3 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;
- Deuteronomy 1:23 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Joshua 24 verses
- Joshua 3:12 עָשָׂ֣ר adj Cardinal number ms Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
- Joshua 4:2 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- Joshua 4:3 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs and command you them, saying, Take hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you shall lodge this night.
- Joshua 4:4 הֶֽ/עָשָׂר֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
- Joshua 4:8 עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
- Joshua 4:9 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
- Joshua 4:20 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
- Joshua 5:10 עָשָׂ֨ר adj Cardinal number ms The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
- Joshua 8:25 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
- Joshua 15:36 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:41 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:51 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
- Joshua 18:24 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
- Joshua 18:28 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- Joshua 19:6 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
- Joshua 19:15 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:22 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:38 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth Anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:4 עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:6 עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
- Joshua 21:7 עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- Joshua 21:19 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:33 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
- Joshua 21:40 עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
Judges 7 verses
- Judges 3:14 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
- Judges 8:10 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms 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 10:8 עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה adj Cardinal number fs They vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
- Judges 19:29 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
- Judges 20:25 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:44 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
- Judges 21:10 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:15 עָשָׂ֣ר עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 2:30 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 9:10 עָשָׂ֛ר 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 10:6 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 17:1 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- 2 Samuel 19:17 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms 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.
1 Kings 21 verses
- 1 Kings 4:7 עָשָׂ֤ר adj Cardinal number ms Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- 1 Kings 4:26 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- 1 Kings 6:38 עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה adj Cardinal number fs In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
- 1 Kings 7:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
- 1 Kings 7:3 עָשָׂ֖ר 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 7:15 עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
- 1 Kings 7:25 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.
- 1 Kings 7:44 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
- 1 Kings 8:65 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
- 1 Kings 10:20 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.
- 1 Kings 10:26 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 11:30 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
- 1 Kings 12:32 עָשָׂר֩ adj 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 עָשָׂ֥ר adj 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 14:21 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. 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.
- 1 Kings 15:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה adj Cardinal number fs Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
- 1 Kings 16:23 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 18:31 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, Israel shall be your name.
- 1 Kings 19:19 עָשָׂ֤ר הֶ/עָשָׂ֑ר adj Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
- 1 Kings 22:48 עשר adj Cardinal number ms Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn't go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
- 1 Kings 22:51 עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה adj Cardinal number fs Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 Kings 25 verses
- 2 Kings 3:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
- 2 Kings 8:25 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
- 2 Kings 9:29 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Kings 13:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
- 2 Kings 13:10 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.
- 2 Kings 14:17 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה 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 14:21 עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 14:23 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה 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 15:2 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 15:33 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj 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 16:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 16:2 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Twenty years old was Ahaz 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 his God, like David his father.
- 2 Kings 17:1 עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה adj Cardinal number fs In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
- 2 Kings 18:13 עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
- 2 Kings 20:6 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ 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 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj 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 22:3 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,
- 2 Kings 23:23 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj Cardinal number fs but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 23:36 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ adj 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 24:8 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 24:18 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.
- 2 Kings 25:2 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- 2 Kings 25:8 עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:17 עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
- 2 Kings 25:27 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, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
1 Chronicles 44 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 עָשָׂר֙ adj Cardinal number ms Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:62 עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:63 עֶשְׂרֵֽה adj Cardinal number fs To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 עָשָׂ֥ר adj Cardinal number ms 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 9:22 עָשָׂ֑ר adj Cardinal number ms All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
- 1 Chronicles 12:13 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
- 1 Chronicles 12:31 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
- 1 Chronicles 15:10 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 18:12 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 24:4 עָשָׂ֔ר adj Cardinal number ms There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
- 1 Chronicles 24:12 עָשָׂ֔ר עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
- 1 Chronicles 24:13 עָשָׂ֔ר עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
- 1 Chronicles 24:14 עָשָׂ֔ר עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- 1 Chronicles 24:15 עָשָׂ֔ר עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
- 1 Chronicles 24:16 עָשָׂ֔ר adj Cardinal number ms the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 עָשָׂ֖ר adj Cardinal number ms All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 25:9 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:10 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:11 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:12 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:13 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:14 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:15 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:16 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:17 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:18 עָשָׂ֣ר עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:19 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:20 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:21 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:22 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:23 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:24 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:25 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:26 עָשָׂר֙ עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:27 עָשָֽׂר adj Cardinal number ms for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
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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
Strong's · 1890
teen[-th]
Modern gloss
teen
Strong's 1890 agrees
Strong's 1890 and current BDB scholarship align on this entry's primary sense — a good signal that the gloss above is unambiguous and stable.
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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).
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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.
