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H0505Gאֶ֫לֶףe.leph

thousandPart of speech: Hebrew Noun

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 102
  5. 6
  6. 9
  7. 34
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 26
  10. 19
  11. 21
  12. 11
  13. 81
  14. 62
  15. 19
  16. 17
  17. 2
  18. 8
  19. 8
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. 5
  24. 3
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 40
  27. 3
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H0505

  • H0505Hאֶ֫לֶףe.lephthousand: clanH:N-MOccurrences: 10

496 occurrences in 381 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Judges 20:10

    and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the wan

    לָאֶ֙לֶף֙ (אֶ֙לֶף֙) 'E.lef “thousand”וְאֶ֣לֶף (אֶ֣לֶף) 'E.lef “one thousand”

  2. Judges 20:15

    And the children of Benjamin numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men.

    אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  3. Judges 20:17

    And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these were men of war.

    אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  4. Judges 20:21

    And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

    אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  5. Judges 20:25

    And 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.

    אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  6. Judges 20:34

    And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.

    אֲלָפִ֨ים 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”

  7. Judges 20:35

    And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men; all these drew the sword.

    אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  8. Judges 20:44

    And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

    אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  9. Judges 20:45

    And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.

    אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”אַלְפַּ֥יִם 'al.Pa.yim “two thousand”

  10. Judges 20:46

    So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

    אֶ֥לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  11. Judges 21:10

    And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying: 'Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

    אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  12. 1 Samuel 4:2

    And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel; and when the battle was spread, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

    אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”

  13. 1 Samuel 4:10

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

    אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  14. 1 Samuel 6:19

    And He smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had gazed upon the ark of the LORD, even He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because the LORD had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

    אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”

  15. 1 Samuel 8:12

    And he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

    אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim “thousands”

  16. 1 Samuel 11:8

    And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

    אֶ֔לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”אָֽלֶף׃ 'A.lef “thousand”

  17. 1 Samuel 13:2

    And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

    אֲלָפִים֮ 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”אַלְפַּ֗יִם 'al.Pa.yim “two thousand”וְאֶ֗לֶף (אֶ֗לֶף) 'E.lef “one thousand”

  18. 1 Samuel 13:5

    And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.

    אֶ֤לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”אֲלָפִים֙ 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”

  19. 1 Samuel 15:4

    And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

    אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef “thousand”אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”

  20. 1 Samuel 17:5

    And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

    אֲלָפִ֥ים 'a.la.Fim “thousand<s>”

  21. 1 Samuel 17:18

    And bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and to thy brethren shalt thou bring greetings, and take their pledge;

    הָאָ֑לֶף (אָ֑לֶף) 'A.lef “thousand”

  22. 1 Samuel 18:7

    And the women sang one to another in their play, and said: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

    בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו (אֲלָפָ֔י) 'el.fo “thousands”

  23. 1 Samuel 18:8

    And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said: 'They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands; and all he lacketh is the kingdom!'

    הָאֲלָפִ֑ים (אֲלָפִ֑ים) 'a.la.Fim “thousands”

  24. 1 Samuel 18:13

    Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

    אָ֑לֶף 'A.lef “a thousand”

  25. 1 Samuel 21:12

    And the servants of Achish said unto him: 'Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'

    בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו (אֲלָפָ֔י) 'a.la.fo “thousands”