מִסְפָּר (mis.par) means “number” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: mis-pawr' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מִסְפָּר · mis.par · number
1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation
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from H5608 (סָפַר); a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
KJV glosses: [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| according to the number | 14 |
| counting | 13 |
| number | 10 |
| the number | 8 |
| and the number | 4 |
| in number | 4 |
| during the few | 3 |
| as numerous | 2 |
| is the list | 2 |
| one for each | 2 |
| only a few | 2 |
| the total | 2 |
| their number | 2 |
| this is the count | 2 |
| a few | 1 |
| a given number of | 1 |
| account | 1 |
| also corresponded to the number | 1 |
| and more | 1 |
| and the length | 1 |
| and the total number | 1 |
| and were counted off | 1 |
| are as many | 1 |
| as recorded | 1 |
| based on the number | 1 |
| be counted | 1 |
| be few | 1 |
| be numbered | 1 |
| by number | 1 |
| count them | 1 |
| determined by the number | 1 |
| during the | 1 |
| for only a few | 1 |
| for the number | 1 |
| in all | 1 |
| in any | 1 |
| in keeping with the | 1 |
| in the census | 1 |
| in the numbers | 1 |
| limit | 1 |
| listed | 1 |
| listing | 1 |
| many | 1 |
| measure | 1 |
| or number | 1 |
| so few | 1 |
| strands of hair | 1 |
| the numbers | 1 |
| they numbered | 1 |
| this is the list | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was the inventory | 1 |
| was verified by number | 1 |
| were counted | 1 |
| were numbered | 1 |
| when the number | 1 |
| with the number | 1 |
| yet the number | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| according to the number | 20 |
| the number | 19 |
| according to their number | 9 |
| and the number | 6 |
| by number | 6 |
| without number | 6 |
| in number | 5 |
| to the number | 5 |
| all | 3 |
| innumerable | 3 |
| of them according to the number | 3 |
| according unto the number | 2 |
| and the time | 2 |
| number | 2 |
| the sum | 2 |
| a few | 1 |
| after the number | 1 |
| after their number | 1 |
| and that without number | 1 |
| and their number | 1 |
| and without number | 1 |
| any number | 1 |
| be few | 1 |
| by a certain number | 1 |
| by tale | 1 |
| by the number | 1 |
| for innumerable | 1 |
| him when the number | 1 |
| in abundance | 1 |
| in the account | 1 |
| in the number | 1 |
| infinite | 1 |
| into the number | 1 |
| neither was the number | 1 |
| no number | 1 |
| not neither can the number | 1 |
| not the number | 1 |
| numbered | 1 |
| of the number | 1 |
| of you according to your whole number | 1 |
| shall be according unto the number | 1 |
| shall be few | 1 |
| so the number | 1 |
| the numbers | 1 |
| the telling | 1 |
| the whole number | 1 |
| unto him the number | 1 |
| was a few | 1 |
| was in number | 1 |
| were without number | 1 |
| when a few | 1 |
| when ye were but few | 1 |
| whose number | 1 |
| with the number | 1 |
| yet the number | 1 |
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The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
Read word by word“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
Read word by wordThe number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
Read word by wordAnd the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
Read word by wordAnd the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Read word by wordSo they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
Read word by wordAnd there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
Read word by wordSo the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”
Read word by wordAnd Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
Read word by wordAnd Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
Read word by wordThe sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
Read word by wordAll these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
Read word by wordSome of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
Read word by wordThis is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
Read word by wordNow these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.24
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
Read word by wordSo David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
Read word by wordAnd Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
Read word by wordand more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
Read word by wordin gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
Read word by wordThe Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Read word by wordThese were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordFor according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
Read word by wordWhenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
Read word by wordAdditionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Read word by wordTogether with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.
Read word by wordThis is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:
Read word by wordDavid did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
Read word by wordJoab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.
Read word by wordwith 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
Read word by wordUzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
Read word by wordThe total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
Read word by wordThe number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
Read word by wordFrom his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
Read word by wordThis was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
Read word by wordaccompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
Read word by wordThey also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
Read word by wordEverything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.
Read word by wordaccompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
Read word by wordOn that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
Read word by wordAnd when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Read word by wordIf only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Read word by wordthe One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Read word by wordHe does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
Read word by wordSince his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Read word by wordA wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
Read word by wordFor when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Read word by wordFor what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Read word by wordThe clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Read word by wordCan His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
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