e.leph H505

אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) means “thousand” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֶ֫לֶף Hebrew · H505 506 tagged occurrences in 391 verses

Pronunciation guide: eh'-lef Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0505G

אֶ֫לֶף · e.leph · thousand

: thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

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TBESH · H0505H

אֶ֫לֶף · e.leph · thousand: clan

: clan 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

prop, the same as H504 (אֶלֶף); hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

KJV glosses: thousand.

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How translators render H505

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
thousand	59
a thousand	24
of thousands	21
and	7
two thousand	7
and a thousand	4
for a thousand	4
a thousand cubits	3
his thousands	3
of the clans	3
thousand men	3
thousands	3
to a thousand generations	3
a thousand shekels	2
among the clans	2
the eleven	2
totaled	2
a thousand chariots	1
a thousand men	1
a thousand pieces	1
a thousand strong	1
a thousand to flight	1
about a thousand	1
along with a thousand	1
among a thousand	1
and by thousands	1
and clans	1
and repaired a thousand	1
and thousands	1
and two thousand	1
are the thousands	1
clans	1
commanders	1
eleven hundred shekels	1
more	1
my clan	1
of a thousand men	1
of about two thousand	1
of men	1
of the	1
of their unit	1
on a thousand	1
out of every thousand	1
so a thousand men	1
than a thousand elsewhere	1
than thousands of pieces	1
the clans	1
the thousand	1
the thousand shekels	1
there were	1
there will be	1
though a thousand	1
thousand cors	1
thousand of us	1
thousand shekels	1
thousand will flee	1
to thousands	1
two	1
valued at	1
was	1
was two thousand	1
were over the units	1
with	1
with a thousand	1
with the shekels	1
with thousands	1
worth a thousand shekels	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
thousand	335
a thousand	51
two thousand	17
of thousands	14
and a thousand	8
over thousands	7
and two thousand	5
of a thousand	4
of the thousands	4
his thousands	3
thousands	3
to a thousand	3
unto thousands	3
among a thousand	2
among the thousands	2
and by thousands	2
and he had a thousand	2
from him a thousand	2
over a thousand	2
the eleven hundred	2
thee two thousand	2
were a thousand	2
were two thousand	2
also about a thousand	1
and by your thousands	1
and of the thousand	1
and one thousand	1
at a thousand	1
behold my family	1
between you and it about two thousand	1
for a thousand	1
for thousands	1
him out throughout all the thousands	1
make you a thousand	1
of us eleven hundred	1
out of the thousands	1
over the thousands	1
shall be where there were a thousand	1
shall become a thousand	1
than a thousand	1
the thousands	1
thereof and a thousand	1
to the thousand	1
unto me than thousands	1
unto me unto two thousand	1
upon a thousand	1
was a thousand	1
with thousands	1
with twelve hundred	1

Verses containing H505

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2 Kings 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
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2 Kings 19:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
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2 Kings 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
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2 Kings 24:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
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1 Chronicles 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
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1 Chronicles 5:21 · BSB · 4 occurrences
They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,
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1 Chronicles 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.
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1 Chronicles 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
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1 Chronicles 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
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1 Chronicles 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
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1 Chronicles 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
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1 Chronicles 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
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1 Chronicles 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All 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.
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1 Chronicles 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
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1 Chronicles 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
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Source alternate reference: 12.15
1 Chronicles 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
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Source alternate reference: 12.21
1 Chronicles 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
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Source alternate reference: 12.25
1 Chronicles 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
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Source alternate reference: 12.26
1 Chronicles 12:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Levi: 4,600,
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Source alternate reference: 12.27
1 Chronicles 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,
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Source alternate reference: 12.28
1 Chronicles 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.
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Source alternate reference: 12.30
1 Chronicles 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
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Source alternate reference: 12.31
1 Chronicles 12:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.
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Source alternate reference: 12.32
1 Chronicles 12:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
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Source alternate reference: 12.34
1 Chronicles 12:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
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Source alternate reference: 12.35
1 Chronicles 12:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
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Source alternate reference: 12.36
1 Chronicles 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
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Source alternate reference: 12.37
1 Chronicles 12:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
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Source alternate reference: 12.38
1 Chronicles 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
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1 Chronicles 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
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1 Chronicles 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
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1 Chronicles 18:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
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1 Chronicles 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
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1 Chronicles 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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1 Chronicles 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
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1 Chronicles 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
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1 Chronicles 19:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
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1 Chronicles 21:5 · BSB · 4 occurrences
And 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.
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1 Chronicles 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
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1 Chronicles 22:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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1 Chronicles 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
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1 Chronicles 23:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
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1 Chronicles 23:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
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1 Chronicles 26:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
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1 Chronicles 26:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.
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1 Chronicles 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
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1 Chronicles 27:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This 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:
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1 Chronicles 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division for the second month, and Mikloth was the leader. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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