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

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

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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1 Chronicles 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 27:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, from the family of Othniel. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 28:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.
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1 Chronicles 29:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
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1 Chronicles 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the leaders of the families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.
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1 Chronicles 29:7 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
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1 Chronicles 29:21 · BSB · 3 occurrences
The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
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2 Chronicles 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
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2 Chronicles 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar at the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
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2 Chronicles 1:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 2:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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Source alternate reference: 2.1
2 Chronicles 2:10 · BSB · 4 occurrences
I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”
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Source alternate reference: 2.9
2 Chronicles 2:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
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Source alternate reference: 2.16
2 Chronicles 2:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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Source alternate reference: 2.17
2 Chronicles 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
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2 Chronicles 7:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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2 Chronicles 9:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
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2 Chronicles 12:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
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2 Chronicles 13:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
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2 Chronicles 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
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2 Chronicles 14:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
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Source alternate reference: 14.7
2 Chronicles 14:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
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Source alternate reference: 14.8
2 Chronicles 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
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2 Chronicles 17:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
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2 Chronicles 17:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
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2 Chronicles 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;
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2 Chronicles 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.
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2 Chronicles 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
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2 Chronicles 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
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2 Chronicles 25:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
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2 Chronicles 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
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2 Chronicles 25:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,
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2 Chronicles 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
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2 Chronicles 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.
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2 Chronicles 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
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2 Chronicles 26:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
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2 Chronicles 27:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
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2 Chronicles 28:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 28:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria.
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2 Chronicles 29:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the consecrated offerings were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.
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2 Chronicles 30:24 · BSB · 4 occurrences
For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.
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2 Chronicles 35:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
From 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.
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