עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym · H6242 · Hebrew · 315 occurrences
Meanings
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ten
State in which a countable entity is ten in number
ExamplesGenesis 31:41 “For these twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.
Leviticus 27:5 ‘And if the person is from five years even to twenty years old, then your assessment for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.
Judges 7:3 “Now therefore come, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and worried, is to return and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand from the people returned, but ten thousand remained.
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twenty
State in which a countable entity is twenty in number
ExamplesGenesis 8:14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Genesis 11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and fathered Terah;
Genesis 18:31 And he said, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the twenty.”
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָצֵרcourt, courtyard 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֵׁשׁsix 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָצָאto find 1
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What it is said to bePredicate
13 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַחֲלֹקֶתdivision 12
- נָצַחto direct, to oversee 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
9 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- נֶגֶדbefore, opposite 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָבוּרfor the sake of, so that 1
- עָרֵםheap 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- εἴκοσι eíkosi · G1501 · twenty
- εἴκοσι (eíkosi, G1501) is the standard Greek numeral equivalent for עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, H6242), both denoting the cardinal number twenty, with direct correspondence across Hebrew and Greek numeric systems in contexts ranging from census counts to measurements to chronological reckonings.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Quantity002001001046
- עֶשְׂרִים denotes the number twenty, a quantity term, illustrated at Genesis 18:31 ("suppose twenty are found there?") and Genesis 31:38/41 ("twenty years I have been with you").
- Frequency002001003009
- עֶשְׂרִים also occurs in serial date formulas marking a recurring numbered day or year (e.g. Genesis 8:14's "the twenty-seventh day of the month"), a frequency/sequence sense distinct from the plain cardinal quantity.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6242. esrim עֶשְׂרִים315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of עֶשֶׂר…
עֶשְׂרִים315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of עֶשֶׂר PräBAS i. 376; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic ; Assyrian ešrâ; Sabean עשרי HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic Aramaic עשרין, ; Nabataean עשרין); —
I. as cardinal: 1 without other number:
a. usually followed by singular noun (especially אַמָּה אִישׁ, שָׁנָה,, etc.) Gen 31:38; 1Sa 14:14; Exo 38:18 64t., + אֶלֶף עֶשְׂרִים20, 000 1Ch 18:4 1Ch 18:7t. + Eze 45:1 (reading אָ֑לֶף עֶשְׂרִים, see עֶשֶׂר 2b).
b. followed by plural noun 2Sa 3:20; Exo 36:23-24, Exo 36:25 Exo 36:4t.
c. followed by singular noun collective 1Ki 5:3.
d. plural noun precedes Gen 32:15 (twice in verse); Gen 32:16; 2Ch 3:3 2Ch 3:6t.
e. noun omitted Gen 18:31 (twice in verse) (׳הָע), 1Ki 6:2 1Ki 6:6t., as predicate Exo 27:10 (twice in verse); Exo 27:11 (twice in verse) + 4 t.
f. + בָּאַמָּה Zechariah 5:12.
2 + other number:
a. with units, usually 20 + (with וְ) unit + singular noun Jdg 10:2-3, 1Ki 14:20 58t. (including 20 1* 1000, etc., 27 t.); noun omitted Jos 15:32 Jos 15:2t. predicate; less often unit + 20 +? Gen 11:24; Exo 38:24; Num 8:24 (all P) + 27 t.; unit + 20 + בָּאַמָּה Eze 40:21; Exo 26:2; Exo 36:9 (both P).
b.20+? Num 7:8 (twice in verse) (P), 1Ch 2:22 1Ch 2:3t. Chronicles
c. plural noun + 20 +? Jos 19:30 (twice in verse); 1Ch 12:29 (van d. H. v.1Ch 12:28).
d. c. hundreds, 20 usually following; followed by singular noun 1Ki 9:14; Gen 6:3; Deu 31:2 Deu 31:7t.; noun omitted 2Ch 3:4; Ezr 2:32 = Neh 7:35; 20100(noun omitted) Num 7:86.
e. plural noun + 100 20 1Ch 15:5-6, — compare further מֵאָה.
II. as ordinal:
120alone, ע ׳בִּשְׁנַת in the twentieth year 1Ki 15:9 1Ki 15:4t.; noun omitted Num 10:11 Num 10:3t.
2. a.20+? Eze 29:17; Eze 40:1.
b. ns. + 20 +? Hag 1:15; 2Ch 7:10 +; ns. + unit + 20 Exo 12:8; בִּשְׁנַת20+? 1Ki 16:10, etc. — See references below עֶשֶׂר.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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