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H505 · אֶלֶף

ʼeleph · eh'-lef · thousand

H505 (ʼeleph, pronounced eh'-lef) is the Hebrew word אֶלֶף in Strong’s dictionary: hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand. It appears 505 times in 390 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
אֶלֶף (Hebrew)
Transliteration
ʼeleph
Pronunciation
eh'-lef
Derivation
prop, the same as H504 (אֶלֶף);
Definition
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Rendered in the KJV
thousand.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

505 occurrences in 390 verses (231 with English words of their own, 274 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

By book

Genesis 2 · Exodus 9 · Numbers 82 · Deuteronomy 6 · Joshua 11 · Judges 31 · 1 Samuel 22 · 2 Samuel 15 · 1 Kings 16 · 2 Kings 9 · 1 Chronicles 60 · 2 Chronicles 38 · Ezra 18 · Nehemiah 17 · Esther 2 · Job 4 · Psalms 8 · Ecclesiastes 2 · Song of Solomon 3 · Isaiah 5 · Jeremiah 3 · Ezekiel 21 · Daniel 3 · Amos 1 · Micah 2

First 30 of 390 verses

Related words

Numbers that share a root with H505.

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