Definition
masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five
Traditional renderings: fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
Traditional renderings: fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָמֵשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
344 total
- Numbers 7:47חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.
- Numbers 7:53חֲמִשָּׁה֙ · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 7:59חֲמִשָּׁה֙ · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 7:65חֲמִשָּׁה֙ · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 7:71חֲמִשָּׁה֙ · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 7:77חֲמִשָּׁה֙ · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.
- Numbers 7:83חֲמִשָּׁה֙ · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה · five; חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה · and five…and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
- Numbers 8:24חָמֵ֨שׁ · Men twenty-five“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 11:19חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה · for fiveYou will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,
- Numbers 18:16חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת · fiveYou are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
- Numbers 26:18וַחֲמֵ֥שׁThese were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
- Numbers 26:22וַחֲמֵ֥שׁThese were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
- Numbers 26:27וַחֲמֵ֥שׁThese were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered 60,500.
- Numbers 26:37וַחֲמֵ֣שׁThese were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
- Numbers 26:41חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה · 45,600These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
- Numbers 26:50חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה · 45,400These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.
- Numbers 28:17וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה · On the fifteenthOn the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.
- Numbers 29:12וּבַחֲמִשָּׁה֩ · On the fifteenthOn the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
- Numbers 31:8חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת · the fiveAmong the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Numbers 31:28מֵחֲמֵ֖שׁ · every fiveSet aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
- Numbers 31:32וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־…and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
- Numbers 31:36וַחֲמֵ֥שׁThis was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
- Numbers 31:37חָמֵ֥שׁ…including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
- Numbers 31:39וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ…30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,
- Numbers 31:43וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ…this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
- Numbers 31:45וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ…30,500 donkeys,
- Numbers 33:3בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה · On the fifteenthOn the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
- Joshua 8:12כַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת · about fiveNow Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
- Joshua 10:5חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀ · So the fiveSo the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:16חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת · fiveNow the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:17חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת · The fiveAnd Joshua was informed: “The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”
- Joshua 10:22חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת · fiveThen Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.”
- Joshua 10:23חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת · fiveSo they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- Joshua 10:26חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה · fiveAfter this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
- Joshua 13:3חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀ · that of the five…from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- Joshua 14:10וְחָמֵ֜שׁ; חָמֵ֥שׁ · eighty-fiveNow behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Judges 3:3חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀ · the five…the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.