Definition
prop, the same as H504; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Traditional renderings: thousand.
Traditional renderings: thousand.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֶ֫לֶף:
- χιλιάςchilias“thousand”45%
- χίλιοιchilioi“thousand”39%
- δισχίλιοιdischilioi“two thousand”5%
- τρισχίλιοιtrischilioi“three thousand”3%
- ἑπτακισχίλιοιheptakischilioi“seven thousand”3%
- χιλίαρχοςchiliarchos“military officer”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
506 total
- Daniel 8:14אַלְפַּ֖יִם · 2,300He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
- Daniel 12:11אֶ֖לֶף · there will be 1,290And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Daniel 12:12אֶ֕לֶף · of the 1,335Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
- Amos 5:3אֶ֖לֶף · a thousand strongThis is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will have but a hundred left, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
- Micah 5:2בְּאַלְפֵ֣י · among the clansBut you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
- Micah 6:7בְּאַלְפֵ֣י · with thousandsWould the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?