אֶ֫לֶף

e.lephthousandHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun506 occurrences25 books391 verses

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֶ֫לֶף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

506 total
  1. Numbers 2:32אֲלָפִ֔ים
    These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
  2. Numbers 3:22אֲלָפִ֖ים
    The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.
  3. Numbers 3:28אֲלָפִים֙
    The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
  4. Numbers 3:34אֲלָפִ֖ים
    The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.
  5. Numbers 3:39אָֽלֶף׃ס
    The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
  6. Numbers 3:43אֶ֔לֶף
    The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.
  7. Numbers 3:50וָאֶ֖לֶף
    He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
  8. Numbers 4:36אַלְפַּ֕יִם · totaled 2,750
    And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750.
  9. Numbers 4:40אַלְפַּ֕יִם · totaled 2,630
    And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630.
  10. Numbers 4:44אֲלָפִ֖ים
    The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.
  11. Numbers 4:48אֲלָפִ֔ים
    And the number of men was 8,580.
  12. Numbers 7:85אַלְפַּ֥יִם · [was] two thousand
    Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
  13. Numbers 10:4אַלְפֵ֥י · of the clans
    But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
  14. Numbers 10:36אַלְפֵ֥י · thousands
    And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
  15. Numbers 11:21אֶ֙לֶף֙
    But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
  16. Numbers 16:49אֶ֖לֶף
    But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
  17. Numbers 25:9אָֽלֶף׃פ
    …but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
  18. Numbers 26:7אֶ֔לֶף
    These were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.
  19. Numbers 26:14אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.
  20. Numbers 26:18אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
  21. Numbers 26:22אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
  22. Numbers 26:25אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Issachar, and their registration numbered 64,300.
  23. Numbers 26:27אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered 60,500.
  24. Numbers 26:34אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Manasseh, and their registration numbered 52,700.
  25. Numbers 26:37אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
  26. Numbers 26:41אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
  27. Numbers 26:43אֶ֖לֶף
    All of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.
  28. Numbers 26:47אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered 53,400.
  29. Numbers 26:50אֶ֖לֶף
    These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.
  30. Numbers 26:51אֶ֖לֶף; וָאָ֑לֶף
    These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
  31. Numbers 26:62אֶ֔לֶף
    The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
  32. Numbers 31:4אֶ֚לֶף · a thousand men; אֶ֖לֶף
    Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
  33. Numbers 31:5מֵאַלְפֵ֣י · So a thousand men; אֶ֖לֶף; אֶ֖לֶף · thousand
    So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
  34. Numbers 31:6אֶ֥לֶף · the thousand
    And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
  35. Numbers 31:14הָאֲלָפִים֙ · of thousands
    But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
  36. Numbers 31:32אֶ֛לֶף; אֶ֖לֶף; אֲלָפִֽים׃
    …and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
  37. Numbers 31:33אָֽלֶף׃
    …72,000 cattle,
  38. Numbers 31:34אָֽלֶף׃
    …61,000 donkeys,
  39. Numbers 31:35אָֽלֶף׃
    …and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
  40. Numbers 31:36אֶ֙לֶף֙; אֶ֔לֶף; אֲלָפִ֖ים
    This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
  41. Numbers 31:38אָ֑לֶף
    …36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
  42. Numbers 31:39אֶ֖לֶף
    …30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,