Châmêsh — H2568

H2568 · Hebrew — חמש

Pronunciation: khaw-maysh'

Definition

masculine noun

five

  1. five
    1. five (cardinal number)
    2. a multiple of five (with another number)
    3. fifth (ordinal number)

Usually translated as

five, fifteen, fifth, fif

Origin

masculine chămishshâh; a primitive numeral

Occurrences

Châmêsh occurs 343 times in 272 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (22), Exodus (24), Leviticus (7), Numbers (48), Joshua (9), Judges (9), 1 Samuel (9), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (13), 2 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (21), Ezra (9), Nehemiah (9), Esther (5), Job (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (45), Daniel (1), Hosea (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C