ʼeleph — H505

H505 · Hebrew — אלף

Pronunciation: eh'-lef

Definition

masculine noun

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

  1. a thousand
    1. as numeral
  2. a thousand, company
    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Usually translated as

thousand

Origin

prop, the same as H504

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼeleph occurs 503 times in 389 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (10), Numbers (82), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (11), Judges (30), 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 (7), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (21), Daniel (3), Amos (1), Micah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — E