ʼălaph — H506

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, 1000

Usually translated as

thousand

Origin

(Aramaic) or ʼeleph; (Aramaic), corresponding to H505

• ʼeleph (H505)

Occurrences

ʼălaph occurs 4 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (2)

• Daniel 5:1 — Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand (אֲלַ֑ף) of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
• Daniel 5:1 — Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand (אַלְפָּ֖א).
• Daniel 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand (אֶ֤לֶף) thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Daniel 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands (אַלְפִין֙) ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.