The meaning of “חֲמִשִּׁים”
Understanding chămishshîym reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
multiple of חָמֵשׁ fifty. - fifty 1) fifty 1a) fifty (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of fifty (with other numbers) 1c) ...
חֲמִשִּׁים
multiple of חָמֵשׁ fifty. - fifty 1) fifty 1a) fifty (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of fifty (with other numbers) 1c) fiftieth (ordinal number)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 9:29 | “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. ” Word: חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym) | |
| Numbers 4:30 | “From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.” Word: חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym) | |
| 1 Samuel 8:12 | “And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.” Word: חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym) | |
| 2 Kings 2:17 | “And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.” Word: חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym) | |
| Ezra 2:31 | “The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.” Word: חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym) |