The meaning of “אֶלֶף”
Understanding ʼeleph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
prop, the same as אֶלֶף thousand. - hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually use...
אֶלֶף
prop, the same as אֶלֶף thousand. - hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 24:60 | “And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.” Word: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) | |
| Judges 16:27 | “Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.” Word: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) | |
| 1 Chronicles 19:6 | “And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.” Word: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) | |
| Job 33:23 | “If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:” Word: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) | |
| Jeremiah 52:28 | “This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:” Word: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) |