The meaning of “תֵּשַׁע”
Understanding têshaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה tishʻâh (tishaw'); perhaps from שָׁעָה through the idea of a turn to the next or full number te...
תֵּשַׁע
or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה tishʻâh (tishaw'); perhaps from שָׁעָה through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten nine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th). - nine or (ordinal) ninth 1) nine, nonad 1a) nine (as cardinal number) 1b) ninth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 5:27 | “And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.” Word: תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ) | |
| Leviticus 25:8 | “And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.” Word: תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ) | |
| Deuteronomy 3:11 | “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.” Word: תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ) | |
| Judges 4:13 | “And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.” Word: תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ) | |
| 2 Kings 18:2 | “Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.” Word: תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ) |