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Strong's #2568 - חֲמִשָּׁה

Transliteration

châmêsh

Phonetics

khaw-maysh', kham-ish-shaw'

Origin

a primitive numeral

Parts of Speech

masculine/feminine noun

TWOT

686a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

five
1. five (cardinal number)
2. a multiple of five (with another number)
3. fifth (ordinal number)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (322)

Genesis 22

Exodus 28

Leviticus 8

Numbers 70

Joshua 10

Judges 8

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 18

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 28

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 9

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 55

Daniel 1

BSB (250)

Genesis 25

Exodus 33

Leviticus 8

Numbers 73

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 30

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 8

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 60

Daniel 1

Hosea 1

CSB (119)

Genesis 24

Exodus 31

Leviticus 8

Numbers 72

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 30

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 8

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 57

Daniel 1

Hosea 1

ESV (154)

Genesis 25

Exodus 33

Leviticus 8

Numbers 71

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 30

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 9

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 58

Daniel 1

Hosea 1

KJV (342)

Genesis 25

Exodus 33

Leviticus 8

Numbers 72

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 18

2 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 30

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 9

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 60

Daniel 1

Hosea 1

LEB (285)

Genesis 23

Exodus 33

Leviticus 6

Numbers 70

Joshua 8

Judges 7

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 4

1 Kings 16

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 20

Ezra 3

Nehemiah 1

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 52

Hosea 1

LSB (156)

Genesis 8

Exodus 23

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 7

Judges 5

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 11

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 14

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 13

N95 (174)

Genesis 14

Exodus 25

Leviticus 4

Numbers 42

Joshua 7

Judges 5

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 12

2 Kings 5

1 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 14

Esther 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 19

NAS (179)

Genesis 23

Exodus 33

Leviticus 8

Numbers 71

Joshua 9

Judges 9

1 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 19

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 29

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 9

Esther 5

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 58

Daniel 1

Hosea 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (330)

Genesis 22

Exodus 32

Leviticus 8

Numbers 70

Joshua 10

Judges 9

1 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 5

1 Kings 18

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 30

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 9

Esther 4

Job 2

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 58

Daniel 1

ASV (322)

about five 1

against the five 1

and fifth 1

and five 114

and his fifteen 1

and if it be from five 1

and in the fifth 1

and on the fifteenth 3

and the fifteenth 1

and the five 4

and their five 1

and there are yet five 1

and these five 1

and when the five 1

belonging to the five 1

by five 1

each five 1

even unto five 1

fifteen 5

five 99

five of them in all 1

for five 1

for lack of five 1

for the fifteenth 1

for the passover-offerings five 1

had fifteen 1

he was five 2

him five 1

howbeit on the fifteenth 1

i pray thee, five 1

in the fifteenth 2

in the fifth 1

in the five 2

me five 1

nor five 1

of each of them was five 1

of fifteen 2

of five 6

of the five 3

on the fifteenth 4

on the one side, and five 1

on this side, and five 1

or five 1

shall be fifteen 1

shall be five 3

shall have five 1

side, and five 1

the fifteenth 1

the five 4

thee; for there are yet five 1

them on five 1

then the five 1

there shall be five 1

therefore the five 1

thereof was five 2

thereof, and five 1

thereof; and on the fifteenth 1

those five 2

unto the five 1

was five 14

were about five 1

were five 4

when he was five 1

with five 1

with them, about fifteen 1

BSB (250)

1,365 1

205 1

35 1

35,400 1

45,650 1

5,000 2

5,000{} 2

5,400 1

500 4

595 1

75,000 1

815 1

about five 1

also measured five 1

an adjacent area 25,000 cubits 1

an area 5,000 cubits 1

and 2

and 25,000 cubits 2

and 25,000 cubits long 1

and 4,500 cubits 1

and fifteenth 1

and five 24

and five others 1

and his fifteen 1

and the five 1

and the other five 2

and their five 1

and there were five 1

and there will be five 1

and when the five 1

as well as five 1

as well as the five 1

belonging to the five 1

by 25,000 cubits 1

by five 1

cubits 7

cubits long 3

each five 1

eighty-five 1

every five 1

fifteen 5

fifteen cubits long 1

five 82

five in all 1

five loaves of 1

for fifteen 2

for fifteen shekels 1

for five 1

for the lack of five 1

from five 1

from the 25,000 cubits 2

had fifteen 1

had five 1

in the fifteenth 1

in the fifth 1

it will be 25,000 cubits 1

measured five 1

measuring five 1

men twenty-five 1

numbered 2

of 25,000 cubits 1

of about fifteen 1

of fifteen 1

of five 1

of the entrance were fifteen 1

of the fifteenth 1

on the fifteenth 11

on the fifth 3

on the fifth day 1

or five 1

shall be 25,000 cubits 1

shall have an area 1

shekels 2

so the five 2

sold for five shekels 1

that begins on the fifteenth 1

that of the five 1

the fifteenth 2

the five 3

the ground five 1

then the five 1

there were 1

there will be five 1

to be five 5

was five 9

was seventy-five 1

were also fifteen 1

were five 1

which will be 4,500 cubits long 2

will be 25,000 cubits 1

CSB (119)

five 104

the fifth 5

the five 10

ESV (154)

fifth 5

five 149

KJV (342)

* 24

cubits 1

day 2

fifteen 6

fifteenth 1

fifth 6

five 300

to 2

LEB (285)

⌊five 1

⌊on the fifteenth⌋ 1

⌊was five 1

a portion five 1

about fifteen 1

about five 1

along with five of 1

and an area twenty-five 1

and fifteen 2

and fifteen of 1

and five 42

and it was five 1

and it was twenty-five 1

and on the fifteenth 1

and the five 4

and their five 1

are forty-five 1

are thirty-five 1

as five 2

but there will be five 1

by twenty five 1

cubits by five 1

fifteen 8

five 120

five he 12

five hundred cubits 1

five of 4

five shekels 1

five years 1

for himself five 1

for their five 1

for them five 1

forty-five 1

had fifteen 1

her for fifteen 1

in the fifteenth 2

now in the fifth 1

of five 1

of the fifteenth 1

on the ⌊fifteenth⌋ 1

on the fifteenth 6

on the fifteenth day 1

on the fifth 4

or five 2

structure was five 1

the dung of doves went for five 1

the fifteenth 2

the five 7

then on the fifteenth 1

there are five 1

therefore send five 1

to the fifteenth 1

tumors and five 1

twenty-five 7

was five 15

were fifteen 1

were five 4

will be fifteen 1

with five 1

LSB (156)

apiece 1

fifth 5

five 150

N95 (174)

apiece 1

fifth 5

five 168

NAS (179)

apiece 1

fifth 5

five 173

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (330)

* 2

about five 1

against the five 1

and bring those five 1

and five 39

and his fifteen 1

and the five 2

and the other five 2

and their five 1

and there are yet five 1

belonging to the five 1

each five 1

even to five 1

fifteen 4

fifth 1

five 181

five of them in all 1

five there 1

for five 2

for himself five 1

for lack of five 1

for the fifteenth 1

had fifteen 1

he was five 2

if the person is from five 1

in length by five 1

in the fifteenth 2

in the fifth 2

in the five 2

me five 1

nor five 1

of each of them was five 1

of fifteen 2

of five 2

of the gate shall be fifteen 1

on the fifteenth 5

or five 1

plus fifteen 1

shall be fifteen 1

the fifteenth 1

the five 6

them on five 1

then the five 2

there will be five 1

therefore the five 1

these five 1

to the five 1

was five 20

were fifteen 1

were five 4

when the five 1

with five 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2176) s m h (ההמסה HhMSh) AC: Grab CO: Fingers AB: ?: A grabbing of something with the fingers. Also the number five from the fingers of the hand.

V) s m h (ההמסה HhMSh) - Fifth: To take a fifth. [A denominative verb] KJV (1): (vf: Piel) fifth - Strongs: H2567 (חָמַשׁ)

N^m/f) s m h (ההמסה HhMSh) - Five: [Also meaning fifty when written in the plural form - mismh] KJV (505): five, fifth, fifty, fiftieth - Strongs: H2568 (חֲמִשָּׁה), H2572 (חֲמִשִּׁים)

d^m ) s f m h (ההמוסה HhMWSh) - Armed: One prepared for battle in the sense of grabbing weapons. KJV (4): armed, harness - Strongs: H2571 (חָמֻשׁ)

g^m) s m f h (ההומסה HhWMSh) - Fifth: KJV (5): fifth - Strongs: H2569 (חֹמֶשׁ), H2570 (חֹמֶשׁ)

bf^m) i s i m h (ההמיסהי HhMYShY) - Fifth: KJV (45): fifth - Strongs: H2549 (חֲמִשִּׁי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָמֵשׁ, חֲמִשָּׁה₃₄₂

noun masculine and feminine five (Late Hebrew id.; id.; Aramaic חֲמֵשׁ, חַמְשָׁא, , ; Phoenician חמשת; Palmyrene חמשא, with masculine noun, Reckend^{ZMG 1888,408}; Assyrian —amšu, —amiltu Dl^{§ 75}; Ethiopic Arabic , Sabean & Lihyânian חֿמס DHM^{ZMG xxix, 613}; Epigr. Denkm. 71,73); — masculine (c. noun feminine) absolute חָמֵשׁ Genesis 5:6 94t. + Ezekiel 40:30 (strike out ᵐ5^B Hi-Sm Co; Co strike out also in Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36) + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt (where read feminine with Qr); construct חֲמֵשׁ Genesis 5:10 67t. + Ezekiel 48:16 Kt; feminine (c.

noun masculine) absolute חֲמִשָּׁה see Lag^{BN 80} Genesis 18:28 139t. (including Ezekiel 8:16 strike out B Co and others); construct חֲמֵשֶׁת Numbers 3:47 (twice in verse) + 26t.; — on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below; — five, in Hexateuch chiefly P; —

1 without other numeral:

a.חָמֵשׁ before feminine plural noun Genesis 43:34 35t.; before collective noun צאֹן׳ח 1 Samuel 25:18; see also בָּאַמָּה׳ח five in cubit ( s) = five cubits 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; after noun (late) 2 Kings 8:16 (בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ לְיוֺרָם = in the fifth year) + 6t. Chronicles; no noun expressed 1 Kings 7:39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:49 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 3:20; 2 Chronicles 4:7 (twice in verse).

b.חֲמִשָּׁה before masculine plural noun Genesis 47:2 18t.; after noun Exodus 36:38 36t. Numbers (all P); no noun expressed Genesis 14:9 (only here with article) + 20t.

c. חֲמֵשׁ before noun (usually defined; except מֵאוֺת, אֲלָפִים, see 3,4) Exodus 26:3,9; Exodus 36:10,16 + Ezekiel 42:16 אַמּוֺת׳ח Kt, but Qr מאות׳ח, see below

d. חֲמֵשֶׁת חַמְּלָכִים Joshua 10:5 5t.; הָאֲנָשִׁים׳ח Judges 18:7,14,17; שׁקלים׳ח Numbers 18:16; also, distributive, שְׁקָלִים׳ח ׳ח Numbers 3:47; הַסְּרָנִים׳ח Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:18; ׳בני מ׳ח 2 Samuel 21:8.

e. = ordinal, בִּשְׁנַת חָמֵשׁ ליורם 2 Kings 8:16 the fifth (year) of Joram; בַּחֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ on the fifth (day) of the month Ezekiel 1:1,2; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 33:21; (so also 15th, 25th, etc.)

2׳ח combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten = fifteen:

a.חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה (c. noun feminine) Genesis 5:10; Genesis 7:20; Exodus 27:14,15; Exodus 38:14,15; 2 Kings 14:17,23; 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Chronicles 15:10; 25:25; Isaiah 38:5.

b. חֲמִשָּׁהעָשָׂר (c.

noun masculine), (1) after noun Esther 9:21; (2) before noun Exodus 16:1 ( = ordinal fifteenth, so Leviticus 23:6 +) Hosea 3:2 +.

c. חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר before noun 2 Samuel 19:18 +.

d.חֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר, without noun = ordinal fifteenth 1 Chronicles 24:14 4t. + Ezekiel 45:12 (read חֲמִשִּׁים A Hi Co).

3חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת = 500 Genesis 5:30,32 49t. + Ezekiel 42:16 Qr.

4 חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים = 5000 Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 17:5; Ezekiel 45:6; Ezekiel 48:15; 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 35:9; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:69; — in 25,000,35,000 etc. חֲמִשָּׁה (usually without ׳א) precedes the 20,000,30,000, etc.

5 with other numerals:

a.חָמֵשׁ before larger numeral: (1) noun repeated Genesis 5:6 4t.; (2) noun with 2nd number only, Genesis 5:17 8t. + Ezekiel 45:3 Kt; (3) noun with בְּ with 2nd number Ezekiel 40:21 2t.

b.חָמֵשׁ after larger number: (1) noun repeated Genesis 25:7; (2) noun following ׳ח (only) Judges 14:10 + (especially in expressions of age and duration); (3) noun before both Numbers , stative absolute, 2 Chronicles 3:15; stative construct 2 Chronicles 15:19.

c. no noun expressed, ׳ח between other number, e.g. ושׁבעים׳שֵׁשׁ מאות ח Numbers 31:37.

d. חֲמִשָּׁה before larger number, noun following larger number Numbers 1:25 22t.

e.׳ח follows, and (1) is followed by noun Judges 20:35 7t.; (2) noun precedes both 1 Kings 7:3; Jeremiah 52:30.

f. ׳ח precedes, no noun expressed 1 Kings 5:12.

g.׳ח follows, no noun expr Genesis 18:28 +.

h. no noun expressed ׳ח between other number Exodus 38:28; Ezra 2:5.

List of Word Forms

בַּחֲמִשָּֽׁה־ בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה בַּחֲמִשָּׁה֩ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־ בַּחֲמֵ֥שׁ בחמש בחמשה בחמשה־ הַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ החמשה׃ וְחָֽמֵשׁ־ וְחָמֵ֖שׁ וְחָמֵ֛שׁ וְחָמֵ֜שׁ וְחָמֵ֣שׁ וְחָמֵ֤שׁ וְחָמֵ֥שׁ וְחָמֵ֧שׁ וְחָמֵ֨שׁ וְחָמֵשׁ֙ וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ וַחֲמִשָּׁ֑ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ וַחֲמֵ֨שֶׁת וַחֲמֵ֨שׁ וַחֲמֵֽשֶׁת־ וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה וּבַחֲמִשָּׁה֩ ובחמשה וחמש וחמש־ וחמשה וחמשה׃ וחמשת וחמשת־ חְמֵ֥שׁ חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה חֲמִשָּׁה֙ חֲמִשָּׁה֩ חֲמִשָּׁה־ חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ חֲמֵ֣שׁ חֲמֵ֤שֶׁת חֲמֵ֤שׁ חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת חֲמֵ֥שׁ חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת חֲמֵ֧שׁ חֲמֵ֨שׁ חֲמֵֽשֶׁת־ חֲמֵשֶׁת־ חֲמֵשׁ חֲמֵשׁ־ חָֽמֵשׁ־ חָמֵ֔שׁ חָמֵ֗שׁ חָמֵ֜שׁ חָמֵ֞שׁ חָמֵ֣שׁ חָמֵ֤שׁ חָמֵ֥שׁ חָמֵ֧שׁ חָמֵ֨שׁ חָמֵֽשׁ׃ חָמֵשׁ֩ חמש חמש־ חמש׃ חמשה חמשה־ חמשה׃ חמשת חמשת־ כַּחֲמֵ֤שֶׁת כַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת כחמשת לַחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה לַחֲמֵ֣שֶׁת לחמשה לחמשת מֵחֲמֵ֖שׁ מחמש ba·ḥă·mêš ba·ḥă·miš·šāh ba·ḥă·miš·šāh- bachaMesh bachamishShah baḥămêš baḥămiššāh baḥămiššāh- chaMesh chaMeshet chamishShah cheMesh ha·ḥă·miš·šāh ḥă·mê·šeṯ ḥă·mê·šeṯ- ḥă·mêš ḥā·mêš ḥă·mêš- ḥā·mêš- ḥă·miš·šāh ḥă·miš·šāh- hachamishShah haḥămiššāh ḥămêš ḥāmêš ḥămêš- ḥāmêš- ḥămêšeṯ ḥămêšeṯ- ḥămiššāh ḥămiššāh- ḥə·mêš ḥəmêš ka·ḥă·mê·šeṯ kachaMeshet kaḥămêšeṯ la·ḥă·mê·šeṯ la·ḥă·miš·šāh lachaMeshet lachamishShah laḥămêšeṯ laḥămiššāh mê·ḥă·mêš mechaMesh mêḥămêš ū·ḇa·ḥă·miš·šāh ūḇaḥămiššāh uvachamishShah vachaMesh vachameshet vachamishShah vechaMesh wa·ḥă·mê·šeṯ wa·ḥă·mê·šeṯ- wa·ḥă·mêš wa·ḥă·miš·šāh waḥămêš waḥămêšeṯ waḥămêšeṯ- waḥămiššāh wə·ḥā·mêš wə·ḥā·mêš- wəḥāmêš wəḥāmêš-