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Saturday, December 21st, 2024
the Third Week of Advent

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #504 - אֶלֶף

Transliteration

ʼeleph

Phonetics

eh'-lef

Origin

from (H502)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

108a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

cattle, oxen
1. in farming
2. as a possession

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5022 ‑ ταῦρος (tow'‑ros);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (7)

Deuteronomy 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

CSB (6)

Deuteronomy 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

ESV (8)

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

KJV (8)

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

LEB (8)

Deuteronomy 4

Judges 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

LSB (7)

Deuteronomy 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

N95 (6)

Deuteronomy 4

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

NAS (7)

Deuteronomy 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (7)

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2001) p l a (אלפ ALP) AC: Guide CO: Yoke AB: Learn: The yoke of the oxen, the yoke of learning. An older experienced ox is yoked to a younger inexperienced one in order to teach it how to pull a load. A thousand, as a large number of oxen. [from: la- an ox as wearing a yoke for work] (eng: elephant)

V) p l a (אלפ ALP) - I. Learn:To learn by example in the sense of being yoked to another. II. Thousand:To make or bring forth a thousand, a thousand-fold. KJV (5): (vf: Hiphil, Paal, Piel) teach, learn, utter, bring forth thousands - Strongs: H502 (אָלַף), H503 (אָלַף)

N^m) p l a (אלפ ALP) - I. Ox: II. Thousand:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (517): kine, oxen, family - Strongs: H504 (אֶלֶף), H505 (אֶלֶף), H506 (אֶלֶף)

d^m) p f l a (אלופ ALWP) - Guide: One who is yoked to another to lead and teach. KJV (69): duke, guide, friend, governor, captain, ox - Strongs: H441 (אַלֻּף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [ֶ֫ אלֶף] noun masculine^{Psalm 8:8}; only plural cattle (Phoenician אלף, Assyrian alpu, COT^Gloss) — אֲלָפִים Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 30:24 used in tillage; subject to man Psalm 8:8 ("" צֹנֶה); their increase שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ a blessing Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4,18,51 ("" all עַשְׁתִּרֹת צאֹנֶ֑ךָ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶלֶף , אֲלַף Ch. a thousand, Daniel 5:1, 7:10.

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List of Word Forms

אֲ֭לָפִים אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ אֲלָפֶ֙יךָ֙ אַלְפִּי֙ אלפי אלפיך אלפים וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים וַאֲלָפִ֣ים ואלפים והאלפים ’ă·lā·p̄e·ḵā ’ă·lā·p̄îm ’al·pî ’ălāp̄eḵā ’ălāp̄îm ’alpî alaFeicha Alafim alPi vaalaFim vehaalaFim wa’ălāp̄îm wa·’ă·lā·p̄îm wə·hā·’ă·lā·p̄îm wəhā’ălāp̄îm