מִסְפָּר miçpâr

Meaning

a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

In the King James Version: [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

Derivation: from H5608 (סָפַר);

Where it is used

• 1 Chronicles 7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
• 1 Chronicles 7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
• 1 Chronicles 9:28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
• 1 Chronicles 11:11 This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
• 1 Chronicles 12:23 Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
• 1 Chronicles 16:19 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
• 1 Chronicles 21:2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”
• 1 Chronicles 21:5 And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
• 1 Chronicles 22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.
• 1 Chronicles 22:16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
• 1 Chronicles 23:3 The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
• 1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 23:27 For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
• 1 Chronicles 23:31 Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
• 1 Chronicles 25:1 Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
• 1 Chronicles 25:7 Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.
• 1 Chronicles 27:1 This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:
• 1 Chronicles 27:23 David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
• 1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.
• 2 Chronicles 12:3 with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
• 2 Chronicles 26:11 Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
• 2 Chronicles 26:12 The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
• 2 Chronicles 29:32 The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 35:7 From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
• Ezra 1:9 This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
• Ezra 2:2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
• Ezra 3:4 They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
• Ezra 8:34 Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.
• Nehemiah 7:7 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
• Esther 9:11 On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
• Job 1:5 And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
• Job 3:6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
• Job 5:9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
• Job 9:10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
• Job 14:5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
• Job 15:20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
• Job 16:22 For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
• Job 21:21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
• Job 21:33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
• Job 25:3 Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
• Job 31:37 I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
• Job 36:26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
• Job 38:21 Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!
• Psalms 40:12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
• Psalms 104:25 Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
• Psalms 105:12 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
• Psalms 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
• Psalms 147:4 He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
• Psalms 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
• Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
• Ecclesiastes 5:18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
• Song of Solomon 6:8 There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
• Isaiah 10:19 The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
• Isaiah 21:17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
• Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
• Jeremiah 2:28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
• Jeremiah 2:32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
• Jeremiah 11:13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
• Jeremiah 44:28 Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!