אֶלֶף ʼeleph

Hebrew · Strong's H505 · pronounced eh'-lef · used 506 times in 391 verses

Meaning

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

In the King James Version: thousand.

Derivation: prop, the same as H504 (אֶלֶף);

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Where it is used

2 Chronicles 35:8 His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officials of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.
2 Chronicles 35:9 Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.
Ezra 1:9 This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
Ezra 1:10 30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
Ezra 1:11 In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:3 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
Ezra 2:6 the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
Ezra 2:7 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
Ezra 2:12 the descendants of Azgad, 1,222;
Ezra 2:14 the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;
Ezra 2:31 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
Ezra 2:35 and the descendants of Senaah, 3,630.
Ezra 2:37 the descendants of Immer, 1,052;
Ezra 2:38 the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;
Ezra 2:39 and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
Ezra 2:64 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
Ezra 2:65 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
Ezra 2:67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Ezra 2:69 According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.
Ezra 8:27 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
Nehemiah 3:13 The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
Nehemiah 7:8 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
Nehemiah 7:11 the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
Nehemiah 7:12 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
Nehemiah 7:17 the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;
Nehemiah 7:19 the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;
Nehemiah 7:34 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
Nehemiah 7:38 and the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.
Nehemiah 7:40 the descendants of Immer, 1,052;
Nehemiah 7:41 the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;
Nehemiah 7:42 and the descendants of Harim, 1,017.
Nehemiah 7:66 The whole assembly numbered 42,360,
Nehemiah 7:67 in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
Nehemiah 7:69 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Nehemiah 7:70 Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
Nehemiah 7:71 And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
Nehemiah 7:72 The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
Esther 3:9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
Esther 9:16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Job 1:3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Job 9:3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Job 33:23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Psalms 50:10 for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalms 68:17 The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalms 90:4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
Psalms 91:7 Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
Psalms 105:8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
Psalms 119:72 The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Ecclesiastes 6:6 even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
Ecclesiastes 7:28 While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
Song of Solomon 4:4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
Song of Solomon 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
Song of Solomon 8:12 But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
Isaiah 7:23 And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
Isaiah 30:17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
Isaiah 36:8 Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
Isaiah 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.