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Strong's H505 אֶלֶף (eleph)

Eleph means “thousand” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G505 — anypokritos (“unfeigned”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H505
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 389
Books 25

Strong's H505 Quick Answer

Strong's H505 אֶלֶף (eleph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. eleph (eh'-lef) n-m. 1. a thousand {the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, this was eventually used as a numeral} It has 389 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include thousand and thousands. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
eleph (eh'-lef) n-m. 1. a thousand {the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, this was eventually used as a numeral}
Usage
389 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
thousand and thousands

Meaning and Definition

eleph (eh'-lef) n-m. 1. a thousand {the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, this was eventually used as a numeral} [properly, the same as H504] KJV: thousand. Root(s): H504

Original Word
אֶלֶף
Transliteration
eleph
Derivation
Root: אלף First root strongs: 504
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H505. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H505 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eleph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

thousand Genesis 20:16 103× thousands Genesis 24:60 17×

How Strong's H505 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 389 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H505 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H505 in the Old Testament

389 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 20:16 KJV

And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

Genesis 24:60 KJV

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Exodus 12:37 KJV

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H505.

Genesis 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
Genesis 24:60 Old Testament, KJV
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Exodus 12:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Exodus 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Exodus 18:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 32:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Exodus 34:7 Old Testament, KJV
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exodus 38:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Exodus 38:26 Old Testament, KJV
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Exodus 38:28 Old Testament, KJV
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Exodus 38:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Numbers 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Numbers 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 1:25 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Numbers 1:27 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 1:29 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 1:31 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 1:33 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 1:35 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 1:37 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers 1:41 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 1:43 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 1:46 Old Testament, KJV
Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Numbers 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
Numbers 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
Numbers 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
Numbers 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
Numbers 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers 2:28 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 2:31 Old Testament, KJV
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
Numbers 2:32 Old Testament, KJV
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Numbers 3:22 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 3:28 Old Testament, KJV
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:34 Old Testament, KJV
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 3:39 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Numbers 3:43 Old Testament, KJV
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Numbers 3:50 Old Testament, KJV
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers 4:36 Old Testament, KJV
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Numbers 4:40 Old Testament, KJV
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Numbers 4:44 Old Testament, KJV
Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 4:48 Old Testament, KJV
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore,
Numbers 7:85 Old Testament, KJV
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Numbers 10:36 Old Testament, KJV
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Numbers 11:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Numbers 16:49 Old Testament, KJV
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Numbers 25:9 Old Testament, KJV
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Numbers 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
Numbers 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:25 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 26:27 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:34 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers 26:37 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
Numbers 26:41 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 26:43 Old Testament, KJV
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 26:47 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 26:50 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 26:51 Old Testament, KJV
These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Numbers 26:62 Old Testament, KJV
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Numbers 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
Numbers 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Numbers 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
Numbers 31:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
Numbers 31:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Numbers 31:33 Old Testament, KJV
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Numbers 31:34 Old Testament, KJV
And threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers 31:35 Old Testament, KJV
And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
Numbers 31:36 Old Testament, KJV
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Numbers 31:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
Numbers 31:39 Old Testament, KJV
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
Numbers 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Numbers 31:43 Old Testament, KJV
(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
Numbers 31:44 Old Testament, KJV
And thirty and six thousand beeves,
Numbers 31:45 Old Testament, KJV
And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
Numbers 31:46 Old Testament, KJV
And sixteen thousand persons;)
Numbers 31:48 Old Testament, KJV
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
Numbers 31:52 Old Testament, KJV
And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
Numbers 31:54 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Numbers 35:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
Numbers 35:5 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Deuteronomy 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Deuteronomy 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Deuteronomy 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Joshua 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Joshua 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Joshua 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
Joshua 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
Joshua 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
Joshua 8:25 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Joshua 22:14 Old Testament, KJV
And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
Joshua 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Joshua 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua 23:10 Old Testament, KJV
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Judges 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Judges 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
Judges 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Judges 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judges 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Judges 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Judges 8:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H505, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 10 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 82 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 11 usages, Old Testament
Judges 30 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 22 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 15 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 16 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 60 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 38 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 18 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 17 usages, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 21 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H505 FAQ

What does eleph (אֶלֶף) mean?

Eleph (Strong's H505) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "thousand". eleph (eh'-lef) n-m. 1. a thousand {the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, this was eventually used as a numeral}

How many times is eleph (אֶלֶף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 389 linked usages for Strong's H505 across 25 books.

Where can I study eleph (אֶלֶף) in context?

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What English words translate eleph (אֶלֶף)?

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