Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Hebrew Word Study

Strong's H6240 עָשָׂר (asar)

`asar - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Strong's Number H6240
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 290
Books 22

Strong's H6240 Quick Answer

Strong's H6240 עָשָׂר (`asar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `asar (aw-sawr') n-e. 1. ten 2. (only in combination), i.e. -teen It has 290 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include ten and four. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`asar (aw-sawr') n-e. 1. ten 2. (only in combination), i.e. -teen
Usage
290 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
ten and four

Meaning and Definition

`asar (aw-sawr') n-e. 1. ten 2. (only in combination), i.e. -teen 3. (ordinal) -teenth [for H6235] KJV: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th). Root(s): H6235

Original Word
עָשָׂר
Transliteration
`asar
Derivation
Root: עשׁר First root strongs: 6235
Morphology
n-e.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6240. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6240 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `asar, 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.

ten Exodus 15:27 four Exodus 26:8

How Strong's H6240 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 290 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6240 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 H6240 in the Old Testament

290 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 5:8 KJV

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

Genesis 5:10 KJV

And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 7:11 KJV

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6240.

Genesis 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Genesis 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Genesis 17:20 Old Testament, KJV
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Genesis 31:41 Old Testament, KJV
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 32:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis 35:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis 37:2 Old Testament, KJV
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 37:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Genesis 42:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis 42:32 Old Testament, KJV
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 46:18 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 46:22 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
Genesis 47:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Genesis 49:28 Old Testament, KJV
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Exodus 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Exodus 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Exodus 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
Exodus 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
Exodus 26:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Exodus 27:14 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:15 Old Testament, KJV
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Exodus 36:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Exodus 36:15 Old Testament, KJV
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
Exodus 36:30 Old Testament, KJV
And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
Exodus 38:14 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 39:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
Leviticus 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.
Leviticus 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:34 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:39 Old Testament, KJV
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Leviticus 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Leviticus 27:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Numbers 1:44 Old Testament, KJV
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Numbers 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
Numbers 7:72 Old Testament, KJV
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
Numbers 7:78 Old Testament, KJV
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
Numbers 7:84 Old Testament, KJV
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
Numbers 7:86 Old Testament, KJV
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
Numbers 7:87 Old Testament, KJV
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
Numbers 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
Numbers 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Numbers 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
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 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
Numbers 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
Numbers 28:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
Numbers 28:17 Old Testament, KJV
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Numbers 29:12 Old Testament, KJV
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
Numbers 29:13 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
Numbers 29:14 Old Testament, KJV
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
Numbers 29:15 Old Testament, KJV
And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
Numbers 29:17 Old Testament, KJV
And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
Numbers 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
Numbers 29:23 Old Testament, KJV
And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers 29:26 Old Testament, KJV
And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
Numbers 29:29 Old Testament, KJV
And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Numbers 31:46 Old Testament, KJV
And sixteen thousand persons;)
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 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
Numbers 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Deuteronomy 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
Deuteronomy 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
Deuteronomy 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Joshua 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Joshua 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Joshua 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Joshua 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
Joshua 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
Joshua 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Joshua 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
Joshua 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
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 15:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
Joshua 15:41 Old Testament, KJV
And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
Joshua 15:51 Old Testament, KJV
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
Joshua 18:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Joshua 18:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Joshua 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Joshua 19:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 19:38 Old Testament, KJV
And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Joshua 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Joshua 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Joshua 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Joshua 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:33 Old Testament, KJV
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Joshua 21:40 Old Testament, KJV
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
Judges 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
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 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
Judges 19:29 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
Judges 20:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
Judges 20:44 Old Testament, KJV
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Judges 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
2 Samuel 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
2 Samuel 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
2 Samuel 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Samuel 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel 17:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2 Samuel 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
1 Kings 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
1 Kings 4:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6240, grouped by book.

Genesis 23 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 17 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 6 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 31 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 24 usages, Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 20 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 25 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 44 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 25 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 9 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Esther 11 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 12 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 16 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6240 FAQ

What does asar (עָשָׂר) mean?

Strong's H6240 is a Hebrew entry for H6240 עָשָׂר (`asar). `asar (aw-sawr') n-e. 1. ten 2. (only in combination), i.e. -teen

How many times is asar (עָשָׂר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 290 linked usages for Strong's H6240 across 22 books.

Where can I study asar (עָשָׂר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6240 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate asar (עָשָׂר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ten and four. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.