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חָמֵשׁ H2568

H2568 is the Hebrew word חָמֵשׁ, transliterated châmêsh and said khaw-maysh'. The King James Version most often renders it five.

Word: חָמֵשׁTransliteration: châmêshSaid: khaw-maysh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 260 verses

What it means

five.

Where it comes from

masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 309 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

five 264×fifteenth 14×fifteen 13×fifth 3×month in the fifth 3×threescore and fifteen 2×yet there are five 2×other five 2×about five 2×side and five 2×lack of five 1×even five 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).

Verses using חָמֵשׁ

The first 40 of 260 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 5:6 · KJV

And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

Genesis 5:10 · KJV

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

Genesis 5:11 · KJV

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:15 · KJV

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

Genesis 5:17 · KJV

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:21 · KJV

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Genesis 5:23 · KJV

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Genesis 5:30 · KJV

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:32 · KJV

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:20 · KJV

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Genesis 11:11 · KJV

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:12 · KJV

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

Genesis 11:32 · KJV

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 12:4 · KJV

So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Genesis 18:28 · KJV

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Genesis 25:7 · KJV

And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Genesis 43:34 · KJV

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Genesis 45:6 · KJV

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

Genesis 45:11 · KJV

And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

Genesis 45:22 · KJV

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Genesis 47:2 · KJV

And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

Exodus 16:1 · 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 22:1 · KJV

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

Exodus 26:3 · KJV

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Exodus 26:9 · KJV

And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:26 · KJV

And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:27 · KJV

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

Exodus 26:37 · KJV

And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

Exodus 27:1 · KJV

And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

Exodus 27:14 · KJV

The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Exodus 27:15 · KJV

And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Exodus 27:18 · KJV

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

Exodus 30:23 · KJV

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Exodus 30:24 · KJV

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

Exodus 36:10 · KJV

And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

Exodus 36:16 · KJV

And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

Exodus 36:31 · KJV

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 36:32 · KJV

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

Exodus 36:38 · KJV

And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

Exodus 38:1 · KJV

And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2568 mean?

H2568 is the Hebrew word חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh), meaning five.

How is H2568 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it five (264 times), fifteenth (14 times), fifteen (13 times), fifth (3 times), month in the fifth (3 times), among others.

How many times does H2568 appear in the Bible?

חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh) is tagged in 260 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2568 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral.

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