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עָשָׂר H6240
H6240 is the Hebrew word עָשָׂר, transliterated ʻâsâr and said aw-sawr'. The King James Version most often renders it twelve.
What it means
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth.
Where it comes from
for H6235 (עֶשֶׂר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 248 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
Verses using עָשָׂר
The first 40 of 283 verses, quoted in full.
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.
Genesis 7:20 · KJV
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 8:4 · KJV
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 11:25 · KJV
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 14:4 · KJV
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5 · 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 Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:14 · 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 · 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 · KJV
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 25:16 · 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 · 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 · 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 37:2 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 47:28 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · KJV
And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
Exodus 26:8 · 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 · 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 · 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 28:21 · 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 · KJV
And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
Exodus 36:15 · 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 · KJV
And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
Exodus 38:14 · KJV
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 38:15 · 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 · 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 · KJV
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.
Leviticus 23:6 · 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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6240 mean?
H6240 is the Hebrew word עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr), meaning ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth.
How is H6240 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it twelve (91 times), sixteen (19 times), fourteenth (17 times), fourteen (17 times), eleven (15 times), among others.
How many times does H6240 appear in the Bible?
עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr) is tagged in 283 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6240 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: for H6235 (עֶשֶׂר).
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