504. eleph
Berean Strong's Lexicon
eleph: Thousand

Original Word: אֶלֶף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: eleph
Pronunciation: EH-lef
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-lef)
Definition: Thousand
Meaning: a family, an ox, cow

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to associate or be familiar with.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5505 (chilias): A thousand, used in the New Testament to denote large numbers, similar to "eleph" in the Old Testament.

Usage: The Hebrew word "eleph" primarily denotes the number "thousand." It is used in the Old Testament to quantify large groups, whether of people, animals, or other items. The term can also imply a military unit or clan, suggesting a collective or organized group.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, numbers were often used symbolically as well as literally. The term "eleph" could represent a literal count of a thousand, but it might also signify a large, unspecified number or a significant military unit. In the context of tribal and familial structures, "eleph" could denote a clan or a group of families, reflecting the communal and collective nature of ancient Near Eastern societies.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from alaph
Definition
cattle
NASB Translation
herd (4), oxen (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [ֶ֫ אלֶף] noun masculinePsalm 8:8; only plural cattle (Phoenician אלף, Assyrian alpu, COTGloss) — אֲלָפִים Proverbs 14:4; Isaiah 30:24 used in tillage; subject to man Psalm 8:8 ("" צֹנֶה); their increase שְׁגַר אֲלָפֶיךָ a blessing Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 28:4,18,51 ("" all עַשְׁתִּרֹת צאֹנֶ֑ךָ).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
family, kine, oxen

From 'alph; a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow -- family, kine, oxen.

see HEBREW 'alph

Forms and Transliterations
אֲ֭לָפִים אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ אֲלָפֶ֙יךָ֙ אַלְפִּי֙ אלפי אלפיך אלפים וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים וַאֲלָפִ֣ים ואלפים והאלפים ’ă·lā·p̄e·ḵā ’ă·lā·p̄îm ’al·pî ’ălāp̄eḵā ’ălāp̄îm ’alpî alaFeicha Alafim alPi vaalaFim vehaalaFim wa’ălāp̄îm wa·’ă·lā·p̄îm wə·hā·’ă·lā·p̄îm wəhā’ălāp̄îm
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Deuteronomy 7:13
HEB: וְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָ שְׁגַר־ אֲלָפֶ֙יךָ֙ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣ת צֹאנֶ֔ךָ
NAS: the increase of your herd and the young
KJV: the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
INT: and your oil the increase of your herd and the young of your flock

Deuteronomy 28:4
HEB: בְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת צֹאנֶֽךָ׃
NAS: the increase of your herd and the young
KJV: the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
INT: of your beasts the increase of your herd and the young of your flock

Deuteronomy 28:18
HEB: אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת צֹאנֶֽךָ׃
NAS: the increase of your herd and the young
KJV: the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
INT: of your ground the increase of your herd and the young of your flock

Deuteronomy 28:51
HEB: וְיִצְהָ֔ר שְׁגַ֥ר אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ וְעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣ת צֹאנֶ֑ךָ
NAS: the increase of your herd or the young
KJV: [or] the increase of thy kine, or flocks
INT: oil the increase of your herd the young of your flock

Judges 6:15
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנֵּ֤ה אַלְפִּי֙ הַדַּ֣ל בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
KJV: Israel? behold, my family [is] poor
INT: Israel behold oxen is the least Manasseh

Psalm 8:7
HEB: צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם וְ֝גַ֗ם
NAS: sheep and oxen, And also
KJV: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts
INT: sheep and oxen All and also

Proverbs 14:4
HEB: בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר
NAS: Where no oxen are, the manger
KJV: Where no oxen [are], the crib
INT: no oxen are the manger is clean

Isaiah 30:24
HEB: וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים עֹֽבְדֵי֙
NAS: Also the oxen and the donkeys
KJV: The oxen likewise and the young asses
INT: the oxen and the donkeys work

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 504
8 Occurrences


’ă·lā·p̄e·ḵā — 4 Occ.
’ă·lā·p̄îm — 1 Occ.
’al·pî — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·lā·p̄îm — 1 Occ.
wə·hā·’ă·lā·p̄îm — 1 Occ.
















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