◄ 6243. esrin ►
Strong's Lexicon esrin: Twenty Original Word: עֶשְׂרִי Part of Speech: Noun Transliteration: `esriyn Pronunciation: es-reen' Phonetic Spelling: (es-reen') Definition: Twenty Meaning: twenty, twentieth Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root עֶשֶׂר (eser), meaning "ten." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for the number twenty is εἴκοσι (eikosi), Strong's Greek #1501. Usage: The Hebrew word "esrin" is used to denote the number twenty. It appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often in lists, genealogies, and descriptions of quantities, such as age, measurements, or counts of people and items. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, numbers held significant symbolic meaning. The number twenty, being twice ten, often represented completeness or a set period, such as the age of maturity or a time of waiting. In the context of the Hebrew calendar and measurements, numbers like twenty were essential for understanding the structure of society, trade, and religious practices. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to esrim Definition twenty NASB Translation 120* (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs עֶשְׂרִין noun plural indeclinable twenty; — ׳מְאָה וְע Daniel 6:2 (follows noun masculine). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance twenty (Aramaic) corresponding to esriym -- twenty. see HEBREW esriym Forms and Transliterations וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין ועשרין veesRin wə‘eśrîn wə·‘eś·rîn Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Daniel 6:1 HEB: לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א מְאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֹ֖ן KJV: an hundred and twenty princes, INT: satraps an hundred and twenty should be 1 Occurrence Strong's Hebrew 6243 1 Occurrence wə·‘eś·rîn — 1 Occ.