חָמֵשׁchâmêsh
five, on plural חֲמִשִּׁים fifty, see below
Pronunciation: khaw-maysh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2568
Meanings
1. without other numeral
a. five in cubit, in the fifth year (Genesis 43:34; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 7:23)
e. the fifth, of Joram (2 Kings 8:16; Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 1:2)
2. fifteen, ׳ ח combined with עשׂר, עשׂרה ten =
b. fifteenth (Esther 9:21; Exodus 16:1; Leviticus 23:6)
d. fifteenth (1 Chronicles 24:14; Ezekiel 45:12)
3. 500, חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת = (Genesis 5:30; Genesis 5:32; Ezekiel 42:16)
4. 5000, חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים = (Numbers 31:32; Joshua 8:12; Judges 20:45)
5. with other numerals
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 343 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 5:6 When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- Genesis 5:10 After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:11 Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.
- Genesis 5:15 When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
- Genesis 5:17 Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.
- Genesis 5:21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
See every passage
- Genesis 5:6, 5:10, 5:11, 5:15, 5:17, 5:21, 5:23, 5:30, 5:32, 7:20, 11:11, 11:12, 11:32, 12:4, 14:9, 18:28, 25:7, 43:34, 45:6, 45:11, 45:22, 47:2
- Exodus 16:1, 22:1, 26:3, 26:9, 26:26, 26:27, 26:37, 27:1, 27:14, 27:15, 27:18, 30:23, 30:24, 36:10, 36:16, 36:31, 36:32, 36:38, 38:1, 38:14, 38:15, 38:18, 38:25, 38:26, 38:28
- Leviticus 23:6, 23:34, 23:39, 26:8, 27:5, 27:6, 27:7
- Numbers 1:21, 1:25, 1:33, 1:37, 1:41, 1:46, 2:11, 2:15, 2:19, 2:23, 2:28, 2:32, 3:22, 3:47, 3:50, 4:48, 7:17, 7:23, 7:29, 7:35, 7:41, 7:47, 7:53, 7:59, 7:65, 7:71, 7:77, 7:83, 8:24, 11:19, 18:16, 26:18, 26:22, 26:27, 26:37, 26:41, 26:50, 28:17, 29:12, 31:8, 31:28, 31:32, 31:36, 31:37, 31:39, 31:43, 31:45, 33:3
- Joshua 8:12, 10:5, 10:16, 10:17, 10:22, 10:23, 10:26, 13:3, 14:10
- Judges 3:3, 8:10, 18:2, 18:7, 18:14, 18:17, 20:35, 20:45, 20:46
- 1 Samuel 6:4, 6:16, 6:18, 17:5, 17:40, 21:3, 22:18, 25:18, 25:42
- 2 Samuel 4:4, 9:10, 19:17, 21:8, 24:9
- 1 Kings 4:32, 6:6, 6:10, 6:24, 7:3, 7:16, 7:23, 7:39, 7:49, 9:23, 12:32, 12:33, 22:42
- 2 Kings 6:25, 7:13, 8:16, 13:19, 14:2, 14:17, 14:23, 15:33, 18:2, 19:35, 20:6, 21:1, 23:36, 25:19
- 1 Chronicles 2:4, 2:6, 3:20, 4:32, 4:42, 7:3, 7:7, 11:23, 24:14, 25:22, 29:7
- 2 Chronicles 3:11, 3:12, 3:15, 4:2, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8, 6:13, 13:17, 15:10, 15:19, 20:31, 25:1, 25:25, 26:13, 27:1, 27:8, 29:1, 33:1, 35:9, 36:5
- Ezra 1:11, 2:5, 2:8, 2:20, 2:33, 2:34, 2:66, 2:67, 2:69
- Nehemiah 6:15, 7:13, 7:20, 7:25, 7:36, 7:68, 7:69, 7:70
- Esther 9:6, 9:12, 9:16, 9:18, 9:21
- Job 1:3
- Isaiah 7:8, 17:6, 19:18, 30:17, 37:36, 38:5
- Jeremiah 52:22, 52:30, 52:31
- Ezekiel 1:1, 1:2, 8:1, 8:16, 11:1, 32:17, 33:21, 40:1, 40:7, 40:13, 40:21, 40:25, 40:29, 40:30, 40:33, 40:36, 40:48, 41:2, 41:9, 41:11, 41:12, 42:16, 42:17, 42:18, 42:19, 42:20, 45:1, 45:2, 45:3, 45:5, 45:6, 45:12, 45:25, 48:8, 48:9, 48:10, 48:13, 48:15, 48:16, 48:20, 48:21, 48:30, 48:32, 48:33, 48:34
- Daniel 12:12
- Hosea 3:2
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