עָשׂוֹרʻâsôwr
ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
Pronunciation: aw-sore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6218
Meanings
a ten, decade
1. usually of days
a. a period of ten days (Genesis 24:55)
b. on the tenth of the month, seventh day (Leviticus 25:9; Ezekiel 20:1; Ezekiel 24:1)
2. of strings of instrument (Psalms 33:2; Psalms 144:9; Psalms 92:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:55 “But we want Rebekah to stay with us at least ten days,” her brother and mother said. “Then she can go.”
- Exodus 12:3 Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household.
- Leviticus 16:29 “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, you must deny yourselves. Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you.
- Leviticus 23:27 “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets. You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and present special gifts to the Lord.
- Leviticus 25:9 Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year, blow the ram’s horn loud and long throughout the land.
- Numbers 29:7 “Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).