עֶשְׂרִיםʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
Pronunciation: es-reem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6242
Meanings
(a) twenty, as ordinal
I. as cardinal
1. without other number
2. + other number
1. 20 alone (1 Kings 15:9; Numbers 10:11)
2.
a. 20 + unit + ns. (Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 40:1)
b. ns. + 20 + unit (Haggai 1:15; 2 Chronicles 7:10; Exodus 12:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 315 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”
- Genesis 8:14 Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry!
- Genesis 11:24 When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
- Genesis 18:31 Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?” And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
- Genesis 23:1 When Sarah was 127 years old,
- Genesis 31:38 “For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.
See every passage
- Genesis 6:3, 8:14, 11:24, 18:31, 23:1, 31:38, 31:41, 32:14, 32:15, 37:28
- Exodus 12:18, 26:2, 26:18, 26:19, 26:20, 27:10, 27:11, 27:16, 30:13, 30:14, 36:9, 36:23, 36:24, 36:25, 38:10, 38:11, 38:18, 38:24, 38:26
- Leviticus 27:3, 27:5, 27:25
- Numbers 1:3, 1:18, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 1:45, 3:39, 3:43, 3:47, 7:86, 7:88, 8:24, 10:11, 11:19, 14:29, 18:16, 25:9, 26:2, 26:4, 26:14, 26:62, 32:11, 33:39
- Deuteronomy 31:2, 34:7
- Joshua 15:32, 19:30
- Judges 4:3, 7:3, 8:10, 10:2, 10:3, 11:33, 15:20, 16:31, 20:15, 20:21, 20:35, 20:46
- 1 Samuel 7:2, 14:14
- 2 Samuel 3:20, 8:4, 8:5, 9:10, 10:6, 18:7, 19:17, 21:20, 24:8
- 1 Kings 4:23, 5:11, 6:2, 6:3, 6:16, 6:20, 8:63, 9:10, 9:11, 9:14, 9:28, 10:10, 14:20, 15:9, 15:33, 16:8, 16:10, 16:15, 16:29, 20:30, 22:42
- 2 Kings 4:42, 8:26, 10:36, 12:6, 13:1, 14:2, 15:1, 15:27, 15:30, 15:33, 16:2, 18:2, 21:19, 23:31, 23:36, 24:18, 25:27
- 1 Chronicles 2:22, 7:2, 7:7, 7:9, 7:40, 12:28, 12:30, 12:35, 12:37, 15:5, 15:6, 18:4, 18:5, 20:6, 23:4, 23:24, 23:27, 24:16, 24:17, 24:18, 25:27, 25:28, 25:29, 25:30, 25:31, 27:1, 27:2, 27:4, 27:5, 27:7, 27:8, 27:9, 27:10, 27:11, 27:12, 27:13, 27:14, 27:15, 27:23
- 2 Chronicles 2:10, 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:11, 3:13, 4:1, 5:12, 7:5, 7:10, 8:1, 9:9, 11:21, 13:21, 20:31, 25:1, 25:5, 27:1, 27:8, 28:1, 28:6, 29:1, 31:17, 33:21, 36:2, 36:5, 36:11
- Ezra 1:9, 2:11, 2:12, 2:17, 2:19, 2:21, 2:23, 2:26, 2:27, 2:28, 2:32, 2:33, 2:41, 2:67, 3:8, 8:11, 8:19, 8:20, 8:27, 10:9
- Nehemiah 1:1, 2:1, 5:14, 6:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:22, 7:23, 7:27, 7:30, 7:31, 7:32, 7:35, 7:37, 7:69, 9:1, 11:8, 11:12, 11:14
- Esther 1:1, 8:9, 9:30
- Jeremiah 25:3, 52:1, 52:28, 52:30, 52:31
- Ezekiel 4:10, 8:16, 11:1, 29:17, 40:1, 40:13, 40:21, 40:25, 40:29, 40:30, 40:33, 40:36, 40:49, 41:2, 41:4, 41:10, 42:3, 45:1, 45:3, 45:5, 45:6, 45:12, 48:8, 48:9, 48:10, 48:13, 48:15, 48:20, 48:21
- Daniel 10:4, 10:13
- Haggai 1:15, 2:1, 2:10, 2:16, 2:18, 2:20
- Zechariah 1:7, 5:2
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