Strong's H506

אֲלַף

Language:
Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

{hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand}

Derivation

(Aramaic) or אֶלֶף; (Aramaic), corresponding to H505 (אֶלֶף)

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, אֲלַף is translated as: thousand..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.