Strong's H6240 · Hebrew
עָשָׂר
ʻâsâr · /aw-sawr'/
Definition
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
Root / derivation: for H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered עָשָׂר across 29 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
29 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis17 verses
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Genesis 5:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Genesis 8:4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 11:25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, Shaveh: or, The plain of Kiriathaim
Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. armed: or, led forth trained: or, instructed
Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 32:22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis 37:2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 37:9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Genesis 42:32We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 47:28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. the whole: Heb. the days of the years of his life
Genesis 49:28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Leviticus1 verse
Numbers7 verses
These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Numbers 7:3And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
Numbers 7:78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
Numbers 7:84This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
Numbers 7:86The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
Numbers 17:6And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. a rod: Heb. a rod for one prince, a rod for one prince
Numbers 33:3And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H6240 (ʻâsâr) mean?
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
How many times does H6240 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H6240 (עָשָׂר) appears in 29 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “twelve.”
How is ʻâsâr translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H6240 is rendered as “twelve” (13×), “fifteen” (4×), “eleven” (2×), “fourteenth” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word עָשָׂר come from?
for H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);