What does עָשָׂר (ʿāšār) mean in the Bible?
עָשָׂר (ʿāšār): Combines with units to form teens and tens; ordinal function marks sequence in enumerated sets and covenantal countings.
Hebrew · H6240
עָשָׂר
Ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen ; also (ordinal) -teenth
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עָשָׂר H6240
Pronunciation ʿāšār
What does עָשָׂר (ʿāšār) mean in the Bible?
עָשָׂר (ʿāšār): Combines with units to form teens and tens; ordinal function marks sequence in enumerated sets and covenantal countings.
Full entry for עָשָׂר (H6240) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6240?
The BSB source-word alignment has 337 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (330), - (2), day (1), days of the month (1), men (1).
Where does עָשָׂר (ʿāšār) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Chronicles (59), Numbers (39), 2 Chronicles (26), 2 Kings (26).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 330× Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4
- 2× Genesis 7:11, Exodus 38:15
day 1× Esther 9:18
days of the month 1× Esther 9:18
men 1× Ezra 8:18
seventeen 1× Genesis 47:28
to Happizzez 1× 1 Chronicles 24:15
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:8 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ to . . . Number - feminine singular Genesis 5:10 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ to . . . Number - feminine singular Genesis 7:11 עָשָׂ֥ר to - Number - masculine singular Genesis 7:20 עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה to . . . Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 8:4 עָשָׂ֥ר to . . . Number - masculine singular Genesis 11:25 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה to . . . Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 14:4 עֶשְׂרֵה֙ to . . . Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 14:4 עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה to . . . Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 14:5 עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה to . . . Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 14:14 עָשָׂר֙ to . . . Number - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 5:8
Aligned rows 337
Books represented 23
Genesis 24 Exodus 20 Leviticus 6 Numbers 39 Deuteronomy 3 Joshua 24 Judges 7 2 Samuel 8 1 Kings 22 2 Kings 26 1 Chronicles 59 2 Chronicles 26 Ezra 10 Nehemiah 4 Esther 19 Job 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 13 Ezekiel 20 Hosea 1 Jonah 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
עָשָׂ֖ר 53x ‘ā·śār Genesis 32:22, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 26:25, Exodus 28:21
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה 35x ‘eś·rêh Genesis 17:25, Genesis 46:18, Genesis 47:28, Exodus 26:8
עָשָֽׂר׃ 31x ‘ā·śār Genesis 35:22, Genesis 46:22, 1 Chronicles 12:13, 1 Chronicles 24:12
עָשָׂ֥ר 29x ‘ā·śār Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 25:16, Genesis 42:32
עָשָׂר֙ 25x ‘ā·śār Genesis 14:14, Genesis 37:9, Numbers 7:87, Numbers 29:14
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה 24x ‘eś·rêh Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:9, 1 Kings 7:15, 2 Kings 8:25
עֶשְׂרֵה֙ 22x ‘eś·rêh Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 14:4, Exodus 24:4
עָשָׂ֣ר 17x ‘ā·śār Numbers 7:3, Numbers 7:72, Numbers 7:78, Numbers 7:87
Parsing patterns
Number - masculine singular 189x Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 17:20
Number - feminine singular 119x Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 17:25, Genesis 31:41
Number - feminine singular construct 15x Genesis 7:20, Genesis 11:25, Genesis 14:4, Genesis 14:5
Number - masculine singular construct 12x Numbers 29:14, Numbers 29:15, Joshua 3:12, Joshua 4:2
Article | Number - masculine singular 2x Joshua 4:4, 1 Kings 19:19
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Combines with units to form teens and tens; ordinal function marks sequence in enumerated sets and covenantal countings.
Source Gloss
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen ; also (ordinal) -teenth
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Combines with units to form teens and tens; ordinal function marks sequence in enumerated sets and covenantal countings.
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth BDB: ten Usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עָשָׂר is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain