What does שֵׁשׁ · מֵאָה · אֶלֶף mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · מֵאָה · אֶלֶף is a Hebrew phrase meaning "approximately six hundred thousand".
Hebrew · H8337, H3967, H505
כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף
Six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth · a hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction · hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
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שֵׁשׁ H8337 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
מֵאָה H3967 a hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אֶלֶף H505 hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
What does כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף (kĕšēš-mēʾôt ʾelep̄) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · מֵאָה · אֶלֶף is a Hebrew phrase meaning "approximately six hundred thousand".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8337, H3967, H505?
H8337, H3967, H505 is connected to 1,305 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. approximately six hundred thousand
Strong's H8337, H3967, H505
Lexical occurrences 1,305 verses Source Gloss
approximately six hundred thousand
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף is built from this root:
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
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