STRONGS NUMBER H6242


Word Summary
esrim: twenty
Original Word: עֶשְׂרִים
Transliteration: esrim
Phonetic Spelling: (es-reem')
Part of Speech: Noun
Short Definition: twenty
Meaning: twenty, twentieth
Strong's Concordance
twenty, twentyieth

From eser; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth -- (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).

see HEBREW eser

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6242. esrim

עֶשְׂרִים315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of עֶשֶׂר‎ PräBAS i. 376; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic ; Assyrian ešrâ; Sabean עשרי‎ HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic Aramaic עשרין‎, ; Nabataean עשרין‎); —

I. as cardinal: 1 without other number:

a. usually followed by singular noun (especially אַמָּה אִישׁ, שָׁנָה,‎, etc.) Genesis 31:38; 1 Samuel 14:14; Exodus 38:18 64t., + אֶלֶף עֶשְׂרִים‎20, 000 1 Chronicles 18:4 7t. + Ezekiel 45:1 (reading אָ֑לֶף עֶשְׂרִים‎, see עֶשֶׂר2b).

b. followed by plural noun 2 Samuel 3:20; Exodus 36:23-24, 25 4t.

c. followed by singular noun collective 1 Kings 5:3.

d. plural noun precedes Genesis 32:15 (twice in verse); 32:16; 2 Chronicles 3:3 6t.

e. noun omitted Genesis 18:31 (twice in verse) (׳הָע‎), 1 Kings 6:2 6t., as predicate Exodus 27:10 (twice in verse); 27:11 (twice in verse) + 4 t.

f. + בָּאַמָּה‎ Zechariah 5:12.

2 + other number:

a. with units, usually 20 + (with וְ‎) unit + singular noun Judges 10:2-3, 1 Kings 14:20 58t. (including 20 1* 1000, etc., 27 t.); noun omitted Joshua 15:32 2t. predicate; less often unit + 20 +? Genesis 11:24; Exodus 38:24; Numbers 8:24 (all P) + 27 t.; unit + 20 + בָּאַמָּהEzekiel 40:21; Exodus 26:2; 36:9 (both P).

b.20+? Numbers 7:8 (twice in verse) (P), 1 Chronicles 2:22 3t. Chronicles

c. plural noun + 20 +? Joshua 19:30 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 12:29 (van d. H. v.12:28).

d. c. hundreds, 20 usually following; followed by singular noun 1 Kings 9:14; Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 31:2 7t.; noun omitted 2 Chronicles 3:4; Ezra 2:32 = Nehemiah 7:35; 20100(noun omitted) Numbers 7:86.

e. plural noun + 100 20 1 Chronicles 15:5-6, — compare further מֵאָה‎.

II. as ordinal:

120alone, ע ׳בִּשְׁנַתin the twentieth year 1 Kings 15:9 4t.; noun omitted Numbers 10:11 3t.

2. a.20+? Ezekiel 29:17; 40:1.

b. ns. + 20 +? Haggai 1:15; 2 Chronicles 7:10 +; ns. + unit + 20 Exodus 12:8; בִּשְׁנַת‎20+? 1 Kings 16:10, etc. — See references below עֶשֶׂר‎.