Strong’s H6240 · Hebrew

עָשָׂר
ʻâsâr
aw-sawr'

Definition

ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth

Etymology

for H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • (eigh-
  • fif-
  • four-
  • nine-
  • seven-
  • six-
  • thir-) teen(-th)
  • eleven(-th)
  • sixscore thousand
  • twelve(-th)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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