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.
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