Strong’s H6236 · Hebrew

עֲשַׂר
ʻăsar
as-ar'

Definition

ten

Etymology

(Aramaic) masculine עֲשְׂרָה (Aramaic); corresponding to H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • ten
  • twelve

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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