Strong’s H505 · Hebrew
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
eh'-lef
Definition
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Etymology
prop, the same as H504 (אֶלֶף);
Where the KJV renders it
- thousand
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