עֶשֶׂר eser

Hebrew word for “ten” · Strong’s H6235 · used 176 times in 157 verses

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Meaning

1) ten; 1a) ten; 1b) with other numbers; Aramaic equivalent: a.sar (עֲשַׂר "ten" H6236)

How it is translated

Glosses given for eser in context, with how often each is used:

• ten 160
• will be ten 8
• tens 3
• about ten 2
• more than ten 2
• about the ten 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (13), 1 Kings 7 (7), 2 Chronicles 4 (6), 1 Kings 6 (5), Ezekiel 45 (5), Esther 9 (4), Ezekiel 48 (4), Daniel 1 (4), Judges 4 (3), 2 Samuel 18 (3)

Forms

• עשׂרה 55
• עשׂר 46
• עשׂרת 39
• ועשׂרת 11
• ועשׂרה 9
• ועשׂר 8
• העשׂרה 2
• כעשׂרת 2
• מעשׂרה 2
• כעשׂר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eser more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 35
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 21
• אֶחָד echad “one” 30
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 16
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 19
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 19
• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 15
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 19
• קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 13
• מָלֵא male “full” 13
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 19
• כַּף kaph “palm” 13

Key verses

The verses using eser that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
• Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou…
• Leviticus 26:26 — And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye…
• Numbers 14:22 — Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have…
• Judges 4:6 — And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw…
• 2 Samuel 19:43 — And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise…
• 2 Kings 5:5 — And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six…
• 2 Kings 24:14 — And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none…
• Nehemiah 11:1 — And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts…
• Jeremiah 41:1 — Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men…
• Daniel 1:20 — And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were…
• Zechariah 8:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.