Quick Definition
number
Strong's Definition
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Derivation: from H5608 (סָפַר);
KJV Usage: [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
TWOT Reference: 1540e
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) number, tale
1a) number
1a1) number
1a2) innumerable (with negative)
1a3) few, numerable (alone)
1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep)
1b) recounting, relation
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) number, tale
1a) number
1a1) number
1a2) innumerable (with negative)
1a3) few, numerable (alone)
1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep)
1b) recounting, relation
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִסְפָּר
mispâr
BDB Definition:
1) number, tale
1a) number
1a1) number
1a2) innumerable (with negative)
1a3) few, numerable (alone)
1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with preposition)
1b) recounting, relation
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5608
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1540e
Total KJV Occurrences: 119