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H6218 עָשׂוֹר (ʻâsôwr) aw-sore'

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

ten

Strong's Definition

ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord

Derivation: or עָשֹׂר; from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);

KJV Usage: (instrument of) ten (strings, -th).

TWOT Reference: 1711d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) ten, decade
1a) ten, tenth
1b) ten-stringed, harp

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָשׂוֹר (a.s.vor) — ten. 1) ten, decade 1a) ten, tenth 1b) ten-stringed, harp

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · עשׂר

Quantity | Frequency

ten = state in which a countable entity is ten in number

GEN 24:55

Quantity | Frequency

tenth = state in which a countable entity is the tenth in a range

EXO 12:3 · LEV 16:29 · LEV 23:27 · LEV 25:9 · NUM 29:7 · JOS 4:19 · 2KI 25:1 · JER 52:4 · JER 52:12 · EZK 20:1 · EZK 24:1 · EZK 40:1

Musical Instruments

a ten-stringed music instrument exact meaning unsure; probably: = a soundbox made of wood with ten strings of animal intestines stretched over the top, parallel to the soundbox

PSA 33:2 · PSA 92:4 · PSA 144:9

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָשׂוֹר a ten, decade base

Bible Occurrences (16)

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