Strong's H505 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֶלֶף (ʼeleph)

Pronunciation: eh'-lef

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: prop, the same as אֶלֶף (ʼeleph) [H504];

Definition: hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

KJV Renderings: thousand.

Senses

1. a thousand
1. as numeral
2. a thousand, company
1. as a company of men under one leader, troops

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.