Ten
עֶשֶׂרStrong’s H6235eser (e-ser)
Appears in 157 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eser is the Hebrew word usually translated “ten”, “tens” and “about ten”. It appears in 157 verses of the Old Testament.
“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.”
Meaning
- Tenwith other numbers
How it's translated
- ten 136
- and ten 28
- tens 3
- about ten 3
- the ten 2
- more than ten 2
- ten of 1
- for ten 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 17
- 1 Kings 17
- Genesis 12
- Judges 12
- 2 Chronicles 12
- Ezekiel 12
26 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:14In contextSo he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
- Daniel 1:15In contextAnd at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
- Daniel 1:20In contextAnd 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 in all his realm.
- Zechariah 5:2In contextAnd he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
- Zechariah 8:23In contextThus 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 the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
- Genesis 5:14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
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Hebrew dictionary
עֶשֶׂר eser · ten
1) ten 1a) ten 1b) with other numbers Aramaic equivalent: a.sar (עֲשַׂר "ten" H6236)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ten” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TEN, adjective
[Latin decem.]
- Twice five; nine and one.
- It is a kind of proverbial number.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.