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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4557

מִסְפָּר

misparmis-pawr'

number

134 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: miçpâr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4557is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 56
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4557

a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

The King James renders it: [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

mispar is rendered "number". It stands 134 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Thirty-four of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
  • The Greek text spells it fifty-six different ways.

The first use

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

Genesis 34:30מִסְפָּ֔ר

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • number of33
  • by number of25
  • number23
  • number their8
  • by number7
  • by number their7
  • a number6
  • to number of5
  • and number of4
  • in number of2
  • to number their2
  • a measure1

and 11 more, 134 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מִסְגֶּרֶתmisgerethperimeterUses17
מִסְפֵּדmispedmourningUses16
מִסְתָּרmistarhidingUses10
מִסְכְּנָהmiskenahstorageUses7
מִסְפּוֹאmispofodderUses5
מִסְכֵּןmiskenpoorUses4
מִסְפַּחַתmispachathscabUses3
מִסְפָּחָהmispachahveilUses2
מִסְחָרmischarmerchandiseUses1
מִסְעָדmisadsupportUses1
מִסְתּוֹרmistorshelterUses1
מִסְכֵּנֻתmiskenuthpovertyUses1

and 1 more on the stem.

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 134, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

56 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר15
  • מִסְפַּ֣ר11
  • מִסְפָּֽר׃9
  • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖ם7
  • מִסְפָּ֑ר7
  • מִסְפַּ֥ר6
  • מִסְפָּ֔ר6
  • בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר5
  • בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר4
  • לְמִסְפַּ֖ר3
  • מִסְפַּ֞ר3
  • מִסְפַּ֧ר3

and 44 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)35HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)33HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular30HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural10HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural8HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular8HR/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp2mp
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa

Genesis

two uses
  • Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

    Genesis 34:30

    • מִסְפָּ֔רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

    Genesis 41:49

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: a measure

Exodus

two uses
  • This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

    Exodus 16:16

    • מִסְפַּר֙misparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

    Exodus 23:26

    • מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Leviticus

four uses
  • You are to buy from your neighbor according to the number of years since the last Jubilee; he is to sell to you according to the number of harvest years remaining.

    Leviticus 25:15

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
    • בְּמִסְפַּ֥רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • You shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.

    Leviticus 25:16

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.

    Leviticus 25:50

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of

Numbers

thirty-four uses
  • “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

    Numbers 1:2

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

    Numbers 1:18

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:20

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:22

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:24

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:26

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:28

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:30

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Joseph:

    Numbers 1:32

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:34

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:36

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:38

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:40

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:42

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.

    Numbers 3:22

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

    Numbers 3:28

    • בְּמִסְפַּר֙bemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.

    Numbers 3:34

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֣רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.

    Numbers 3:40

    • מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

    Numbers 3:43

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֥רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.

    Numbers 9:20

    • מִסְפָּ֖רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

    Numbers 14:29

    • מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔םmisparkhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: number your
  • In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.

    Numbers 14:34

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֨רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • This is how you must prepare each one, no matter how many.

    Numbers 15:12

    • כַּמִּסְפָּ֖רkamisparpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: according to the number
    • כְּמִסְפָּרָֽם׃kemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: according to number their
  • Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

    Numbers 23:10

    • וּמִסְפָּ֖רumisparconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a number
  • “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.

    Numbers 26:53

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֥רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:18

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:21

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:24

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:27

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:30

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:33

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

    Numbers 29:37

    • בְּמִסְפָּרָ֖םbemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by number their
  • This was the half portion for those who had gone to war:

    Numbers 31:36

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Deuteronomy

four uses
  • Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

    Deuteronomy 4:27

    • מִסְפָּ֔רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

    Deuteronomy 25:2

    • בְּמִסְפָּֽר׃bemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number
  • When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

    Deuteronomy 32:8

    • לְמִסְפַּ֖רlemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to number of
  • Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

    Deuteronomy 33:6

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃ סmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number

Joshua

two uses
  • and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,

    Joshua 4:5

    • לְמִסְפַּ֖רlemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to number of
  • Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

    Joshua 4:8

    • לְמִסְפַּ֖רlemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to number of

Judges

five uses
  • For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.

    Judges 6:5

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.

    Judges 7:6

    • מִסְפַּ֞רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

    Judges 7:12

    • מִסְפָּ֔רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

    Judges 7:15

    • מִסְפַּ֧רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: recounting of
  • The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

    Judges 21:23

    • לְמִסְפָּרָ֔םlemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to number their

1 Samuel

three uses
  • “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

    1 Samuel 6:4

    • מִסְפַּר֙misparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

    1 Samuel 6:18

    • מִסְפַּ֞רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

    1 Samuel 27:7

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

2 Samuel

five uses
  • And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

    2 Samuel 2:11

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.

    2 Samuel 2:15

    • בְמִסְפָּ֑רvemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number
  • And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,

    2 Samuel 21:20

    • מִסְפָּ֔רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

    2 Samuel 24:2

    • מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

    2 Samuel 24:9

    • מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

1 Kings

one use
  • And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

    1 Kings 18:31

    • כְּמִסְפַּ֖רkemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to number of

1 Chronicles

twenty-one uses
  • The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

    1 Chronicles 7:2

    • מִסְפָּרָם֙misparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.

    1 Chronicles 7:40

    • מִסְפָּרָ֣םmisparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.

    1 Chronicles 9:28

    • בְמִסְפָּ֣רvemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number
    • וּבְמִסְפָּ֖רuvemisparconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and by number
  • This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

    1 Chronicles 11:11

    • מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

    1 Chronicles 12:23

    • מִסְפְּרֵ֞יmispereinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: numbers of
  • When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

    1 Chronicles 16:19

    • מִסְפָּ֔רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

    1 Chronicles 21:2

    • מִסְפָּרָֽם׃misparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.

    1 Chronicles 21:5

    • מִסְפַּ֥רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

    1 Chronicles 22:4

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

    1 Chronicles 22:16

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.

    1 Chronicles 23:3

    • מִסְפָּרָ֤םmisparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 23:24

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֤רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

    1 Chronicles 23:27

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

    1 Chronicles 23:31

    • בְּמִסְפָּ֨רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number
  • Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

    1 Chronicles 25:1

    • מִסְפָּרָ֔םmisparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

    1 Chronicles 25:7

    • מִסְפָּרָם֙misparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:

    1 Chronicles 27:1

    • לְֽמִסְפָּרָ֡םlemisparampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to number their
  • David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

    1 Chronicles 27:23

    • מִסְפָּרָ֔םmisparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

    1 Chronicles 27:24

    • הַמִּסְפָּ֔רhamisparthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the number
    • בְּמִסְפַּ֥רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in number of

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

    2 Chronicles 12:3

    • מִסְפָּ֗רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.

    2 Chronicles 26:11

    • בְּמִסְפַּר֙bemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by number of
  • The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.

    2 Chronicles 26:12

    • מִסְפַּ֞רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 29:32

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.

    2 Chronicles 35:7

    • לְמִסְפַּר֙lemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to number of

Ezra

four uses
  • This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,

    Ezra 1:9

    • מִסְפָּרָ֑םmisparamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: number their
  • accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

    Ezra 2:2

    • מִסְפַּ֕רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.

    Ezra 3:4

    • בְּמִסְפָּ֔רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number
  • Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

    Ezra 8:34

    • בְּמִסְפָּ֥רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number

Nehemiah

one use
  • accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

    Nehemiah 7:7

    • מִסְפַּ֕רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Esther

one use
  • On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,

    Esther 9:11

    • מִסְפַּ֧רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Job

thirteen uses
  • And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

    Job 1:5

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

    Job 3:6

    • בְּמִסְפַּ֥רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in number of
  • the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

    Job 5:9

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

    Job 9:10

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

    Job 14:5

    • מִֽסְפַּר־mispar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

    Job 15:20

    • וּמִסְפַּ֥רumisparconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and number of
  • For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

    Job 16:22

    • מִסְפָּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

    Job 21:21

    • וּמִסְפַּ֖רumisparconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and number of
  • The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

    Job 21:33

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

    Job 25:3

    • מִ֭סְפָּרmispornoun · masculine singulartagged: a number
  • I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

    Job 31:37

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

    Job 36:26

    • מִסְפַּ֖רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!

    Job 38:21

    • וּמִסְפַּ֖רumisparconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and number of

Psalms

six uses
  • For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

    Psalms 40:12

    • מִסְפָּ֗רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

    Psalms 104:25

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: a number
  • When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

    Psalms 105:12

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.

    Psalms 105:34

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: a number
  • He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

    Psalms 147:4

    • מִ֭סְפָּרmispornoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

    Psalms 147:5

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: a number

Ecclesiastes

three uses
  • I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

    Ecclesiastes 2:3

    • מִסְפַּ֖רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

    Ecclesiastes 5:18

    • מִסְפַּ֧רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

    Ecclesiastes 6:12

    • מִסְפַּ֛רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Song of Solomon

one use
  • There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

    Song of Solomon 6:8

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: a number

Isaiah

three uses
  • The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

    Isaiah 10:19

    • מִסְפָּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: a number
  • The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

    Isaiah 21:17

    • מִסְפַּר־mispar-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a number of
  • Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

    Isaiah 40:26

    • בְמִסְפָּ֖רvemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: by number

Jeremiah

six uses
  • But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

    Jeremiah 2:28

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

    Jeremiah 2:32

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

    Jeremiah 11:13

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
    • וּמִסְפַּ֞רumisparconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and number of
  • Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

    Jeremiah 44:28

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number
  • They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

    Jeremiah 46:23

    • מִסְפָּֽר׃misparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number

Ezekiel

five uses
  • Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

    Ezekiel 4:4

    • מִסְפַּ֤רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • For I have assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

    Ezekiel 4:5

    • לְמִסְפַּ֣רlemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to number of
  • But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.

    Ezekiel 4:9

    • מִסְפַּ֨רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of
  • But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

    Ezekiel 5:3

    • בְּמִסְפָּ֑רbemisparpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in number
  • But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

    Ezekiel 12:16

    • מִסְפָּ֔רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number

Daniel

one use
  • in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

    Daniel 9:2

    • מִסְפַּ֣רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Hosea

one use
  • Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

    Hosea 1:10

    • מִסְפַּ֤רmisparnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: number of

Joel

one use
  • For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

    Joel 1:6

    • מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnoun · masculine singulartagged: number

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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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