6243. esrin
Strong's Lexicon
esrin: Twenty

Original Word: עֶשְׂרִי
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: `esriyn
Pronunciation: es-reen'
Phonetic Spelling: (es-reen')
Definition: Twenty
Meaning: twenty, twentieth

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root עֶשֶׂר (eser), meaning "ten."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for the number twenty is εἴκοσι (eikosi), Strong's Greek #1501.

Usage: The Hebrew word "esrin" is used to denote the number twenty. It appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often in lists, genealogies, and descriptions of quantities, such as age, measurements, or counts of people and items.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, numbers held significant symbolic meaning. The number twenty, being twice ten, often represented completeness or a set period, such as the age of maturity or a time of waiting. In the context of the Hebrew calendar and measurements, numbers like twenty were essential for understanding the structure of society, trade, and religious practices.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to esrim
Definition
twenty
NASB Translation
120* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
עֶשְׂרִין noun plural indeclinable twenty; — ׳מְאָה וְע Daniel 6:2 (follows noun masculine).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
twenty

(Aramaic) corresponding to esriym -- twenty.

see HEBREW esriym

Forms and Transliterations
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין ועשרין veesRin wə‘eśrîn wə·‘eś·rîn
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Englishman's Concordance
Daniel 6:1
HEB: לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א מְאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֹ֖ן
KJV: an hundred and twenty princes,
INT: satraps an hundred and twenty should be

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 6243
1 Occurrence


wə·‘eś·rîn — 1 Occ.















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