Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼeleph

eh'-lef

אֶלֶף

What it means

hence a thousand

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

Where it comes from

prop, the same as ʼeleph (אֶלֶף)

How the King James translates it

  • thousand445
  • thousands46
  • hundred3

Every place it appears 494

Genesis20:1624:60
Esther3:99:16
Ecclesiastes6:67:28
Song of Solomon4:48:118:12
Amos5:3
Micah5:26:7