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1 Chronicles 23:3

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And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.	Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.	Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now the Levites^H3881 were numbered^H5608 from the age^H1121 of thirty^H7970 years^H8141 and upward^H4605: and their number^H4557 by their polls^H1538, man by man^H1397, was thirty^H7970 and eight^H8083 thousand^H505.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּסָּפְרוּ הַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמָעְלָה וַיְהִי מִסְפָּרָם לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם לִגְבָרִים שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹונָה אָלֶף׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙	va/i.yi.sa.fe.Ru	H5608	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they were counted
הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם	ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Levites
מִ/בֶּ֛ן	mi./Ben	H1121	HR/Ncmsc	from/ a son of
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	she.lo.Shim	H7970	HAcbpa	thirty
שָׁנָ֖ה	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)
וָ/מָ֑עְלָ/ה	va./Ma.'e.la/h	H4605	HC/D/Sd	and/ up/ -wards
וַ/יְהִ֨י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
מִסְפָּרָ֤/ם	mis.pa.Ra/m	H4557	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	number/ their
לְ/גֻלְגְּלֹתָ/ם֙	le./gul.ge.lo.Ta/m	H1538	HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp	to/ skulls/ their
לִ/גְבָרִ֔ים	li/g.va.Rim	H1397	HR/Ncmpa	to/ men
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים	she.lo.Shim	H7970	HAcbpa	thirty
וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֖ה	u./she.mo.Nah	H8083	HC/Acmsa	and/ eight
אָֽלֶף	'A.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1397 — גֶּבֶר (geber, gheh'-ber): from גָּבַר; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply; every one, man, [idiom] mighty.
• H1538 — גֻּלְגֹּלֶת (gulgôleth, gul-go'-leth): by reduplication from גָּלַל; a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons); head, every man, poll, skull.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
• H4605 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'al): from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
• H5608 — סָפַר (çâphar, saw-far'): a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
• H7970 — שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym, shel-o-sheem'): or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of שָׁלוֹשׁ; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8083 — שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh, shem-o-neh'): or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from שָׁמֵן through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth; eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• the Levites — Numbers 4:2-3, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:30, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:43, Numbers 4:47
• thirty and eight — Numbers 4:48

Reciprocal references (7): Numbers 8:24, 2 Samuel 7:5, 2 Kings 11:5, 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:27, 2 Chronicles 23:4, Ezra 8:17

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: LEVITES, THE
• Nave’s: LEVITES

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