אֲלַף
alaf · thousand
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H506 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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alaf (אֲלַף) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “thousand”.
(Aramaic).
How to say it
a·laf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One thousand: a large, round number, in Aramaic.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- thousand ×2
- thousands upon thousands ×2
Where it appears
- Daniel 5:1
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he was drinking wine.
- Daniel 7:10
A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before him; thousands upon thousands were serving him, and myriads upon myriads were standing before him; the court sat, and the books were opened.
And 2 more times.