Lexical Definition

‎עֶשְׂרִים‎ ʻesrîym (es-reem') twenty H:N
from ‎עֶשֶׂר‎

(six-) score, twenty(-ieth).

1) twenty, twentieth

Usage: 35 forms in 315 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
עֶשְׂרִים֩ twenty Judg.20.46 • 1Kgs.5.11 • 1Kgs.6.20
עֶשְׂרִים֙ twenty Exod.27.11
עֶשְׂרִֽים twenty Gen.32.14 • 2Sam.8.5 • 2Kgs.4.42 • 1Chr.7.2 • 1Chr.12.35 • 1Chr.18.5 • 2Chr.3.3 • Ezra.8.19 • Hag.2.16
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים twenty Gen.31.38 • Judg.20.15 • Judg.20.35 • 1Kgs.6.16 • 1Kgs.16.15 • 1Kgs.20.30 • 2Kgs.8.26 • 2Kgs.14.2 • 2Kgs.15.33 • 2Kgs.18.2 • 2Kgs.21.19 • 2Kgs.23.31 • 2Kgs.23.36 • 2Kgs.24.18 • 2Chr.25.1 • 2Chr.27.1 • 2Chr.36.5 • Neh.9.1 • Jer.52.1 • Ezek.45.12 • Hag.2.18 • Zech.1.7
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים twenty 2Kgs.12.6 • 2Chr.11.21 • 2Chr.27.8 • 2Chr.33.21 • 2Chr.36.11 • Hag.1.15
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים twenty Exod.30.14 • Exod.36.25 • Lev.27.25 • Num.1.18 • Num.3.47 • Num.7.86 • Num.11.19 • Num.14.29 • Num.18.16 • Num.26.2 • Num.26.4 • Josh.15.32 • Josh.19.30 • Judg.4.3 • Judg.10.2 • Judg.10.3 • Judg.15.20 • Judg.16.31 • 2Sam.10.6 • 2Sam.18.7 • 1Kgs.14.20 • 1Kgs.15.33 • 1Kgs.16.29 • 2Kgs.10.36 • 2Kgs.15.27 • 1Chr.7.9 • 1Chr.7.40 • 1Chr.12.28 • 1Chr.12.30 • 1Chr.23.4 • 1Chr.23.24 • 1Chr.23.27 • 1Chr.27.1 • 1Chr.27.2 • 1Chr.27.4 • 1Chr.27.5 • 1Chr.27.7 • 1Chr.27.8 • 1Chr.27.9 • 1Chr.27.10 • 1Chr.27.11 • 1Chr.27.12 • 1Chr.27.13 • 1Chr.27.14 • 1Chr.27.15 • 1Chr.27.23 • 2Chr.2.10 • 2Chr.31.17 • Ezra.2.11 • Ezra.2.12 • Ezra.2.17 • Ezra.2.19 • Ezra.2.21 • Ezra.2.23 • Ezra.2.26 • Ezra.2.27 • Ezra.2.28 • Ezra.2.33 • Ezra.2.41 • Ezra.8.11 • Neh.7.16 • Neh.7.17 • Neh.7.22 • Neh.7.23 • Neh.7.27 • Neh.7.30 • Neh.7.32 • Neh.11.8 • Ezek.4.10 • Ezek.11.1 • Ezek.40.13 • Ezek.40.29 • Ezek.41.2 • Ezek.41.4 • Ezek.41.10 • Ezek.45.5 • Dan.10.4
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים twenty Exod.30.13 • Exod.38.26 • Num.1.3 • Num.1.20 • Num.1.22 • Num.1.24 • Num.1.26 • Num.1.28 • Num.1.30 • Num.1.32 • Num.1.34 • Num.1.36 • Num.1.38 • Num.1.40 • Num.1.42 • Num.1.45 • Num.32.11 • Judg.7.3 • 2Sam.21.20 • 1Kgs.8.63 • 1Kgs.16.8 • 2Kgs.13.1 • 2Kgs.15.1 • 2Kgs.16.2 • 1Chr.2.22 • 1Chr.7.7 • 2Chr.4.1 • 2Chr.7.5 • 2Chr.7.10 • 2Chr.13.21 • 2Chr.25.5 • 2Chr.28.1 • 2Chr.29.1 • Ezra.3.8
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים twenty Gen.31.41 • Exod.26.18 • Exod.26.19 • Exod.27.16 • Exod.36.23 • Exod.36.24 • Lev.27.3 • Lev.27.5 • Lev.27.5 • Num.7.88 • Judg.11.33 • 1Sam.7.2 • 2Sam.3.20 • 1Kgs.6.3 • 1Kgs.9.10 • 1Kgs.9.11 • 1Kgs.16.10 • 1Chr.20.6 • 2Chr.2.10 • 2Chr.2.10 • 2Chr.2.10 • 2Chr.8.1 • Neh.11.12 • Neh.11.14 • Ezek.40.49 • Ezek.41.4 • Ezek.45.12 • Dan.10.13 • Zech.5.2
עֶשְׂרִ֛ים twenty Neh.2.1
עֶשְׂרִ֗ים twenty Exod.27.11 • Neh.5.14
עֶשְׂרִ֖ים twenty Exod.26.20 • Exod.27.10 • Exod.38.10 • Exod.38.11
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים twenty Gen.32.15 • Exod.27.10 • Exod.38.10 • Exod.38.11 • 1Kgs.15.9 • 2Kgs.15.30 • 2Chr.3.4 • 2Chr.3.8 • Ezra.8.27 • Neh.1.1 • Hag.2.16
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים twenty Gen.18.31 • Gen.32.14 • 2Chr.3.8 • 2Chr.3.11 • 2Chr.3.13
לְעֶשְׂרִים֙ for twenty 1Chr.25.27
כְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים about twenty Ezek.8.16
כְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים about twenty 1Sam.14.14
וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ and twenty Esth.8.9 • Jer.52.30
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ and twenty Exod.26.2 • Exod.36.9 • Exod.38.24 • Num.3.43 • Num.26.62 • 1Chr.25.28 • 1Chr.25.29 • 1Chr.25.30 • 1Chr.25.31 • Jer.25.3 • Ezek.40.30 • Ezek.45.3 • Ezek.45.6 • Ezek.48.9 • Ezek.48.13 • Ezek.48.15 • Ezek.48.20
וְעֶשְׂרִֽים and twenty 1Chr.15.5 • 1Chr.15.6 • 1Chr.24.17 • 1Chr.24.18 • Ezra.1.9 • Ezra.2.32 • Ezra.2.67 • Neh.7.35 • Neh.7.69
וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים and twenty Deut.31.2 • 2Chr.20.31 • Ezek.48.8 • Ezek.48.21
וְעֶשְׂרִ֧ים and twenty 1Kgs.6.20
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים and twenty 2Chr.4.1
and twenty Gen.23.1 • Judg.8.10 • Judg.20.21 • 2Sam.8.4 • 2Sam.9.10 • 2Sam.19.17 • 2Sam.24.8 • 1Kgs.4.23 • 1Kgs.5.11 • 1Chr.18.4 • 2Chr.28.6 • Neh.7.31 • Neh.7.37 • Esth.1.1 • Jer.52.28 • Ezek.45.1 • Ezek.45.5 • Ezek.48.13 • Ezek.48.21
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים and twenty Exod.38.18 • 1Kgs.6.2 • 1Kgs.6.20
and twenty Num.8.24 • 1Kgs.22.42 • 2Kgs.14.2 • 2Kgs.18.2 • 2Chr.29.1 • Esth.8.9 • Esth.9.30
וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים and twenty 1Kgs.10.10 • 2Chr.9.9 • 2Chr.25.1 • Ezek.45.12 • Ezek.48.10
וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים and twenty Gen.8.14 • Exod.12.18 • Num.26.14 • Num.33.39 • Deut.34.7 • 2Chr.36.2
וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים and twenty Gen.6.3 • Gen.11.24 • Num.3.39 • Num.25.9 • 1Kgs.8.63 • 1Kgs.9.14 • 1Kgs.9.28 • 1Chr.12.37 • 2Chr.7.5 • Ezek.40.21 • Ezek.40.25 • Ezek.40.33 • Ezek.40.36 • Ezek.48.10 • Ezek.48.20
וְעֶשְׂרִ֔ים and twenty 1Chr.24.17 • 1Chr.24.18 • 2Chr.5.12
וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים and twenty 2Chr.3.4 • Ezra.8.20
הָעֶשְׂרִֽים the twenty 1Chr.24.16
הָֽעֶשְׂרִֽים the twenty Gen.18.31
הָֽעֶשְׂרִ֗ים the twenty Ezek.42.3
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֧ים on twenty Hag.2.20
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים on twenty 2Kgs.25.27 • Neh.6.15 • Jer.52.31 • Hag.2.1
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֤ים in twenty Ezek.29.17
on twenty Hag.2.10
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים for twenty Gen.37.28
in twenty Ezek.40.1
on twenty Num.10.11 • Ezra.10.9

Extended Information

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: עֶשֶׂר

‎עֶשְׂרִים‎315 noun plural indeclinable (a) twenty (ancient plural of ‎עֶשֶׂר‎ PräBAS i. 376; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic ; Assyrian ešrâ; Sabean ‎עשרי‎ HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic Aramaic ‎עשרין‎, ; Nabataean ‎עשרין‎); —

I. as cardinal:

1. without other number:
a. usually followed by singular noun (especially ‎שָׁנָה‎, ‎אִישׁ‎, ‎אַמָּה‎, etc.) Gen 31:38; 1Sam 14:14; Exod 38:18 + 64 t., + ‎עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף‎ 20,000 1Chr 18:4 + 7 t. + Ezek 45:1 (reading ‎עֶשְׂרִים אָ֑לֶף‎, see ‎עֶשֶׂר‎ 2 b).
b. followed by plural noun 2Sam 3:20; Exod 36:23; Exod 36:24; Exod 36:25 + 4 t.
c. followed by singular noun collective 1Kgs 5:3*.
d. plural noun precedes Gen 32:15* (twice in verse); Gen 32:16*; 2Chr 3:3 + 6 t.
e. noun omitted Gen 18:31 (twice in verse) (‎׳‎‎הָע‎), 1Kgs 6:2 + 6 t., as predicate Exod 27:10 (twice in verse); Exod 27:11 (twice in verse) + 4 t. feminine + ‎בָּאַמָּה‎ Zech 5:12.

2. + other number:
a. with units, usually 20 + (with ‎וְ‎) unit + singular noun Judg 10:2; Judg 10:3; 1Kgs 14:20 + 58 t. (including 20 + 1 * 1000, etc., 27 t.); noun omitted Josh 15:32 + 2 t. predicate; less often unit + 20 + singular noun Gen 11:24; Exod 38:24; Num 8:24 (all P) + 27 t.; unit + 20 + ‎בָּאַמָּה‎ Ezek 40:21; Exod 26:2; Exod 36:9 (both P).
b. 20 + unit + plural noun Num 7:8 (twice in verse) (P), 1Chr 2:22 + 3 t. Chronicles
c. plural noun + 20 + unit Josh 19:30 (twice in verse); 1Chr 12:29* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:28*).
d. c. hundreds, 20 usually following; followed by singular noun 1Kgs 9:14; Gen 6:3; Deut 31:2 + 7 t.; noun omitted 2Chr 3:4; Ezra 2:32 = Neh 7:35 20 + 100 (noun omitted) Num 7:86.
e. plural noun + 100 + 20 1Chr 15:5; 1Chr 15:6 — compare further ‎מֵאָה‎. II. as ordinal:

1. 20 alone, ‎׳‎‎בִּשְׁנַת ע‎ in the twentieth year 1Kgs 15:9 + 4 t.; noun omitted Num 10:11 + 3 t.

2. a. 20 + unit + ns. Ezek 29:17; Ezek 40:1.
b. ns. + 20 + unit Hag 1:15; 2Chr 7:10 +; ns. + unit + 20 Exod 12:8 ‎בִּשְׁנַת‎ + 20 + unit 1Kgs 16:10, etc. — See references below ‎עֶשֶׂר‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Genesis 6:3 · 11:24 · 18:31 · 31:38 · 32:15* · 32:16*
Exodus 12:8 · 26:2 · 27:10 · 27:11 · 36:9 · 36:23 · 36:24 · 36:25 · 38:18 · 38:24
Numbers 7:8 · 7:86 · 8:24 · 10:11
Deuteronomy 31:2
Joshua 15:32 · 19:30
Judges 10:2 · 10:3
1 Samuel 14:14
2 Samuel 3:20
1 Kings 5:3* · 6:2 · 9:14 · 14:20 · 15:9 · 16:10
1 Chronicles 2:22 · 12:28* · 12:29* · 15:5 · 15:6 · 18:4
2 Chronicles 3:3 · 3:4 · 7:10
Ezra 2:32
Nehemiah 7:35
Ezekiel 29:17 · 40:1 · 40:21 · 45:1
Haggai 1:15
Zechariah 5:12