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2 Kings 2:7
“And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · kham-ish-sheem'
H2572 · Hebrew
H2572 · Hebrew
- Definition
- fifty
- Derivation
- multiple of H2568 (חָמֵשׁ);
- KJV renderings
- fifty.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- חֲמִשִּׁ֨ים — cardinal number, both genders, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 163 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:15Genesis 7:24Genesis 8:3Genesis 9:28Genesis 9:29
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֲמִשִּׁים here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.