Strong's Number H505

אֶלֶף
'eleph · eh'-lef
Transliteration:
'eleph{eh'-lef}
Word Origin:
prop, the same as 504
TWOT:
109a
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Strong's Definition:
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Usage in the KJV:
thousand 499, eleven hundred 3967 3, variant 1, twelve hundred 3967 1

Total: 505
Occurs 506 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. a thousand
    1. as numeral
  2. a thousand, company
    1. as a company of men under one leader, troops