1 Chronicles 27:1
Old Testament • 27 words with Strong's data
"Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מִסְפָּר
miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שֹׁטֵר
shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
מְסִלָּה
mᵉçillâh
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Key Terms in This Verse
מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Study H4546 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
Study H7860 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f...
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains ove...
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and offic...
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his cha...
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
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