Job 1:3

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east."

Word-by-Word Analysis

His

חַיִל

chayil

H2428

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

50 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
also was

שֶׁבַע

shebaʻ

H7651

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

463 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

אֶלֶף

ʼeleph

H505

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

520 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

צֹאן

tsôʼn

H6629

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

188 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and

שָׁלוֹשׁ

shâlôwsh

H7969

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

485 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

אֶלֶף

ʼeleph

H505

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

520 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

גָּמָל

gâmâl

H1581

a camel

50 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and

חָמֵשׁ

châmêsh

H2568

five

345 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

מֵאָה

mêʼâh

H3967

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

590 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

עֹל

ʻôl

H5923

a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

59 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of

בָּקָר

bâqâr

H1241

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

102 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and

חָמֵשׁ

châmêsh

H2568

five

345 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

מֵאָה

mêʼâh

H3967

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

590 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
she

חֲמוֹר

chămôwr

H2543

a male ass (from its dun red)

64 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and a very

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

962 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

61 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
so that this

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

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)

2736 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
was the

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

21 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of all the

אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

1676 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

157 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

Key Terms in This Verse

greatest H1419

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

Study H1419 →
substance H2428

חַיִל chayil

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Study H2428 →
camels H1581

גָּמָל gâmâl

a camel

Study H1581 →
yoke H5923

עֹל ʻôl

a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

Study H5923 →
household H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Study H1004 →
asses H2543

חֲמוֹר chămôwr

a male ass (from its dun red)

Study H2543 →
oxen H1241

בָּקָר bâqâr

beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

Study H1241 →
east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

Study H6921 →
sheep H6629

צֹאן tsôʼn

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

Study H6629 →
five H2568

חָמֵשׁ châmêsh

five

Study H2568 →

Cross References

Job 42:12 cross-reference

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Job 29:25 cross-reference

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Judges 6:3 cross-reference

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

Proverbs 10:22 cross-reference

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

1 Kings 4:30 cross-reference

And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Numbers 23:7 cross-reference

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Genesis 12:16 cross-reference

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 12:5 cross-reference

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan...

Genesis 29:1 cross-reference

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 13:6 cross-reference

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

2 Kings 3:4 cross-reference

And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

Genesis 25:6 cross-reference

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

2 Chronicles 32:29 cross-reference

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

1 Samuel 25:2 cross-reference

And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Judges 6:5 cross-reference

For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

2 Chronicles 26:10 cross-reference

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for h...

Genesis 34:23 cross-reference

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Judges 8:10 cross-reference

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thou...

Judges 7:12 cross-reference

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mu...

Related Passages

Welcome to LOGOS Study

Your complete Bible study toolkit