חֲמִשִּׁים
cha.mish.shim
fifty
Lexicon Entry
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What Original Readers Understood
Supported# חֲמִשִּׁים (Fifty): A Foundational Biblical Number The Hebrew word *chamishim* denotes the number fifty and appears 163 times throughout the biblical text, establishing it as a numerically significant term in scriptural literature. As a basic integer in the Hebrew counting system, it functions both as a standalone numeral and as a component in larger numbers, serving the practical purpose of quantifying everything from people and livestock to measurements and time periods. The frequency of occurrence—163 instances—indicates that fifty held consistent importance across different biblical contexts and genres. This prevalence suggests the number was not merely incidental but played a meaningful role in Hebrew religious, legal, and administrative practices. The specific contexts in which *chamishim* appears would reveal whether it carried particular symbolic or structural significance (such as in temple dimensions, census counts, or festival calculations), though such contextual analysis lies beyond the lexical data itself. In essence, *chamishim* functioned as a standard numerical term in biblical Hebrew, reliable enough in meaning and usage to appear regularly throughout the scriptural corpus without apparent ambiguity.
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Occurrences in Scripture
163 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 33:1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:7The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Ezra 2:14The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
Ezra 2:15The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
Ezra 2:22The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
Ezra 2:29The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
Ezra 2:30The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
Ezra 2:31The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Ezra 2:37The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
Ezra 2:60the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
Ezra 8:3Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty.
Ezra 8:6Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
Ezra 8:26I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels; one hundred talents of gold,
Nehemiah 5:17Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, in addition to those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
Nehemiah 6:15So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.
Nehemiah 7:10The children of Arah: six hundred fifty-two.
Nehemiah 7:12The children of Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Nehemiah 7:20The children of Adin: six hundred fifty-five.
Nehemiah 7:33The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
Nehemiah 7:34The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Nehemiah 7:40The children of Immer: one thousand fifty-two.
Nehemiah 7:70Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.
Esther 5:14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
Esther 7:9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
Isaiah 3:3the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.
Ezekiel 40:15From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 40:21The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side. Its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:25There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:29with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
Ezekiel 40:33with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits wide.
Ezekiel 40:36its lodges, its posts, and its arches. There were windows in it all around. The length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 42:2Before the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the width was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:7The wall that was outside by the side of the rooms, toward the outer court before the rooms, its length was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:8For the length of the rooms that were in the outer court was fifty cubits. Behold, before the temple were one hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 45:2Of this there shall be a five hundred by five hundred square for the holy place; and fifty cubits for its pasture lands all around.
Ezekiel 48:17The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
Ezekiel 48:17The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
Ezekiel 48:17The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
Ezekiel 48:17The city shall have pasture lands: toward the north two hundred fifty, and toward the south two hundred fifty, and toward the east two hundred fifty, and toward the west two hundred fifty.
Haggai 2:16Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.
Genesis 6:15This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 7:24The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.
Genesis 8:3The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.
Genesis 9:28Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
Genesis 9:29All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
Genesis 18:24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Genesis 18:24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
Genesis 18:26Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Genesis 18:28What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”