17 occurrences

'Number' in the Bible

Now on one of these days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty believers was there) and he said,

But many of those who heard the message [of salvation] believed [in Jesus and accepted Him as the Christ]. And the number of the men came to be about 5,000.

But none of the rest [of the people, the non-believers] dared to associate with them; however, the people were holding them in high esteem and were speaking highly of them.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody [of importance], and a group of about four hundred men allied themselves with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were scattered and came to nothing.

And the message of God kept on growing and spreading, and the number of disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem; and a large number of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith [accepting Jesus as Messiah and acknowledging Him as the Source of eternal salvation].

And the hand (the power and presence) of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord [for salvation, accepting and drawing near to Jesus as Messiah and Savior].

When he realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was also called Mark, where many [believers] were gathered together and were praying continually [and had been praying all night].

Now in Iconium Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue together and spoke in such a way [with such power and boldness] that a large number of Jews as well as Greeks believed [and confidently accepted Jesus as Savior];

Paul and Barnabas disagreed greatly and debated with them, so it was determined that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others from their group would go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders [and confer with them] concerning this issue.

Then the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their men to go to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas [also called Silvanus, both], leading men among the brothers.

Since we have heard that some of our men have troubled you with their teachings, causing distress and confusion—men to whom we gave no such orders or instructions—

And some of them were persuaded to believe and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and many of the leading women.

For a number of days we sailed slowly and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, because the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the leeward (sheltered) side of Crete, off Salmone;

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὄχλος 
Ochlos 
Usage: 172

חקר 
Cheqer 
Usage: 12

יחשׂ 
Yachas 
Usage: 21

כּבד 
Kobed 
Usage: 4

מכסה 
Mikcah 
Usage: 2

מנה מנא 
M@na' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

מנה 
manah 
Usage: 28

מנין 
Minyan (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

מעט 
Ma`at 
Usage: 22

מפקד 
Miphqad 
Usage: 4

מת 
Math 
men , few , few , friends , number , persons , small , with
Usage: 21

ספר 
Caphar 
Usage: 161

ספר 
C@phar 
Usage: 1

ספרה 
C@phorah 
Usage: 1

עדף 
`adaph 
Usage: 9

פּקד 
Paqad 
Usage: 303

פּקדּה 
P@quddah 
Usage: 32

ἀριθμέω 
Arithmeo 
Usage: 1

ἀριθμός 
Arithmos 
Usage: 18

ἐγκρίνω 
Egkrino 
make of the number
Usage: 1

καταλέγω 
Katalego 
Usage: 1

καταριθμέω 
Katarithmeo 
Usage: 1

λογίζομαι 
Logizomai 
Usage: 40

συγκαταψηφίζω 
Sugkatapsephizo 
Usage: 1