'Number' in the Bible

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily.

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

Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.