189 occurrences in 13 translations

'Twelve' in the Bible

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen Years

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Number TwelveAbraham, Testing And VictoryAnswered PrayerProsperity PromisedGod Multipling PeopleTwelve BeingsBlessed By GodGod Paid Attention To MeSons Being A Blessingfruitfulness

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelCastlesRulersTwelve Beings

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Verse ConceptsIncestConcubinesThe Number TwelveImmorality, Examples Of SexualExtra Marital Sex ExamplesTwelve Beingssex

And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn Sons

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve Beings

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Verse ConceptsTwelve TribesPeople Who Blessed Othersisrael

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesThe Number TwelveRivers And StreamsTreesTwelve ThingsSeventies

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAltarsThe Number TwelveBuildingMoses, Significance OfPillarsRising EarlyMorning DevotionsObelisksThose Who Rose EarlyTwelve Tribes

You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the [twelve] sons of Israel,

Verse ConceptsTwo Ornaments

And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

Verse ConceptsSealsengravingTwelve TribesTwelve Things

"Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that -- about six and a quarter pounds -- of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane,

Verse ConceptsMyrrhCinnamonDelicacies

and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil.

Verse ConceptsWeights Of Other Things

And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

Verse ConceptsSealsengravingTwelve TribesTwelve Things

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsOxenGiftsCartsDonationsWagonsSix ThingsTwelve Animals

This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveBowlsTwelve ThingsSetting Up The Bronze AltarAnointing ThingsGold Items For The Tabernacl

The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveSpoonsTwelve ThingsGold Items For The TabernaclRight MeasuresWeights Of Gold

All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

Verse ConceptsTwelve AnimalsMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsSacrificing CattleSacrificing Goats

Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsThe Number TwelveTwelve Things

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalA Thousand PeopleEleven To Nineteen Thousand

And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpSeventies

And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveTreesTwelve ThingsSeventies

And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Verse ConceptsGood WordsTwelve Tribes

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveTwelve Tribes

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Verse ConceptsTwelve Tribes

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Verse ConceptsStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

Verse ConceptsTwelve Tribes

And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The JordanPlaces To This Day

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsStones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Verse ConceptsBethlehemTwelve Things

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

Verse ConceptsKnifesPeople Cut In PiecesTwelve Thingsmistresscutting

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

Verse ConceptsAmmonitesenemies, of Israel and JudahHiringMercenariesNosesOffenceSmellsSoldiersDislikingA Thousand PeopleEleven To Nineteen ThousandTwenty Thousand And UpHating Peoples

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

Verse ConceptsadvisersThe Number TwelvePursuingEleven To Nineteen Thousand

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.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveGovernorsSolomon, Life OfStoringYearsDerisionOne MonthPeople ProvidingTwelve Beings

For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveDimensions Of PillarsHollownessTwo Parts Of ConstructionsHollowBronze Items For The Tabernacle

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

Verse ConceptsWestThree AnimalsFacing NorthNorth, South, East And WestTwelve Animals

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveLionsSix ThingsUnique ThingsTwelve Animals

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingChariotsSolomon, Character OfAccumulatingThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

Verse ConceptsSix YearsTen To Fourteen Years

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveJacob, The PatriarchGod Renaming PeopleTwelve TribesTwelve Things

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

Verse ConceptsFarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsList Of Kings Of IsraelKings of judah

He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysTens Of ThousandsGiven Names To This DayNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense [to pagan gods] in the high places in Judah’s cities and all around Jerusalem—also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations [of the zodiac], and to all the [starry] host of heaven.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsHigh PlacesMoonPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesIncense Offered AmissIdolatrous Worship Of The Moon

The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord's temple -- including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called "The Sea," the twelve bronze bulls under "The Sea," and the movable stands -- was too heavy to be weighed.

Verse ConceptsPillars For Solomon's TempleAmassing BronzeTwo Parts Of Constructions

Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Twelve

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

Verse ConceptsSeersVillages

Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsChariotsHorsesThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

Verse ConceptsFacing NorthTwelve Animals

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Animals

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsMangersAccumulatingCavalryFour ThousandEleven To Nineteen Thousand

With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMany CombatantsAfricaCavalryThousandsFifty To Ninety Thousand

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When Crowned

The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

Verse ConceptsTwo Thousand

And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGoatsExpiationSacrifice, In OtSin OfferingOne HundredThe Number Two HundredFour To Five HundredTwelve TribesTwelve AnimalsFour And Five HundredSheep And GoatsDedication

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

עשׂרה עשׂר 
`asar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

עשׂר 
`asar 
Usage: 339

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

תּרתּין תּרין 
T@reyn (Aramaic) 
twelve . , two , second
Usage: 4

δεκαδύο 
Dekaduo 
Usage: 2

δώδεκα 
Dodeka 
Usage: 65

δωδεκάφυλον 
Dodekaphulon 
Usage: 1

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