159 occurrences

'Twelve' in the Bible

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

Age, Lived Over 100Life Expectancy, Pre FloodAge At Death

Twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Ten To Fourteen Years

And [as for] Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless him and I will make him fruitful, and I will multiply him {exceedingly}. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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

Then they said, "We, your servants, [are] twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest [is] with our father today, and one is no more."

The Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

We [are] twelve brothers, the sons of our father. One is no more and the youngest [is] with our father now in the land of Canaan.'

The Number TwelveThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve Beings

All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] what their father said to them when he blessed them, each according to their blessing.

Twelve TribesPeople Who Blessed Othersisrael

And they came to Elim, and twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees were there, and they encamped there at the water.

Palm TreesThe Number TwelveRivers And StreamsTreesTwelve ThingsSeventies

And Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and he rose early in the morning, and he built an altar at the base of the mountain and [set up] twelve memorial stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

AltarsThe Number TwelveBuildingMoses, Significance OfPillarsRising EarlyMorning DevotionsObelisksThose Who Rose EarlyTwelve Tribes

The stones will be according to the names of the {Israelites}, twelve according to their names, [with] seal engravings, each according to its name they will be for [the] twelve tribes.

SealsengravingTwelve TribesTwelve Things

And the stones [were] according to the names of the {Israelites}; they [were] twelve according to their names, [with] seal engravings, each according to its name for [the] twelve tribes.

SealsengravingTwelve TribesTwelve Things

"And you shall take finely milled flour, and you shall bake [with] it twelve ring-shaped bread cakes: each one [shall be] two-tenths [of an ephah].

The Number TwelveWeights And Measures, DryShowbreadBaking BreadTwelve ThingsA Tenth Of ThingsEphah [Ten Omers]

These [are] the ones counted whom Moses and Aaron mustered, with the twelve leaders of Israel, each one from {his family}.

Twelve Beings

They brought their offering before the presence of Yahweh, six covered utility carts and twelve cattle, a utility cart for two of the leaders, and a bull for each; and they presented them {before} the tabernacle.

OxenGiftsCartsDonationsWagonsSix ThingsTwelve Animals

This [was] the dedication of the altar on [the] day of anointing it, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls for drinking wine, twelve golden dishes;

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

the twelve golden dishes filled [with] incense, each dish [weighing] ten shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, all the gold of the dishes one hundred and twenty;

The Number TwelveSpoonsTwelve ThingsGold Items For The TabernaclRight MeasuresWeights Of Gold

all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs {in their first year}, and their grain offering; and twelve he-goats as a sin offering;

Twelve AnimalsMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsSacrificing CattleSacrificing Goats

"Speak to the {Israelites}, and take from among them twelve staffs, {a staff from each family} from among all their leaders according to their families' households. Write the name of each man on his staff,

AlmondsThe Number TwelveTwelve Things

Moses spoke to the {Israelites}, and all their leaders gave him a staff for each leader, one from {each of their families}, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron [was] in the midst of their tribes.

Twelve Things

So theywere assigned from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand equipped for battle.

equipping, physicalA Thousand PeopleEleven To Nineteen Thousand

They set out from Marah and came to Elim, and in Elim [there were] twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.

The Number TwelveTreesTwelve ThingsSeventies

The plan was good {in my opinion}, and [so] I took from [among] you twelve men, {one from each tribe}.

Good WordsTwelve Tribes

So then, take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, {one from each tribe}.

The Number TwelveTwelve Tribes

"Take twelve men from the people, {one man from each tribe},

Twelve Tribes

and command them, saying, 'Take for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you, and set them up in {the place where you will camp tonight}.'"

Stones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

So Joshua summoned the twelve men whom he had appointed from the {Israelites}, one from each tribe.

Twelve Tribes

Thus the {Israelites} did as Joshua commanded. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan as Yahweh told Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the {Israelites}, and they carried them over with them to {the camp}, and they put them there.

The MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the covenant [stood], and they are there to this day.

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

And those twelve stones that they took from the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

Stones As MonumentsTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

All the people that fell on that day, both men and women, [were] twelve thousand--all the inhabitants of Ai.

Eleven To Nineteen Thousand

Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities and their villages.

Twelve Things

Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities and their villages.

BethlehemTwelve Things

The descendants of the Merarites according to their families [received] twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Twelve Things

All [these were] the cities of the descendants of Merarite according to their families, the remaining families of the Levites; their allotment was twelve cities.

Twelve Things

When he entered his house he took a knife, and he grasped his concubine and cut her into twelve pieces; and he sent her throughout the whole territory of Israel.

KnifesPeople Cut In PiecesTwelve Thingsmistresscutting

And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men from the troops, and they commanded them, saying, "Go, strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with {the edge of the sword}, and the women and children.

Eleven To Nineteen Thousand

So they came forward and passed by in number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ish-Bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

Twelve Beings

When the {Ammonites} saw that they had become odious to David, the {Ammonites} sent [word] and hired Aram Beth-Rehob and Aram-Zobah, twenty thousand infantry; and [they also hired] the king of Maacah, a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.

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

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue after David {tonight}.

advisersThe Number TwelvePursuingEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his palace, {each one was to sustain for each month of the year}.

The Number TwelveGovernorsSolomon, Life OfStoringYearsDerisionOne MonthPeople ProvidingTwelve Beings

Now Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his war chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

equipping, physicalHorsesMangersCavalryEleven To Nineteen ThousandForty Thousand And UpAcquiring Horses

He cast the two pillars [out of] bronze; eighteen cubits [was] the height of the first, and a cord of twelve cubits would encircle the second pillar.

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

[The sea] was standing on twelve oxen, with three facing to the north, three facing to the west, three facing to the south, and three facing to the east. The sea [was] on top of them, with all of their hindquarters [turned] to the inside.

WestThree AnimalsFacing NorthNorth, South, East And WestTwelve Animals

and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea;

Twelve Animals

Twelve lions [were] standing there, six on each of the six steps {on either side}; nothing like this was made for any of the kingdoms.

The Number TwelveLionsSix ThingsUnique ThingsTwelve Animals

Solomon gathered chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses. He stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.

MultiplyingChariotsSolomon, Character OfAccumulatingThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which [was] on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

CloaksThe Number TwelveThose Who Tore ClothesTwelve Thingsrehabilitation

In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel [for] twelve years. He reigned in Tirzah six years,

Six YearsTen To Fourteen Years

Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of God came, saying, "Israel shall be your name."

The Number TwelveJacob, The PatriarchGod Renaming PeopleTwelve TribesTwelve Things

So he went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat while he [was] plowing [with] twelve pairs of oxen before him. When he and the twelve passed Elijah, he threw his cloak on him.

FarmersCloaksCovering The BodyYokesCultivationPloughingOuter GarmentsPloughmenTwelve Animals

Now Joram the son of Ahab had become king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. He reigned twelve years

Ten To Fourteen YearsList Of Kings Of IsraelKings of judah

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother [was] Hephzibah.

Jerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When CrownedMothers Of Kings

To the Merarites twelve cities [were] allotted according to their clans out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

The Number Twelve

All of them were chosen as gatekeepers at the entrances, two hundred and twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. They [were] established [by] David and Samuel the seer on account of their faithfulness.

SeersVillages

Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief and one hundred and twelve of his brothers.

And the first lot for Asaph went out to Joseph; the second to Gedaliahu; he and his brothers and his twelve sons.

The third, Zakkur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the seventh, Jesarelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

eleventh, Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to [the] twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

FortificationsChariotsHorsesThousandsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

[It was] standing upon twelve oxen, three facing north, and three facing west, and three facing south, and three facing east. The sea [was set] upon them from above, and all their hindquarters [faced] {inward}.

Facing NorthTwelve Animals

and the one sea and the twelve oxen underneath it.

Twelve Animals

And twelve lions were standing there on [each] of the six steps {on each end}. And there was nothing like [it] made in all the kingdom.

Twelve Animals

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

FortificationsMangersAccumulatingCavalryFour ThousandEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, History Of50 To 70 YearsAge When Crowned

the descendants of Pahath-moab, [particularly] the descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

Two Thousand

the descendants of Jorah, one hundred and twelve;

A Hundred And Some

And they offered during the dedication of this house of God one hundred young bulls, two hundred young rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering for Israel [according to] the number of the tribes of Israel.

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

I set apart twelve of the official priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them.

Twelve BeingsUnnamed Priests

The exiles that returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel; twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve goats as a sin offering. All was a burnt offering to Yahweh.

GoatsThe Number TwelveSacrifice, In OtSin OfferingThe Number NinetyTwelve TribesTwelve AnimalsSeventiesNinetiesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Moreover, from the appointed day I was made their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes--twelve years. My brothers and I did not eat the food [allowance] of the governor.

GovernorsArtaxerxes The KingTen To Fourteen Years

The descendants of Hariph, one hundred and twelve.

A Hundred And Some

When the turn came for each girl to go to King Ahasuerus, after the end of twelve months of being under the regulations of the women--for the days of their beauty treatments had to be filled, six months with the oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and women's cosmetics--

MyrrhMarital SexFive Months And MoreOne YearMarital Sex BetweenYoung LadiesEtiquetteMonthsWomen's BeautyWomen's Rolesmakeupprocess

The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that [were] under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the {temple} of Yahweh--there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels!

The Number TwelveAnimals, Types OfTwo Parts Of ConstructionsTwelve Animals

Now the pillars, [the] height of one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and a thread of twelve cubits surrounded it, and its thickness [was] four fingers, hollowed out.

FingersWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of PillarsBreadthHollownessHollow

And the altar hearth [was] {twelve} [cubits] [in] length and {twelve} [cubits] [in] width; [it was] {squared on its four sides}.

SquaresDimensions Of Temple Furniture

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "This [is] the boundary [by] which you shall distribute the land for {the twelve} tribes of Israel: Two shares [shall be for] Joseph.

Double PortionsTwelve Tribesborders

At the end of twelve months he was walking on the [roof of] {the royal palace} of Babylon.

The Number TwelveRoofYearsOne YearRoyal HousesRooftop

And behold, a woman who had been suffering with a hemorrhage twelve years approached from behind [and] touched the edge of his cloak,

ClothingdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfPurity, Nature OfTasselsTen To Fourteen YearsFringe Of ClothesBleedingHuman Blood ShedTouching For HealingBlood

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother,

Peter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

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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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