Twenty Cardinal Number

עֶשְׂרִים315 n.pl.indecl. (a) twenty (ancient pl. of עֶשֶׂר Prä BAS i. 376; NH = BH; Arabic عِشْرُونَ; Assyrian ešrâ; Sab. עשרי HomChrest. 48; Ethiopic ዕሥራ: Aramaic עשרין, ܥܶܣܪܝܺܢ; Nab. עשרין);— I. as cardinal: 1. without other num.: a. usually sq. n.s. (especially שָׁנָה, אִישׁ, אַמָּה, etc.) Gn 31:38 1 S 14:14 Ex 38:18 + 64 times, + עֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף 20,000 1 Ch 18:4 + 7 times + Ez 45:1 (reading עֶשְׂרִים אָ֑לֶף, v. עֶשֶׂר 2 b). b. sq. n.pl. 2 S 3:20; Ex 36:23, 24, 25 + 4 times. †c. sq. n.s. coll. 1 K 5:3. d. n.pl. precedes Gn 32:15(×2), 16; 2 Ch 3:3 + 6 times e. n. om. Gn 18:31(×2) (הָע׳), 1 K 6:2 + 6 times, as pred. Ex 27:10(×2), 11(×2) + 4 times. †f. + בָּאַמָּה Zc 5:2. 2. + other num.: a. c. units, usually 20 + (c. וְ) unit + n.s. Ju 10:2, 3 1 K 14:20 + 58 times (incl. 20 + 1 × 1000, etc., 27 times); n. om. Jos 15:32 + 2 times pred.; less often unit + 20 + n.s. Gn 11:24 Ex 38:24 Nu 8:24 (all P) + 27 times; unit + 20 + בָּאַמָּה Ez 40:21 Ex 26:2; 36:9 (both P). b. 20 + unit + n.pl. Nu 7:8(×2) (P), 1 Ch 2:22 + 3 times Chr. †c. n.pl. + 20 + unit Jos 19:30 1 Ch 12:29 (van d. H. v 28). d. c. hundreds, 20 usually foll.; sq. n.s. 1 K 9:14 Gn 6:3 Dt 31:2 + 7 times; n. om. 2 Ch 3:4 Ezr 2:32 = Ne 7:35; 20 + 100 (n. om.) Nu 7:86. e. n.pl. + 100 + 20 1 Ch 15:5, 6;—cf. further מֵאָה. II. as ordinal: 1. 20 alone, בִּשְׁנַת ע׳ in the twentieth year 1 K 15:9 + 4 times; n. om. Nu 10:11 + 3 times. 2. a. 20 + unit + ns. Ez 29:17; 40:1. b. ns. + 20 + unit Hg 1:15; 2 Ch 7:10 +; ns. + unit + 20 Ex 12:8; בִּשְׁנַת + 20 + unit 1 K 16:10, etc.—Vid. reff. sub עֶשֶׂר" dir="rtl" >עֶשֶׂר.

εἴκοσι (for εἴκοσιν see below), Attic dialect, Ionic dialect, also Refs 4th c.AD+:—indeclinable, twenty, Refs 8th c.BC+ more frequently in Epic dialect form ἐείκοσι, before a vowel ἐείκοσιν, Refs; Doric dialect ϝίκατι Refs; ϝείκατι Refs; Laconian dialect βείκατι Refs 5th c.AD+; εἴκατι Refs 8th c.BC+; ϝείκατι and εἴκατι are late spellings of (ϝ) ῑκατ; εἴκοσι is contraction from *εϝῑκοσι. Cf. Latin vīginti, Sanskrit viṃśatis. εἴκοσιν is the only form used by Refs 6th c.BC+; εἴκοσι ἔτη, εἴκοσι ἡμερῶν, Refs

† עֶשְׂרִין n.pl. indecl. twenty;—מְאָה וְע׳ Dn 6:2 (follows n.m.).