Strong's Lexicon tishim: Ninety Original Word: תִּשְׁעִים Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root תשע (tesha), meaning "nine." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for the number ninety is found in Strong's Greek Dictionary as 1764 (ἐνενήκοντα, enenekonta). Usage: The Hebrew word "tishim" is used to denote the number ninety. It appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often in genealogies, historical records, and descriptions of quantities. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, numbers held significant meaning and were often used symbolically. The number ninety, being a multiple of nine, could be associated with completeness or finality, as the number nine itself often symbolizes. In the context of the Bible, numbers were not only used for counting but also for conveying deeper spiritual truths. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as tesha Definition ninety NASB Translation 1,290* (1), 392* (2), 690* (1), 95* (2), 96* (1), 98* (2), ninety (5), ninety-eight* (1), ninety-five* (2), ninety-nine* (2), ninety-six* (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs תִּשְׁעִים20 noun indeclinable ninety (archaic plural, DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 9 f. PrätBAS i. 376, but compare Ges§ 97f.); — before singular noun: שָׁנָה Genesis 5:9; Genesis 17:17 +, אַמָּה Ezekiel 41:12, יוֺם Ezekiel 4:5,9; less often after plural noun אֵילִים Ezra 8:35, compare Daniel 12:11; in combination, ׳תprocedes units 1 Samuel 4:15 7t.; following Genesis 5:17,30; ׳ת following 100 Ezekiel 4:5,9 4t.BIBLICAL ARAMAIC [Daniel 2:4-7:28 Daniel 2:4b-7:28; Ezra 4:8-6:18; Ezra 7:12-26; Jeremiah 10:11; Genesis 31:47aβ.] NOTE. - In the case of words common to Biblical Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew the etymological matter already given with the Hebrew words is not repeated here. The sign is prefixed to all words peculiar to the Biblical Aramaic. In other cases, except where ᵑ7 or Syriac is mentioned alone, it may be understood that the words occur also in the Aramaic of the ᵑ7s and in Syriac, even when this is not expressly stated. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance ninety Multiple from tesha'; ninety -- ninety. see HEBREW tesha' Forms and Transliterations וְתִשְׁעִ֖ים וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים וְתִשְׁעִֽים׃ וְתִשְׁעִים֙ ותשעים ותשעים׃ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים תִּשְׁעִ֥ים תשעים tiš‘îm tiš·‘îm tishIm vetishIm wə·ṯiš·‘îm wəṯiš‘îmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 5:9 HEB: וַֽיְחִ֥י אֱנ֖וֹשׁ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד NAS: lived ninety years, KJV: And Enos lived ninety years, and begat INT: lived Enosh ninety years and became Genesis 5:17 Genesis 5:30 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 17:17 Genesis 17:24 1 Samuel 4:15 1 Chronicles 9:6 Ezra 2:16 Ezra 2:20 Ezra 2:58 Ezra 8:35 Nehemiah 7:21 Nehemiah 7:25 Nehemiah 7:60 Jeremiah 52:23 Ezekiel 4:5 Ezekiel 4:9 Ezekiel 41:12 Daniel 12:11 20 Occurrences |