Strong’s H2568 · Hebrew

חָמֵשׁ
châmêsh
khaw-maysh'

Definition

five

Etymology

masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral;

How the KJV renders it

  • fif(-teen)
  • fifth
  • five ( apiece)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.