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Number Num"ber (n[u^]m"b[~e]r), n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to Gr. no`mos that which is dealt out, fr. ne`mein to deal out, distribute. See Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero, Numerous.] 1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures. [1913 Webster]

2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many. [1913 Webster]

Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door. [1913 Webster]

4. Numerousness; multitude. [1913 Webster]

Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable. [1913 Webster]

Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number. --2 Esdras iii. 7. [1913 Webster]

6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things. [1913 Webster]

7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural. [1913 Webster]

I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

8. (Gram.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one. [1913 Webster]

9. (Math.) The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value. [1913 Webster]

{Abstract number}, {Abundant number}, {Cardinal number}, etc. See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.

{In numbers}, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. [1913 Webster]

Number Num"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbered (n[u^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.] [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See Number, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. [1913 Webster]

If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. --Gen. xiii. 16. [1913 Webster]

2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. [1913 Webster]

He was numbered with the transgressors. --Is. liii. 12. [1913 Webster]

3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building. [1913 Webster]

4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. [1913 Webster]

Thy tears can not number the dead. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]

{Numbering machine}, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell. [1913 Webster]

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Bible Dictionary

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Like most Oriental nations, it is probable that the Hebrews intheir written calculations made use of the letters of thealphabet. That they did so in post-Babylonian times we haveconclusive evidence in the Maccabaean coins; and it is highlyprobable that this was the ease also in earlier times. Butthough, on the one hand, it is certain that in all existing MSSof the Hebrew text of the Old Testament the numericalexpressions are written at length, yet, on the other, thevariations in the several versions between themselves and fromthe Hebrew text, added to the evident inconsistencies innumerical statement between certain passages of that textitself seems to prove that some shorter mode of writing wasoriginally in vogue, liable to be misunderstood, and in factmisunderstood by copyists and translators. These variationsappear to have proceeded from the alphabetic method of writingnumbers. There can be little doubt, however, that some at leastof the numbers mentioned in Scripture are intended to berepresentative rather than determinative. Certain numbers, as7,10,40,100, were regarded as giving the idea of completeness.Without entering into St. Augustine s theory of this usage, wemay remark that the notion of representative numbers in certaincases is one extremely common among eastern nations, who have aprejudice against counting their possessions accurately; thatit enters largely into many ancient systems of chronology, andthat it is found in the philosophical and metaphysicalspeculations not only of the Pythagorean and other ancientschools of philosophy, both Greek and Roman, but also in thoseof the later Jewish writers, of the Gnostics, and also of suchChristian writers se St. Augustine himself. We proceed to givesome instances of numbers used, (a) representatively, and thusprobably by design indefinitely, or, (b) definitely, but, as wemay say, preferentially, i.e. because some meaning (which we donot in all cases understand) was attached to them.

Seven as denoting either plurality or completeness, perhapsbecause seven days completed the week is so frequent as tomake a selection only of instances necessary, e.g. seven fold(genesis 4:24) seven times, i.e. completely, (leviticus26:24; psalms 12:6) seven (i.e. many) ways, (28:25)

Ten as a preferential number is exemplified in the TenCommandments and the law of tithe.

Seventy, as compounded of 7 X 10, appears frequently e.g.seventy fold. (genesis 4:24; matthew 18:22) Its definite useappears in the offerings of 70 shekels, (numbers 7:13,19)ff,; the 70 elders, ch. (numbers 11:16) 70 Years ofcaptivity. (jeremiah 25:11)

Five appears in the table of punishments, of legalrequirements, (exodus 22:1; leviticus 5:16; 22:14; 27:15;numbers 5:7; 18:16) and in the five empires of Daniel.(daniel 2:1) ...

Four is used in reference to the 4 winds, (daniel 7:2) andthe so-called 4 corners of the earth; the creatures, eachwith 4 wings and 4 faces, of Ezekiel, (ezekiel 1:5) ff.; 4Rivers of Paradise (genesis 2:10) 4 Beasts, (daniel 7:1) ...and Reve 4:6 The 4 equal-sided temple-chamber. (ezekiel40:47)

Three was regarded, by both the Jews and other nations as aspecially complete and mystic number.

Twelve (3x4) appears in 12 tribes 12 stones in the highpriest s breastplate, 12 apostles, 12 foundation-stones, and12 gates. (revelation 21:19-21)

Lastly, the mystic number 666. (revelation 13:18)

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