King James Version

1 Chronicles 12:26

Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Chronicles 12:27.

מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.בְּנֵי֙benesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […הַלֵּוִ֔יhalevithe Levi. See also Hלֵוִיdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Levi. See also H”H3878Levi, a son of JacobLevi. See also H3879 (לֵוִי), H3881 (לֵוִיִּי).אַרְבַּ֥עַתarbaatfourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “four”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH702fourfour.אֲלָפִ֖יםalafimthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshand sixשֵׁשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵאֽוֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(12-27) Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

Young’s Literal Translation

Of the sons of Levi [are] four thousand and six hundred;

World English Bible

Of the children of Levi: four thousand six hundred.

Darby Translation

Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.

Douay-Rheims

Of the sons of Levi, four thousand six hundred.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(12-27) Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τῶν υἱῶν Λευὶ, τετρακισχίλιοι καὶ ἑξακόσιοι.