Numbers
- proper noun
- /ˈnʌmbərz/
- Literature
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Números
- There are many laws and stories recorded in Numbers.
Examples
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The Book of Numbers describes the Israelites' wanderings in the desert.
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The book of Numbers contains many important lessons.
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She is studying Numbers for her theology class.
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In Numbers, the Israelites are counted before entering the Promised Land.
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In the Bible, the book of Numbers recounts the Israelites' journey through the wilderness.
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The book of Numbers is part of the Pentateuch, detailing the census of the Israelite tribes.
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Many stories about the Israelites can be found in Numbers, including their experiences in the desert.
Synonyms
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6.1
An Old Testament book that tells about the Israelites' journey from Egypt and a count of their people
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.9
When a sample gets larger, its average gets closer to the average of the whole group
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6.1
An Old Testament book that tells about the Israelites' journey from Egypt and a count of their people
- Specialized
A theorem that says the average of many independent random results almost certainly equals the true average
A simple painting kit with numbered areas to fill with set colors, or a predictable way of doing something
A fixed, simple way of doing creative work that leaves little room for new ideas
- Specialized
The average of many separate random results becomes almost always close to the true average
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Numbers gets its name from the Latin word Numeri, which means 'numbers' or 'counts', because the book records many counts of the Israelite people during their time in the wilderness. So the title Numbers points to the censuses and lists of people in the book.