חֲמִשִּׁים (ḥămiššîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning fifty. It appears 163 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2572).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 686c)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲמִשִּׁים noun, plural: fifty

Strong's H2572 חֲמִשִּׁים: fifty
KJV:fifty.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 686: חָמַשׁ ḥāmaš — the land of Egypt; tax a fifth; take up the fifth participle

• חָמֵשׁ ḥāmēš — five
• חֲמִישִׁי ḥămîšî — fifth
• חָמַשׁ ḥāmaš — and he shall fifth
• חֹמֶשׁ ḥōmeš — fifth part

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