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Lexicon :: Strong's H7969 - šālôš

Aa
שָׁלוֹשׁ
Transliteration
šālôš
Pronunciation
shaw-loshe'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive number
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2403a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: שלוש (Strongs and Gesenius) שלש (Strongs and Gesenius) שלשה (Strongs) שלושה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'; or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה shᵉlôwshâh; or שְׁלֹשָׁה shᵉlôshâh; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice:—+ fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare H7991.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 430x

The KJV translates Strong's H7969 in the following manner: three (388x), thirteen (with H6240) (13x), thirteenth (with H6240) (11x), third (9x), thrice (with H6471) (4x), threescore and thirteen (with H7657) (2x), stories (1x), forks (with H7053) (1x), oftentimes (with H6471) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 430x
The KJV translates Strong's H7969 in the following manner: three (388x), thirteen (with H6240) (13x), thirteenth (with H6240) (11x), third (9x), thrice (with H6471) (4x), threescore and thirteen (with H7657) (2x), stories (1x), forks (with H7053) (1x), oftentimes (with H6471) (1x).

  1. three, triad

    1. 3, 300, third

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'; or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה shᵉlôwshâh; or שְׁלֹשָׁה shᵉlôshâh; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice:—+ fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare H7991.
STRONGS H7969: Abbreviations
שָׁלשׁ, שָׁלוֺשׁ, שְׁלשָׁה 430 noun masculine and feminine a three, triad (Late Hebrew id.; שלש SI2; שלשן 30MI2; Phoenician שלש; Assyrian šalaštu, šalatu; Sabean שלתֿ HomChr 47, 124, but also תֿלתֿ, etc., Id.47, A. u. A. ii. 175 Sab. DenkmNo. 31, 8; Arabic bdb102505, bdb102506; Ethiopic bdb102507bdb102508Aramaic תְּלָתָא, bdb102509; Nabataean תלת Lzb377; Palmyrene תלת (in תלת מאה) ReckendZMg xiii (1888), 408; see also Köii. 1. 208); — masculine שָׁלשׁ וֺשׁ - rare, chiefly late), with noun feminine Amos 4:8 + 90 times, also construct שְׁלשׁ Genesis 18:6 + 65 times (but Genesis 38:24 read perhaps שְׁלשֶׁת Samaritan, compare Di and others), שְׁלָשֿׁ Exodus 21:11; feminine שְׁלשָׁה (וֺשָׁה - rare, chiefly late), with noun masculine Genesis 6:10 + 149 times, also construct שְׁלשֶׁת Amos 4:4 + 92 times (3+10=13 are additional; on rare exceptions to rule of gender compare Ges§ 97c), suffix שְׁלָשְׁתְּכֶם Numbers 12:4, שְׁלָשְׁתָּם Numbers 12:4; Ezekiel 40:10; Ezekiel 41:16; — three (Hexateuch chiefly P):
1. no other number:
a. before plural noun, שָׁלשׁ + 51 times, e.g. אַמוֺת שׁ׳ Exodus 27:1 +, בָּאַמָּה שׁ׳ 1 Kings 7:27, שְׁלשָׁה + 90 times, e.g. Genesis 18:2 + (so always שְׁלשׁ, שְׁלשֶׁת; read מִשְׁלשֶׁת Genesis 38:24 Sam Di; = מִשְּׁ׳, from מִןֿ); after noun (late: on 1 Samuel 1:24 see [שִׁלֵּשׁ) 1 Chronicles 25:5 + 17 times; noun omitted 1 Samuel 17:4; 2 Samuel 24:12 + 42 times
b. = ordinal יָמִים לִשׁ׳ Exodus 19:5 on third day; הַיּוֺם שׁ׳ הַיָּמִים 1 Samuel 9:20, הַיּוֺם הַשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 30:13, both = three days ago; especially לְ בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ 1 Kings 15:28 + 7 times (Ges§ 134o).
2. 13, with noun feminine: שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהשָׁנַה Genesis 17:25; 1 Kings 7:1 — Genesis 14:4 († שְׁלשֿׁ), Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 25:3; before ערים Joshua 21:19; after, Joshua 19:16 + 3 times, before עִיר Joshua 21:33; 1 Chronicles 6:43, אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:11; with noun masculine שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר before פָּרִים Numbers 29:14; after, Numbers 29:13; ordinal before יוֺם Esther 3:12; Esther 9:1; after, Esther 9:17; יוֺם omitted Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12; Esther 9:18; גוֺרָל omitted 1 Chronicles 24:13; 1 Chronicles 25:20; 1 Chronicles 26:11.
3. 300=שְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:22 + 59 times (1 Chronicles 11:11 perhaps intentional change [HPSSm] from שְׁמֹנֶה || 2 Samuel 23:8 which certainly original, Vrss Th We Dr and modern); 3000 = שְׁלשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Exodus 32:28 + 28 times
4. with tense, שׁ׳ following Numbers 1:43 + 11 times, precedes Leviticus 12:4 + 17 times, + (as ordinal) 3+20 Jeremiah 52:30 + 3 times; 20+3 2 Kings 12:7 + 2 times
5. as round, or conventional, number: 2 (or) 3, Amos 4:8; Deuteronomy 17:6; Joshua 7:3; 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; 3 (and) 4, Proverbs 30:15, 18, 21, 29; three days' journey Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23, etc.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8532.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:22; 6:10; 14:4; 17:25; 18:2; 18:6; 38:24; 38:24

Exodus

3:18; 5:3; 8:23; 19:5; 21:11; 27:1; 32:28

Leviticus

12:4

Numbers

1:43; 12:4; 12:4; 29:13; 29:14

Deuteronomy

17:6

Joshua

7:3; 19:16; 21:19; 21:33

1 Samuel

1:24; 9:20; 17:4; 30:13

2 Samuel

23:8; 24:12

1 Kings

7:1; 7:27; 15:28

2 Kings

9:32; 12:7

1 Chronicles

6:43; 11:11; 24:13; 25:5; 25:20; 26:11

Esther

3:12; 3:13; 8:12; 9:1; 9:17; 9:18

Proverbs

30:15; 30:18; 30:21; 30:29

Isaiah

3; 17:6

Jeremiah

1:2; 25:3; 52:30

Ezekiel

40:10; 40:11; 41:16

Amos

4:4; 4:8; 4:8

H7969

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7969 matches the Hebrew שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālôš),
which occurs 431 times in 381 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 5:22–Exo 37:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10 - And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13 - On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19 - These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - And after the birth of Shelah, Arpachshad went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10 - And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12 - Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - Now when the chief bread-maker saw that the first dream had a good sense, he said to Joseph, I had a dream; and in my dream there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three baskets are three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - So he put them in prison for three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - All these, together with his daughter Dinah, were the children of Leah, whom Jacob had by her in Paddan-aram; they were thirty-three in number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18 - And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel: and the years of Kohath's life were a hundred and thirty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7 - And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they gave the Lord's word to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11 - And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:14 - Three times in the year you are to keep a feast to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:17 - Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - On the one side of the doorway will be hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - And on the other side, hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;

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