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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 7:1Genesis 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

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - Then Enoch H2585 walked H1980 with God H430 three H7969 hundred H3967 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Methuselah H4968, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Enoch H2585 were 365 H7969 H3967 H8346 H2568 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10 - And Noah H5146 fathered H3205 three H7969 sons H1121: Shem H8035, Ham H2526, and Japheth H3315.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - “This H2088 is how H834 you shall make H6213 it: the length H753 of the ark H8392 shall be [fn]three H7969 hundred H3967 cubits H520, its width H7341 fifty H2572 cubits H520, and its height H6967 thirty H7970 cubits H520.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13 -

On this H2088 very H6106 same H6106 day H3117 Noah H5146, Shem H8035, Ham H2526, and Japheth H3315, the sons H1121 of Noah H5146, and Noah’s H5146 wife H802 and the three H7969 wives H802 of his sons H1121 with them, entered H935 the ark H8392,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19 - These H428 three H7969 were the sons H1121 of Noah H5146, and from these H428 the whole H3605 earth H776 was [fn]populated H5310.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 -

Noah H5146 lived H2421 350 H7969 H3967 H2572 years H8141 after H310 the flood H3999.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - and Arpachshad H775 lived H2421 403 H702 H3967 H7969 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Shelah H7974, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - and Shelah H7974 lived H2421 403 H702 H3967 H7969 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Eber H5677, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - For twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141 they had served H5647 Chedorlaomer H3540, but in the thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 they rebelled H4775.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram H87 heard H8085 that his relative H251 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, he [fn]led H7324 out H7324 his trained H2593 men H2593, born H3211 in his house H1004, numbering 318 H7969 H3967 H8083 H6240, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far H5704 as Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And his son H1121 Ishmael H3458 was thirteen H7969 H6240 years H8141 old H1121 when he was circumcised H4135 in the flesh H1320 of his foreskin H6190.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - When he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, behold H2009, three H7969 men H376 were standing H5324 opposite H5921 him; and when he saw H7200 them, he ran H7323 from the tent H168 door H6607 to meet H7122 them and bowed H2331 down H2331 to the ground H776,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham H85 hurried H4116 into the tent H168 to Sarah H8283, and said H559, “[fn]Quickly H4116, prepare H4116 three H7969 [fn]measures H5429 of fine H5560 flour H7058 H5560, knead H3888 it, and make H6213 bread H5692 cakes H5692.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He looked H7200, and [fn]saw H7200 a well H875 in the field H7704, and behold H2009, three H7969 flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 were lying H7257 there H8033 beside H5921 it, because H3588 they watered H8248 the flocks H5739 from that well H875. Now the stone H68 on the mouth H6310 of the well H875 was large H1419.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceived H2029 again H5750 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and said H559, “Now H6258 this H6471 time H6471 my husband H376 will become H3867 [fn]attached H3867 to me, because H3588 I have borne H3205 him three H7969 sons H1121.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he was named H7121 H8034 Levi H3878.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And he put H7760 a distance of three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 between H996 himself and Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 fed H7462 the rest H3498 of Laban’s H3837 flocks H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 -

Now it was about three H7969 months H2320 later H4480 that Judah H3063 was [fn]informed H5046, “Your daughter-in-law H3618 Tamar H8559 has prostituted H2181 herself, and behold H2009, she is also H1571 pregnant H2030 by prostitution H2183.” Then Judah H3063 said H559, “Bring H3318 her out H3318 and have her burned H8313!”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10 - and on the vine H1612 were three H7969 branches H8299. And as it was budding H6524, its blossoms H5322 came H5927 out, and its clusters H811 produced H1310 ripe H1310 grapes H6025.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12 - Then Joseph H3130 said H559 to him, “This H2088 is the interpretation H6623 of it: the three H7969 branches H8299 are three H7969 days H3117;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - within three H7969 more H5750 days H3117 Pharaoh H6547 will [fn]lift H5375 up H5375 your head H7218 and restore H7725 you to your office H3653; and you will put H5414 Pharaoh’s H6547 cup H3563 into his hand H3027 as in your former H7223 practice H4941 when H834 you were his cupbearer H4945.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 -

When the chief H8269 baker H644 saw H7200 that he had interpreted H6622 favorably H2896, he said H559 to Joseph H3130, “I also H637 saw in my dream H2472, and behold H2009, there were three H7969 baskets H5536 of white H2751 bread H2751 on my head H7218;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - Then Joseph H3130 answered H6030 and said H559, “This H2088 is its interpretation H6623: the three H7969 baskets H5536 are three H7969 days H3117;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - within three H7969 more H5750 days H3117 Pharaoh H6547 will lift H5375 up H5375 your head H7218 from you and will hang H8518 you on a wooden H6086 post, and the birds H5775 will eat H398 your flesh H1320 off H4480 H5921 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - So he put H622 them all H622 together H622 in prison H4929 for three H7969 days H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To [fn]each H3605 H376 of them he gave H5414 changes H2487 of garments H8071, but to Benjamin H1144 he gave H5414 three H7969 hundred H3967 pieces of silver H3701 and five H2568 changes H2487 of garments H8071.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Leah H3812, whom H834 she bore H3205 to Jacob H3290 in Paddan-aram H6307, with his daughter H1323 Dinah H1783; [fn]all H3605 his sons H1121 and his daughters H1323 numbered thirty-three H7970 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And the woman H802 conceived H2029 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121; and when she saw H7200 [fn]that he was [fn]beautiful H2896, she hid H6845 him for three H7969 months H3391.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “Then they will [fn]pay H8085 attention H8085 to what H6963 you say H6963; and you with the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 will come H935 to the king H4428 of Egypt H4714, and you will say H559 to him, ‘The LORD H3068, the God H430 of the Hebrews H5680, has met H7136 with us. So now H6258, please H4994 let us go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057, so that we may sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said H559, “The God H430 of the Hebrews H5680 has met H7122 with us. Please H4994, let us go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057 so that we may sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430, otherwise H6435 He will strike H6293 us with plague H1698 or H176 with the sword H2719.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18 - And the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955: Amram H6019, Izhar H3324, Hebron H2275, and Uzziel H5816; and the [fn]length H8141 of Kohath’s H6955 life H2416 was 133 H3967 H7970 H7969 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7 - And Moses H4872 was eighty H8084 years H8141 old H1121 and Aaron H175 [fn]eighty-three H8084, when they spoke H1696 to Pharaoh H6547.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - “We must go H1980 a three H7969 days’ H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057 and sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 our God H430, just H834 as H834 He [fn]commands H559 us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses H4872 reached H5186 out H5186 with his hand H3027 toward H5921 the sky H8064, and there was thick H653 darkness H2822 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for three H7969 days H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They did not see H7200 one H376 another H251, nor H3808 did anyone H376 rise H6965 from his place H8478 for three H7969 days H3117, but all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had H1961 light H216 in their dwellings H4186.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 -

Then Moses H4872 [fn]led H5265 Israel H3478 from the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220, and they went H3318 out H3318 into the wilderness H4057 of Shur H7793; and they went H1980 three H7969 days H3117 in the wilderness H4057 and found H4672 no H3808 water H4325.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - He also said H559 to the people H5971, “Be ready H3559 for the third H7969 day H3117; do not go H5066 near H5066 a woman H802.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11 - “But if H518 he will not do H6213 these H428 three H7969 things for her, then she shall go H3318 [fn]free H3318 for H2600 nothing H2600, without H369 payment of money H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:14 -

“Three H7969 times H7272 a year H8141 you shall celebrate H2287 a H2287 feast H2287 to Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:17 - “Three H7969 times H6471 a year H8141 all H3605 your males H2138 shall appear H7200 before H6440 the Lord H3068 [fn]GOD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - “Six H8337 branches H7070 shall go H3318 out H3318 from its sides H6654; three H7969 branches H7070 of the lampstand H4501 from its one H259 side H6654 and three H7969 branches H7070 of the lampstand H4501 from its [fn]other H8145 side H6654.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - “Three H7969 cups H1375 shall be shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms H8246 on the one H259 branch H7070, a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525, and three H7969 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms H8246 on the [fn]other H259 branch H7070, a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525—the same H3651 for six H8337 branches H7070 going H3318 out H3318 from the lampstand H4501;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 -

“Now you shall make H6213 the altar H4196 of acacia H7848 wood H6086, [fn]five H2568 cubits H520 long H753 and five H2568 cubits H520 wide H7341; the altar H4196 shall be square H7251, and its height H6967 shall be [fn]three H7969 cubits H520.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - “The hangings H7050 for the one [fn]side H3802 of the gate shall be [fn]fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits H520, with their three H7969 pillars H5982 and their three H7969 bases H134.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - “And for the [fn]other H8145 [fn]side H3802 there shall be hangings H7050 of fifteen H2568 H6240 cubits, with their three H7969 pillars H5982 and their three H7969 bases H134.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - So the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 did H6213 [fn]as Moses H4872 instructed H1697, and about three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of the people H5971 fell H5307 that day H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - “Three H7969 times H6471 a year H8141 all H3605 your males H2138 are to appear H7200 before H6440 the Lord H113 [fn]GOD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - “For I will [fn]drive H3423 out H3423 nations H1471 from you and enlarge H7337 your borders H1366, and no H3808 one H376 will covet H2530 your land H776 when you go H5927 up H5927 three H7969 times H6471 a year H8141 to appear H7200 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - There were six H8337 branches H7070 going H3318 out H3318 of its sides H6654; three H7969 branches H7070 of the lampstand H4501 from the one H259 side H6654 of it and three H7969 branches H7070 of the lampstand H4501 from the [fn]other H8145 side H6654 of it;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - three H7969 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525 on one H259 branch H7070, and three H7969 cups H1375 shaped H8246 like H8246 almond H8246 blossoms, a [fn]bulb H3730 and a flower H6525 on the other H259 branch H7070—so H3651 for the six H8337 branches H7070 going H3318 out H3318 of the lampstand H4501.

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