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

Page 5 / 8 (2Ki 12:6–2Ch 2:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:6 - But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:18 - Then he said, “Take the arrows,” and the king took them. Elisha told him, “Strike the ground.” He struck it three times and stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - The man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-Hadad son of Hazael the towns he had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Three times Jehoash defeated him, and so he recovered the Israelite towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:5 - The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:1 - In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[fn] of silver and thirty talents[fn] of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:1 - During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - Each pillar was eighteen cubits[fn] high. The bronze capital on top of one pillar was three cubits[fn] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its network, was similar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:18 - The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 - The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 - These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:23 - The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam—three in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[fn] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:6 - Three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker and Jediael.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:6 - So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - this is the list of David’s mighty warriors: Jashobeam,[fn] a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers[fn]; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12 - Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - “God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25 - He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - from Benjamin, Saul’s tribe—3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he had.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10 - “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three years of famine, three months of being swept away[fn] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:8 - The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham and Joel—three in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9 - The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:23 - The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth—three in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 - the twenty-third to Delaiah and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - (All these were sons of Heman the king’s seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 -
the thirteenth to Shubael,
his sons and relatives12

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 -
the twenty-third to Mahazioth,
his sons and relatives12

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11 - Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were 13 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - three thousand talents[fn] of gold (gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents[fn] of refined silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27 - He ruled over Israel forty years—seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - He conscripted 70,000 men as carriers and 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as foremen over them.

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