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Lexicon :: Strong's H7991 - šālîš

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שָׁלִישׁ
Transliteration
šālîš
Pronunciation
shaw-leesh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2403e,2403f,2

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7991 in the following manner: captain (11x), lord (4x), instrument of musick (1x), great measure (1x), excellent thing (1x), measure (1x), prince (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7991 in the following manner: captain (11x), lord (4x), instrument of musick (1x), great measure (1x), excellent thing (1x), measure (1x), prince (1x).

  1. third part

    1. name of a measure

  2. a musical instrument

    1. maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred

    2. perhaps a sistrum or triangle

  3. shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
STRONGS H7991: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁלִ(י)שׁ noun [masculine] third (part, i.e. of ephah? dubious), name of a measure; — for dust Isaiah 40:12, tears Psalm 80:6 (in figurative), adverb accusative measure-wise.

† II. [שָׁלִישׁ] noun [masculine] plural שָֽׁלִשִׁים, a (three-stringed ? three-barred? three-corned?) musical instrument, perhaps a sistrum (so Vulgate), or 'triangle' (RVm: compare PrinceEB iii. 3228), 1 Samuel 18:6 (+ בְּתֻמִּים).

† III. שָׁלִישׁ noun masculine adjutant or officer (best explained as third man (in chariot), see especially HptBAS iv. 586 f. BenderZAW xxiii (1903), 19 WMMAs.u.Eur.329; see also KauM.N.,DPV.1904, 19; doubted by DiExodus 14:7 Baenib. Buhl14); — absolute שׁ׳ of king's personal attendant at court 2 Kings 7:2, 17, 19, suffix, military officer of king, שָֽׁלִשֹׁח 2 Kings 9:25, ָ(שׁלִישׁוֺ 2 Kings 15:25 (on abnormal ָ֯ see Ges§ 93xx Köii. 1. 133, 449, 495); plural שָֽׁלִישִׁים Ezekiel 23:15 + (sometimes שָֽׁלִשִׁם etc.) Ezekiel 23:23; Exodus 14:7; 2 Kings 10:25 (twice in verse), + (Qr) 2 Samuel 23:8 (> Kt שׁלשׁי), 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:19 (18 van d. H.; Kt in both, שׁלושׁים), read in all three (ראֹשׁ) הַשִּׁלֹשָׁה chief of the three LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr Bu Now. — שָֽׁלִשִׁים Proverbs 22:20 Qr see שִׁלְשֹׁם.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

14:7; 14:7

1 Samuel

18:6

2 Samuel

23:8

2 Kings

7:2; 7:17; 7:19; 9:25; 10:25; 15:25

1 Chronicles

11:11; 12:19

Psalms

80:6

Proverbs

22:20

Isaiah

40:12

Ezekiel

23:15; 23:23

H7991

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Strong's Number H7991 matches the Hebrew שָׁלִישׁ (šālîš),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - and he took H3947 six H8337 hundred H3967 select H977 chariots H7393, and all H3605 the other chariots H7393 of Egypt H4714 with officers H7991 over H5921 all H3605 of them.

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“Pharaoh’s H6547 chariots H4818 and his army H2428 He has thrown H3384 into the sea H3220;

And the choicest H4005 of his officers H7991 are [fn]drowned H2883 in the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220.

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Now it happened H1961 as they were coming H935, when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine H6430, that the women H802 came H3318 out H3318 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of Israel H3478, singing H7891 and dancing H4246, to meet H7122 King H4428 Saul H7586, with tambourines H8596, with joy H8057 and with other [fn]musical H7991 instruments H7991.

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These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429, a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991; he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112 because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 who were killed H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22 - But Solomon H8010 did not make H5414 slaves H5650 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; for they were men H376 of war H4421, his servants H5650, his commanders H8269, his charioteers H7991, his chariot H7393 commanders H8269, and his horsemen H6571.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:2 - The royal H4428 officer H7991 on whose H834 hand H3027 the king H4428 was leaning H8172 responded H6030 to the man H376 of God H430 and said H559, “Even H2009 if H2009 the LORD H3068 were to make H6213 [fn]windows H699 in heaven H8064, could this H2088 thing H1697 happen H1961?” Then he said H559, “Behold H2009, you are going to see H7200 it with your own eyes H5869, but you will not eat H398 [fn]any of it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - Now the king H4428 appointed H6485 the royal H7991 officer H7991 on whose H834 hand H3027 he leaned H8172 [fn]to be in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the gate H8179; but the people H5971 trampled H7429 on H7429 him at the gate H8179, and he died H4191, just H834 as H834 the man H376 of God H430 had said H1696, who H834 spoke H1696 when the king H4428 came H3381 down H3381 to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:19 - At that time the royal H7991 officer H7991 had responded H6030 to the man H376 of God H430 and said H559, “Now even H2009 if H2009 the LORD H3068 were to make H6213 windows H699 in heaven H8064, could such a thing H1697 as this H2088 happen H1961?” And he had said H559, “Behold H2009, you are going to see H7200 it with your own eyes H5869, but you will not eat H398 [fn]any of it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - And Jehu said H559 to Bidkar H920 his officer H7991, “Pick H5375 him up H5375 and throw H7993 him on the [fn]property H2513 of the field H7704 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158; for remember H2142, when [fn]you and I were riding H7392 together H6776 after H310 his father H1 Ahab H256, that the LORD H3068 brought H5375 this H2088 pronouncement H4853 against H5921 him:

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Then it came H1961 about H1961, as soon as he had finished H3615 [fn]offering H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, that Jehu H3058 said H559 to the [fn]guard H7323 and to the royal H7991 officers H7991, “Go H935 in H935, [fn]kill H5221 them; let none H376 H408 come H3318 out H3318.” So they [fn]killed H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719; and the [fn]guard H7323 and the royal H7991 officers H7991 threw H7993 them out H7993, and went H1980 to the [fn]sanctuary H5892 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - Then Pekah H6492 the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425, his officer H7991, conspired H7194 against H5921 him and struck H5221 him in Samaria H8111, in the castle H759 of the king’s H4428 house H1004 with Argob H709 and Arieh H745; and with him were fifty H2572 men H376 of the Gileadites H1121 H1569, and he killed H4191 him and became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - These H428 constitute the list H4557 of David’s H1732 mighty H1368 men H1368: Jashobeam H3434, the son H1121 of a Hachmonite H2453, the chief H7218 of the thirty H7970; he wielded H5782 his spear H2595 against H5921 three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]whom he killed H2491 at one H259 time H6471.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - But Solomon H8010 did not make H5414 slaves H5650 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 for his work H4399; for they were men H376 of war H4421, his chief H8269 captains H7991 and commanders H8269 of his chariots H7393 and his horsemen H6571.

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You have fed H398 them with the bread H3899 of tears H1832,

And You have made H8248 them drink H8248 tears H1832 in [fn]large H7991 measure H7991.

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Have I not written H3789 to you [fn]excellent H7991 things H7991

Of counsels H4156 and knowledge H1847,

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Who H4310 has measured H4058 the [fn]waters H4325 in the hollow H8168 of H8168 His hand H8168,

And measured H8505 the heavens H8064 with a [fn]span H2239,

And [fn]calculated H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 with a measure H7991,

And weighed H8254 the mountains H2022 in a balance H6425

And the hills H1389 in a pair of scales H3976?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - wearing H2289 belts H232 around H2289 their waists H4975, with flowing H5628 turbans H2871 on their heads H7218, all H3605 of them looking H4758 like officers H7991, [fn]like H1823 the [fn]Babylonians H1121 H894 in Chaldea H3778, the land H776 of their birth H4138.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the [fn]Babylonians H1121 H894 and all H3605 the Chaldeans H3778, Pekod H6489 and Shoa H7772 and Koa H6970, and all H3605 the [fn]Assyrians H1121 H804 with them; handsome H2531 young H970 men H970, governors H6346 and officials H5461 all H3605 of them, officers H7991 and [fn]men H7121 of H7121 renown H7121, all H3605 of them riding H7392 on horses H5483.
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