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Lexicon :: Strong's H8027 - šālaš

Aa
שָׁלַשׁ
Transliteration
šālaš
Pronunciation
shaw-lash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble
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TWOT Reference: 2403

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַשׁ shâlash, shaw-lash'; a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969, to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years):—do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H8027 in the following manner: three years old (3x), third time (2x), threefold (1x), three (1x), three parts (1x), three days (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H8027 in the following manner: three years old (3x), third time (2x), threefold (1x), three (1x), three parts (1x), three days (1x).

  1. to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts

    1. (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts

    2. (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַשׁ shâlash, shaw-lash'; a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969, to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years):—do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
STRONGS H8027: Abbreviations
† I. [שִׁלֵּשׁ]
Pi. denominative do a third time, devide into three parts, etc.; — Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 19:3 divide land into three parts (so Imperfect וַיְשַׁלֵּשׁ אֶתהָֿעָם [for MT וַיְשַׁלַּח] 2 Samuel 18:2 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Bu); 1 Samuel 20:19 stay three days (compare Dr); 1 Samuel 20:20 We Dr and others (compare Greek Version of the LXX) read אֲשַׁלֵּשׁ בַּ׳ (for שְׁלשֶׁת הַ׳) = I will shoot on the third day with the arrows (HPS question); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיְשַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ 1 Kings 18:34, and Imperative masculine plural שַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ 1 Kings 18:34 do a third time.
Pu. Participle מְשֻׁלָּשׁ three years old Genesis 15:9 + 1 Samuel 1:24 (read with Greek Version of the LXX Th We etc. בְּפַר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ for בְּפָרִם שְׁלשָׁה), feminine מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת Genesis 15:9 (twice in verse); הַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ Ecclesiastes 4:12 the threefold cord; female plural מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֺת Ezekiel 42:6 three-storied chambers.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:9; 15:9

Deuteronomy

19:3

1 Samuel

1:24; 20:19; 20:20

2 Samuel

18:2

1 Kings

18:34; 18:34

Ecclesiastes

4:12

Ezekiel

42:6

H8027

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8027 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַשׁ (šālaš),
which occurs 9 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - So He said H559 to him, “[fn]Bring H3947 Me a three-year-old H8027 heifer H5697, a three-year-old H8027 female H5795 goat H5795, a three-year-old H8027 ram H352, a turtledove H8449, and a young H1469 pigeon H1469.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - “You shall prepare H3559 the [fn]roads H1870 for yourself, and divide H8027 into H8027 three H8027 regions H8027 the territory H1366 of your land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will give H5157 you as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157, [fn]so that anyone H3605 who commits H7523 manslaughter H7523 may flee H5127 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - “When you have stayed H8027 for three H8027 days H8027, you shall go H3381 down H3381 quickly H3966 and come H935 to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 you hid H5641 yourself on that eventful H4639 day H3117, and you shall remain H3427 beside H681 the stone H68 Ezel H237.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:34 - And he said H559, “Fill H4390 four H702 large H3537 jars H3537 with water H4325 and pour H3332 it on the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the wood H6086.” And he said H559, “Do H8138 it a H8138 second H8138 time H8138,” so they did H8138 it a H8138 second H8138 time H8138. Then he said H559, “Do H8027 it a H8027 third H8027 time H8027,” so they did H8027 it a H8027 third H8027 time H8027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if H518 [fn]one can overpower H8630 him who is alone H259, two H8147 can resist H5975 H5048 him. A cord H2339 of H8027 three H8027 strands is not quickly H4120 torn H5423 apart H5423.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - For they were in H8027 three H8027 stories and had H369 no H369 pillars H5982 like the pillars H5982 of the courtyards H2691; for H5921 that H5921 H3651 reason H5921 H3651 the upper chambers were [fn]set H680 back H680 from the ground H776 upward, more H4480 than H4480 the lower H8481 and middle H8484 ones.
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