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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 8 / 8 (Eze 40:48–Zec 11:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the porch of the [fn]temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three H7969 cubits on each side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - The side chambers were in three H7969 stories, [fn]one above another, and [fn]thirty in each story; and [fn]the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on [fn]their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - The thresholds, the [fn]latticed windows and the [fn]galleries round about their three H7969 stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar was of wood, three H7969 cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its [fn]base and its [fn]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - [fn]shall be the gates of the city, [fn]named for the tribes of Israel, three H7969 gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32 - “On the east side, 4,500 cubits, [fn]shall be three H7969 gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - “On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, [fn]shall be three H7969 gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - “On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three H7969 gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:1 - In the third H7969 year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be [fn]educated three H7969 years, at the end of which they were to [fn]enter the king’s personal service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1 - In the third H7969 year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, [fn]Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me [fn]previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14 - He said to me, “For 2,300 H7969 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be [fn]properly restored.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third H7969 year of Cyrus king of Persia a [fn]message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the [fn]message was true and one of great [fn]conflict, but he understood the [fn]message and had an understanding of the vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 - In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three H7969 entire weeks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I did not eat any [fn]tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three H7969 weeks were completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three H7969 more kings are going to arise [fn]in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, [fn]he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of [fn]Greece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:12 - “How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 H7969 days!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Damascus and for four
I will not [fn]revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Gaza and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they deported an entire population
To deliver it up to Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Tyre and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom
And did not remember the covenant of [fn]brotherhood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Edom and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
While he [fn]stifled his compassion;
His anger also tore continually,
And he maintained his fury forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to enlarge their borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Moab and for four
I will not [fn]revoke its punishment,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected the law of the LORD
And have not kept His statutes;
Their [fn]lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their fathers walked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three H7969 transgressions of Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:4 - “Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three H7969 days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you
While there were still three H7969 months until harvest.
Then I would send rain on one city
And on another city I would not send rain;
One part would be rained on,
While the part not rained on would dry up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - “So two or three H7969 cities would stagger to another city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [fn]And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three H7969 days and three H7969 nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was [fn]an exceedingly great city, a three H7969 days’ walk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:8 - Then I annihilated the three H7969 shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also [fn]was weary of me.

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