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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 2 / 8 (Exo 38:1–Deu 19:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; five cubits was its length and five cubits its width—it was square—and its height was three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and the same for the other side of the court gate; on this side and that were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a bekah for each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - ‘She shall then continue in the blood of her purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 - “And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 - ‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as uncircumcised. Three years it shall be as uncircumcised to you. It shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:21 - ‘Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it will bring forth produce enough for three years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - ‘and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - And his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - And his army was numbered at fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are more than the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - those who were numbered by their families were three thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they departed from the mountain of the LORD on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them for the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tabernacle of meeting!” So the three came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 - ‘then shall be offered with the young bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the Angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is perverse before Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - “The donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, surely I would also have killed you by now, and let her live.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12 - ‘three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:20 - ‘Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah you shall offer for a bull, and two-tenths for a ram;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28 - ‘with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:3 - ‘Their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9 - ‘Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 - ‘You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year. They shall be without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14 - ‘Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 - They departed from before Hahiroth[fn] and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39 - Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall appoint three cities on this side of the Jordan, and three cities you shall appoint in the land of Canaan, which will be cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 - Then Moses set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28 - “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2 - “you shall separate three cities for yourself in the midst of your land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7 - “Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall separate three cities for yourself.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - “and if you keep all these commandments and do them, which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and to walk always in His ways, then you shall add three more cities for yourself besides these three,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.

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