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Lexicon :: Strong's H7969 - šālôš

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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 7:1Genesis 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 -

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7 1/2 feet long and 7 1/2 feet wide,[fn] and was 4 1/2 feet[fn] high.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 -

the hangings on one side of the gate were 22 1/2 feet,[fn] including their three posts and their three bases.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 -

It was the same for the other side of the courtyard gate. The hangings were 22 1/2 feet, including their three posts and their three bases.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 -

one-fifth of an ounce[fn] per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 -

“She will continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 -

“On the eighth day he must take two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished year-old ewe lamb, a grain offering of six quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one-third of a quart[fn] of olive oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 -

“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden.[fn] It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:21 -

“I will appoint my blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 -

“If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 -

those registered for the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 -

those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 -

All those registered numbered 603,550.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 -

“His military division numbers 59,300.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 -

“His military division numbers 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral families. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 -

The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 -

“As the redemption price for the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 -

He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels[fn] measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 -

The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 -

They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 -

Suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three come out to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went out.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 -

“a grain offering of six quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with two quarts[fn] of oil is to be presented with the bull.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 -

Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 -

The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you, because I consider what you are doing to be evil.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 -

“The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away from me, I would have killed you by now and let her live.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 -

Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him, “I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 -

These were the Reubenite clans,

and their registered men numbered 43,730.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 -

These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 -

These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 -

Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12 -

“with six quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each bull, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for the ram,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:20 -

“The grain offering with them is to be of fine flour mixed with oil; offer six quarts with each bull and four quarts with the ram.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28 -

“with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:3 -

“with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts[fn] with the bull, four quarts[fn] with the ram,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9 -

“Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with the bull, four quarts with the ram,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 -

“Present a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old. They are to be unblemished.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14 -

“Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts with each of the two rams,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 -

The half portion for those who went out to war numbered:

337,500 sheep and goats,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 -

the community’s half was:

337,500 sheep and goats,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 -

They traveled from Pi-hahiroth[fn] and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They took a three-day journey into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39 -

Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 -

“Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 -

Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28 -

“At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and store it within your city gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 -

“All your males are to appear three times a year before the LORD your God in the place he chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one is to appear before the LORD empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 -

“The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2 -

“you are to set apart three cities for yourselves within the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7 -

“This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 -

“provided you keep every one of these commands I am giving you today and follow them, loving the LORD your God and walking in his ways at all times ​— ​you are to add three more cities to these three.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.


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