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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 7:1 — 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 4 / 8 (1Sa 26:2–2Ki 9:32)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three H7969 thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 - And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three H7969 days and three H7969 nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three H7969 days agone I fell sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:6 - So Saul died, and his three H7969 sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three H7969 sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - And there were three H7969 sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three H7969 hundred and threescore men died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three H7969 years over all Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11 - And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three H7969 months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three H7969 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - And unto Absalom there were born three H7969 sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three H7969 darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4 - Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three H7969 days, and be thou here present.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Then there was a famine in the days of David three H7969 years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three H7969 hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three H7969 mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - And three H7969 of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - And the three H7969 mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three H7969 mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three H7969 hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:19 - Was he not most honourable of three? H7969 therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three H7969 mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:23 - He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. H7969 And David set him over his guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12 - Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three H7969 things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three H7969 months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three H7969 days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three H7969 years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - And it came to pass at the end of three H7969 years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - And he spake three H7969 thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:16 - Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three H7969 thousand and three H7969 hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - And he built the inner court with three H7969 rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:1 - But Solomon was building his own house thirteen H7969 years, and he finished all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:4 - And there were windows in three H7969 rows, and light was against light in three H7969 ranks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three H7969 ranks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - And the great court round about was with three H7969 rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It stood upon twelve oxen, three H7969 looking toward the north, and three H7969 looking toward the west, and three H7969 looking toward the south, and three H7969 looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three H7969 cubits the height of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25 - And three H7969 times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made three H7969 hundred shields of beaten gold; three H7969 pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three H7969 years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three H7969 hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:5 - And he said unto them, Depart yet for three H7969 days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - Three H7969 years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28 - Even in the third H7969 year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third H7969 year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself upon the child three H7969 times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:1 - And they continued three H7969 years without war between Syria and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:17 - And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three H7969 days, but found him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three H7969 kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three H7969 kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three H7969 eunuchs.

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