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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
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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 25 times in 21 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old H7969 bull and one [fn]ephah of flour and a jug of wine and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh, although the boy was young.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And this was the legal judgment for the priests with the people: when any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s young man would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged H7969 fork in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 -

Yahweh indeed visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three H7969 sons and two daughters. And the young boy Samuel grew before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “As for your donkeys which were lost three H7969 days ago, do not set your heart on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father’s household?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “Then you will go on further from there, and you will come as far as the [fn]oak of Tabor, and there three H7969 men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three H7969 young goats, another carrying three H7969 loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8 - And he [fn]numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000 H7969, and the men of Judah 30,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - Then the next morning Saul put the people in three H7969 companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 -

And Saul chose for himself 3,000 H7969 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - And the [fn]raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three H7969 [fn]companies: one [fn]company turned [fn]toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:21 - And the charge was [fn]two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks H7969, and the axes, and to fix the goad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - And the three H7969 older sons of Jesse had gone. They had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three H7969 sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14 - But David was the youngest. Now the three H7969 oldest had gone after Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:20 - “And I will shoot three H7969 arrows to the side, as though I sent them towards a target.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - When the young man was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his [fn]face to the ground and bowed three H7969 times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:2 - Then Saul took three H7969 thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 -

Now there was a man in Maon whose work was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three H7969 thousand sheep and one thousand goats. And it happened, while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:2 - So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three H7969 thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for 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 fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit [fn]revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three H7969 days and three H7969 nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a slave of an Amalekite; and my master forsook me when I fell sick three H7969 days ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:6 - Thus Saul died with his three H7969 sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 -

Now it happened on the [fn]next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three H7969 sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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