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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 1 / 8 (Gen 5:22–Exo 37:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - et ambulavit Enoch cum Deo postquam genuit Mathusalam trecentis annis et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - et facti sunt omnes dies Enoch trecenti sexaginta quinque anni

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10 - et genuit tres filios Sem Ham et Iafeth

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - et sic facies eam trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcae quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13 - in articulo diei illius ingressus est Noe et Sem et Ham et Iafeth filii eius uxor illius et tres uxores filiorum eius cum eis in arcam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19 - tres isti sunt filii Noe et ab his disseminatum est omne hominum genus super universam terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - vixit autem Noe post diluvium trecentis quinquaginta annis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - vixitque Arfaxad postquam genuit Sale trecentis tribus annis et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - vixitque Sale postquam genuit Eber quadringentis tribus annis et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - duodecim enim annis servierant Chodorlahomor et tertiodecimo anno recesserunt ab eo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - quod cum audisset Abram captum videlicet Loth fratrem suum numeravit expeditos vernaculos suos trecentos decem et octo et persecutus est eos usque Dan

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - et Ismahel filius eius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - cumque elevasset oculos apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes propter eum quos cum vidisset cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi et adoravit in terra

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - festinavit Abraham in tabernaculum ad Sarram dixitque ei adcelera tria sata similae commisce et fac subcinericios panes

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - et vidit puteum in agro tresque greges ovium accubantes iuxta eum nam ex illo adaquabantur pecora et os eius grandi lapide claudebatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - concepit tertio et genuit alium dixitque nunc quoque copulabitur mihi maritus meus eo quod pepererim illi tres filios et idcirco appellavit nomen eius Levi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - et posuit spatium itineris inter se et generum dierum trium qui pascebat reliquos greges eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - ecce autem post tres menses nuntiaverunt Iudae dicentes fornicata est Thamar nurus tua et videtur uterus illius intumescere dixit Iudas producite eam ut conburatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10 - in qua erant tres propagines crescere paulatim gemmas et post flores uvas maturescere

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12 - respondit Ioseph haec est interpretatio somnii tres propagines tres adhuc dies sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - post quos recordabitur Pharao magisterii tui et restituet te in gradum pristinum dabisque ei calicem iuxta officium tuum sicut facere ante consueveras

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - videns pistorum magister quod prudenter somnium dissolvisset ait et ego vidi somnium quod haberem tria canistra farinae super caput meum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - respondit Ioseph haec est interpretatio somnii tria canistra tres adhuc dies sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - post quos auferet Pharao caput tuum ac suspendet te in cruce et lacerabunt volucres carnes tuas

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - tradidit ergo eos custodiae tribus diebus

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - singulisque proferri iussit binas stolas Beniamin vero dedit trecentos argenteos cum quinque stolis optimis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - hii filii Liae quos genuit in Mesopotamiam Syriae cum Dina filia sua omnes animae filiorum eius et filiarum triginta tres

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - quae concepit et peperit filium et videns eum elegantem abscondit tribus mensibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - et audient vocem tuam ingredierisque tu et seniores Israhel ad regem Aegypti et dices ad eum Dominus Deus Hebraeorum vocavit nos ibimus viam trium dierum per solitudinem ut immolemus Domino Deo nostro

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - dixerunt Deus Hebraeorum vocavit nos ut eamus viam trium dierum in solitudinem et sacrificemus Domino Deo nostro ne forte accidat nobis pestis aut gladius

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18 - filii Caath Amram et Isuar et Hebron et Ozihel annique vitae Caath centum triginta tres

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7 - erat autem Moses octoginta annorum et Aaron octoginta trium quando locuti sunt ad Pharaonem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - via trium dierum pergemus in solitudine et sacrificabimus Domino Deo nostro sicut praeceperit nobis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - extendit Moses manum in caelum et factae sunt tenebrae horribiles in universa terra Aegypti tribus diebus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - nemo vidit fratrem suum nec movit se de loco in quo erat ubicumque autem habitabant filii Israhel lux erat

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - tulit autem Moses Israhel de mari Rubro et egressi sunt in desertum Sur ambulaveruntque tribus diebus per solitudinem et non inveniebant aquam

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - ait ad eos estote parati in diem tertium ne adpropinquetis uxoribus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11 - si tria ista non fecerit egredietur gratis absque pecunia

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:14 - tribus vicibus per singulos annos mihi festa celebrabitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:17 - ter in anno apparebit omne masculinum tuum coram Domino Deo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - sex calami egredientur de lateribus tres ex uno latere et tres ex altero

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - tres scyphi quasi in nucis modum per calamos singulos spherulaque simul et lilium et tres similiter scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero spherulaque et lilium hoc erit opus sex calamorum qui producendi sunt de hastili

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - facies et altare de lignis setthim quod habebit quinque cubitos in longitudine et totidem in latitudine id est quadrum et tres cubitos in altitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - in quibus quindecim cubitorum tentoria lateri uno deputabuntur columnaeque tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - et in latere altero erunt tentoria cubitos obtinentia quindecim columnas tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - fecerunt filii Levi iuxta sermonem Mosi cecideruntque in die illo quasi tria milia hominum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - tribus temporibus anni apparebit omne masculinum tuum in conspectu omnipotentis Domini Dei Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - cum enim tulero gentes a facie tua et dilatavero terminos tuos nullus insidiabitur terrae tuae ascendente te et apparente in conspectu Domini Dei tui ter in anno

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - sex in utroque latere tres calami ex parte una et tres ex altera

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - tres scyphi in nucis modum per calamos singulos spherulaeque simul et lilia et tres scyphi instar nucis in calamo altero spherulaeque simul et lilia aequum erat opus sex calamorum qui procedebant de stipite candelabri

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