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Lexicon :: Strong's H7991 - šālîš

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שָׁלִישׁ
Transliteration
šālîš
Pronunciation
shaw-leesh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2403e,2403f,2

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7991 in the following manner: captain (11x), lord (4x), instrument of musick (1x), great measure (1x), excellent thing (1x), measure (1x), prince (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7991 in the following manner: captain (11x), lord (4x), instrument of musick (1x), great measure (1x), excellent thing (1x), measure (1x), prince (1x).
  1. third part

    1. name of a measure

  2. a musical instrument

    1. maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred

    2. perhaps a sistrum or triangle

  3. shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
STRONGS H7991: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁלִ(י)שׁ noun [masculine] third (part, i.e. of ephah? dubious), name of a measure; — for dust Isaiah 40:12, tears Psalm 80:6 (in figurative), adverb accusative measure-wise.

† II. [שָׁלִישׁ] noun [masculine] plural שָֽׁלִשִׁים, a (three-stringed ? three-barred? three-corned?) musical instrument, perhaps a sistrum (so Vulgate), or 'triangle' (RVm: compare PrinceEB iii. 3228), 1 Samuel 18:6 (+ בְּתֻמִּים).

† III. שָׁלִישׁ noun masculine adjutant or officer (best explained as third man (in chariot), see especially HptBAS iv. 586 f. BenderZAW xxiii (1903), 19 WMMAs.u.Eur.329; see also KauM.N.,DPV.1904, 19; doubted by DiExodus 14:7 Baenib. Buhl14); — absolute שׁ׳ of king's personal attendant at court 2 Kings 7:2, 17, 19, suffix, military officer of king, שָֽׁלִשֹׁח 2 Kings 9:25, ָ(שׁלִישׁוֺ 2 Kings 15:25 (on abnormal ָ֯ see Ges§ 93xxii. 1. 133, 449, 495); plural שָֽׁלִישִׁים Ezekiel 23:15 + (sometimes שָֽׁלִשִׁם etc.) Ezekiel 23:23; Exodus 14:7; 2 Kings 10:25 (twice in verse), + (Qr) 2 Samuel 23:8 (> Kt שׁלשׁי), 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:19 (18 van d. H.; Kt in both, שׁלושׁים), read in all three (ראֹשׁ) הַשִּׁלֹשָׁה chief of the three LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr Bu Now. — שָֽׁלִשִׁים Proverbs 22:20 Qr see שִׁלְשֹׁם.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

14:7; 14:7

1 Samuel

18:6

2 Samuel

23:8

2 Kings

7:2; 7:17; 7:19; 9:25; 10:25; 15:25

1 Chronicles

11:11; 12:19

Psalms

80:6

Proverbs

22:20

Isaiah

40:12

Ezekiel

23:15; 23:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7991 matches the Hebrew שָׁלִישׁ (šālîš),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 -

he took six hundred of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 -

He threw Pharaoh’s chariots

and his army into the sea;

the elite of his officers

were drowned in the Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 -

As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 -

These are the names of David’s warriors:

Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the officers.[fn] He wielded his spear[fn] against eight hundred men that he killed at one time.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22 -

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery; they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:2 -

Then the captain, the king’s right-hand man,[fn] responded to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? ”

Elisha announced, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 -

The king had appointed the captain, his right-hand man, to be in charge of the city gate, but the people trampled him in the gate. He died, just as the man of God had predicted when the king had come to him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:19 -

this captain had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? ” Elisha had said, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 -

Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the LORD uttered this pronouncement against him:

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 -

When he finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Don’t let anyone out.” So they struck them down with the sword. Then the guards and officers threw the bodies out and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 -

Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him and struck him down in Samaria at the citadel of the king’s palace — with Argob and Arieh.[fn] There were fifty Gileadite men with Pekah. He killed Pekahiah and became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 -

This is the list of David’s warriors:

Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the Thirty;[fn] he wielded his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 -

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to be slaves for his work; they were soldiers, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 -

You fed them the bread of tears

and gave them a full measure[fn]

of tears to drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:20 -

Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings[fn]

about counsel and knowledge,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 -

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand

or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?

Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure

or weighed the mountains on a balance

and the hills on the scales?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 -

“wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers, a depiction of the Babylonians in Chaldea, their native land.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 -

“the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans; Pekod, Shoa, and Koa; and all the Assyrians with them ​— ​desirable young men, all of them governors and prefects, officers and administrators, all of them riding on steeds.

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