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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty and five years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:10 - And Noe begot three sons, Sem, [fn]Cham, Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13 - On that very day entered Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, the sons of Noe, and the wife of Noe, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19 - These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, [fn]four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Cainan lived after he had begotten Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ismael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them [fn]and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:24 - And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:10 - And in the vine were three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12 - And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 - Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office, and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - And he put them in prison three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - And he gave to them all two sets of raiment apiece; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold, and five changes of raiment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 - These are the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice, and thou and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us; we will go then a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:18 - Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel; and the years of the life of Caath were a [fn]hundred and thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:7 - And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - (LXX 8:23) We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord said to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was [fn]darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:22 - So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Sur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:11 - And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:14 - Keep ye a feast to me three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:17 - Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - And the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the number of three thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - Three times in the year shall every male of thine appear before the Lord the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For when I shall have cast out the nations before thy face, and shall have enlarged thy coasts, no one shall desire thy land, whenever thou mayest go up to appear before the Lord thy God, three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - (LXX 38:14) the stem solid, and the branches from both its sides;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - (LXX 38:15) and blossoms proceeding from its branches, three on this side, and three on the other, made equal to each other.

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