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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 40 times in 35 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 - The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 - six were born to him in Hebron. And there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:23 - And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - And to the children of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:6 - The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:6 - So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain by him at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12 - And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was one of the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25 - Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; but hitherto the greater part of them had adhered to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he had.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10 - Go and speak to David saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I offer thee three things; choose one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:8 - The sons of Laadan: the head was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9 - The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:23 - The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 - the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 - The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11 - Hilkijah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27 - And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
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