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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 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 H7969 were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:22 - And Segub begat Jair, who had three H7969 and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 - These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three H7969 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. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen H7969 cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - And to the sons of Gershom throughout 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 H7969 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. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:6 - So Saul died, and his three H7969 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, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three H7969 hundred slain by him at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:12 - And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three H7969 mighties.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Now three H7969 of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - And the three H7969 brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three H7969 mightiest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: H7969 for lifting up his spear against three H7969 hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Of the three, H7969 he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:24 - These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three H7969 mighties.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:25 - Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: H7969 and David set him over his guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three H7969 thousand and seven hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three H7969 thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of 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 H7969 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 Obededom in his house three H7969 months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:10 - Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three H7969 things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either three H7969 years' famine; or three H7969 months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three H7969 days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself 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 chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9 - The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. H7969 These were the chief of the 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. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - The thirteenth H7969 to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 - The three H7969 and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three H7969 daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - The thirteenth H7969 to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 - The three H7969 and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:11 - Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - Even three H7969 thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

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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; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three H7969 years reigned he in Jerusalem.
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