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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 7:1Genesis 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7969 matches the Hebrew שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālôš),
which occurs 431 times in 381 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 8 (Exo 38:1–Deu 19:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 -

Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five [fn]cubits [fn]long, and five cubits [fn]wide, square, and three H7969 cubits [fn]high.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings for the one [fn]side of the gate were [fn]fifteen cubits, with their three H7969 pillars and their three H7969 bases,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and so for the [fn]other [fn]side. [fn]On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three H7969 pillars and their three H7969 bases.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were [fn]numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 H7969 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - ‘Then she shall remain in the blood of her cleansing for thirty-three H7969 days; she shall not touch any holy thing; and she shall not enter the sanctuary until the days of her cleansing are fulfilled.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 -

“Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one [fn]log of oil;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 -

‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall designate their fruit as [fn]forbidden. Three H7969 years it shall be [fn]forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:21 - then I will command My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the produce for three H7969 years.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - ‘But if they are from a month even up to five years old, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver for the male, and for the female your valuation shall be three H7969 shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - even all the numbered men were 603,550 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:13 - and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:30 - and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 -

These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - and all the firstborn males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “For the redemption price of the 273 H7969 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - their numbered men by their families were 3,200 H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 -

Thus they set out from the mount of Yahweh three H7969 days’ journey, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh journeying in front of them for the [fn]three H7969 days, to spy out a resting place for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - Suddenly Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, “You three H7969 come out to the tent of meeting.” So the three H7969 of them came out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 - then you shall bring near with the bull from the herd a grain offering of three-tenths H7969 of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - And Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three H7969 times?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three H7969 times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because your way was [fn]contrary to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - “And the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three H7969 times. If it had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let it live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 -

Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his [fn]hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly these three H7969 times!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 -

These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were 43,730 H7969.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 -

These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, 64,300 H7969.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 -

These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, 53,400 H7969.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - And those who were numbered of them were 23,000 H7969, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12 - and three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for the one ram;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:20 - ‘Now as for their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah for a bull and two-tenths for the ram.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28 - and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:3 - also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9 - and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:13 - ‘And you shall bring near a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: thirteen H7969 bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without blemish;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:14 - and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths H7969 of an [fn]ephah for [fn]each of the thirteen H7969 bulls, two-tenths for [fn]each of the two rams,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 -

And the half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500 H7969;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the congregation’s half was 337,500 H7969 sheep,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:8 -

They journeyed [fn]from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three H7969 days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39 -

Now Aaron was 123 H7969 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - ‘You shall give three H7969 cities across the Jordan and three H7969 cities [fn]in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 -

Then Moses set apart three H7969 cities across the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28 -

“At the end of every third H7969 year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year and shall deposit it within your gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 -

“Three H7969 times in a year all your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before Yahweh empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the mouth of two witnesses or three H7969 witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the mouth of one witness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:2 - you shall set apart three H7969 cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to [fn]possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:7 - “Therefore, I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall set apart three H7969 cities for yourself.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding you today, to love Yahweh your God and to walk in His ways all your days—then you shall add three H7969 more cities for yourself, besides these three H7969.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin [fn]which he has committed; at the mouth of two or three H7969 witnesses a matter shall be established.


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