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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.
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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 8 / 8 (Eze 40:48–Zec 11:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 -

Then he brought me to the porch of the [fn]temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three H7969 cubits on each side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - The side chambers were in three H7969 stories, [fn]one above another, and [fn]thirty in each story; and [fn]the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on [fn]their inward side all around, so that they could be attached, but not be attached to the wall of the temple itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - The thresholds, the [fn]latticed windows, and the [fn]galleries all around their three H7969 stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar was of wood, three H7969 cubits high, and its length two cubits; its corners, its [fn]base, and its [fn]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - [fn]shall be the gates of the city, [fn]named for the tribes of Israel, three H7969 gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; and the gate of Levi, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:32 - “On the east side, 4,500 cubits, [fn]shall be three H7969 gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; and the gate of Dan, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - “On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, [fn]shall be three H7969 gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; and the gate of Zebulun, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - “On the west side, 4,500 cubits, shall be three H7969 gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; and the gate of Naphtali, one.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:1 -

In the third H7969 year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three H7969 years, at the end of which they were to [fn]enter the king’s personal service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1 -

In the third H7969 year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, [fn]Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me [fn]previously.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:14 - And he said to me, “For 2,300 H7969 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be [fn]properly restored.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 -

In the third H7969 year of Cyrus king of Persia, a [fn]message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the [fn]message was true and it concerned great [fn]conflict, but he understood the [fn]message and had an understanding of the vision.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:2 -

In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three H7969 [fn]entire weeks.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:3 - I did not eat any [fn]tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three H7969 weeks were completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three H7969 more kings are going to arise [fn]in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, [fn]he will stir up the entire empire against the realm of [fn]Greece.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:12 - “Blessed is the one who is patient and attains to the 1,335 H7969 days!
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:3 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Damascus, and for four,

I will not [fn]revoke its punishment,

Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Gaza, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they led into exile an entire population

To turn them over to Edom.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Tyre, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they turned an entire population over to Edom

And did not remember the covenant of [fn]brotherhood.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Edom, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because he pursued his brother with the sword

And stifled his compassion;

His anger also tore continually,

And he maintained his fury forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:13 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of the sons of Ammon, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead

In order to enlarge their borders.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Moab, and for four,

I will not [fn]revoke its punishment,

Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Judah, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they rejected the Law of the LORD

And have not kept His statutes;

Their [fn]lies also have led them astray,

Those which their fathers followed.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:6 -

This is what the LORD says:

“For three H7969 offenses of Israel, and for four,

I will not revoke its punishment,

Because they sell the righteous for [fn]money,

And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:4 -

“Enter Bethel and do wrong;

In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing!

Bring your sacrifices every morning,

Your tithes every three H7969 days.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 -

“Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you

While there were still three H7969 months until harvest.

Then I would send rain on one city,

But on another city I would not send rain;

One part would be rained on,

While the part not rained on would dry up.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 -

“So the people of two or three H7969 cities would stagger to another city to drink water,

But would not be satisfied;

Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 -

[fn]And the LORD designated a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for three H7969 days and three H7969 nights.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was [fn]an exceedingly large city, a three H7969 days’ walk.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:8 - Then I did away with the three H7969 shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also [fn]was tired of me.

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