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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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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 7 / 8 (Neh 7:29–Eze 40:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - the men of [fn]Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 - the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:35 - the sons of Harim, 320; H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:36 - the [fn]men of Jericho, 345; H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:38 - the sons of Senaah, 3,930. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:39 - The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:60 - All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392. H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole assembly together was 42,360, H7969

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their male and their female servants, [fn]of whom there were 7,337; H7969 and they had 245 male and female singers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third H7969 year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth H7969 day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth H7969 day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three H7969 days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third H7969 [fn]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to [fn]Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth H7969 day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth H7969 [fn]day when the king’s command and edict [fn]were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three H7969 hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was done on the thirteenth H7969 day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth [fn]day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth H7969 and the fourteenth [fn]of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth [fn]day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:2 - Seven sons and three H7969 daughters were born to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 H7969 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the [fn]men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three H7969 sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three H7969 bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and [fn]slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job’s three H7969 friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - Then these three H7969 men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - And his anger burned against his three H7969 friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three H7969 men his anger burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - “Behold, God does all these [fn]oftentimes H7969 with men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:13 - He had seven sons and three H7969 daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15 - The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three H7969 things H7969 that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:18 - There are three H7969 things H7969 which are too wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:21 - Under three H7969 things H7969 the earth quakes,
And under four, it cannot bear up:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:29 - There are three H7969 things H7969 which are stately in their march,
Even four which are stately when they walk:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now the LORD speaks, saying, “Within three H7969 years, as [fn]a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and [fn]impotent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - Yet gleanings will be left in it like the [fn]shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three H7969 olives on the topmost bough,
Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,
Declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - And the LORD said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three H7969 years as a [fn]sign and token against Egypt and [fn]Cush,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth H7969 year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - “From the thirteenth H7969 year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, [fn]these twenty-three H7969 years the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you [fn]again and again, but you have not listened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - When Jehudi had read three H7969 or four columns, the king cut it with a scribe’s knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:24 - Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three H7969 [fn]officers of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 - These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile: in the [fn]seventh year 3,023 H7969 H7969 Jews;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third H7969 year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 persons in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:5 - “For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their iniquity, three H7969 hundred and ninety days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three H7969 hundred and ninety days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:14 - even though these three H7969 men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:16 - though these three H7969 men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:18 - even though these three H7969 men were in its midst, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:10 - The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three H7969 on each side; the three H7969 of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the width of the [fn]gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen H7969 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - [fn]It had three H7969 guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches [fn]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits.

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