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Lexicon :: Strong's H7991 - šālîš

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שָׁלִישׁ
Transliteration
šālîš
Pronunciation
shaw-leesh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2403e,2403f,2

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7991 in the following manner: captain (11x), lord (4x), instrument of musick (1x), great measure (1x), excellent thing (1x), measure (1x), prince (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7991 in the following manner: captain (11x), lord (4x), instrument of musick (1x), great measure (1x), excellent thing (1x), measure (1x), prince (1x).

  1. third part

    1. name of a measure

  2. a musical instrument

    1. maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred

    2. perhaps a sistrum or triangle

  3. shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלִישׁ shâlîysh, shaw-leesh'; or שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ shâlôsh; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest):—captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
STRONGS H7991: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁלִ(י)שׁ noun [masculine] third (part, i.e. of ephah? dubious), name of a measure; — for dust Isaiah 40:12, tears Psalm 80:6 (in figurative), adverb accusative measure-wise.

† II. [שָׁלִישׁ] noun [masculine] plural שָֽׁלִשִׁים, a (three-stringed ? three-barred? three-corned?) musical instrument, perhaps a sistrum (so Vulgate), or 'triangle' (RVm: compare PrinceEB iii. 3228), 1 Samuel 18:6 (+ בְּתֻמִּים).

† III. שָׁלִישׁ noun masculine adjutant or officer (best explained as third man (in chariot), see especially HptBAS iv. 586 f. BenderZAW xxiii (1903), 19 WMMAs.u.Eur.329; see also KauM.N.,DPV.1904, 19; doubted by DiExodus 14:7 Baenib. Buhl14); — absolute שׁ׳ of king's personal attendant at court 2 Kings 7:2, 17, 19, suffix, military officer of king, שָֽׁלִשֹׁח 2 Kings 9:25, ָ(שׁלִישׁוֺ 2 Kings 15:25 (on abnormal ָ֯ see Ges§ 93xx Köii. 1. 133, 449, 495); plural שָֽׁלִישִׁים Ezekiel 23:15 + (sometimes שָֽׁלִשִׁם etc.) Ezekiel 23:23; Exodus 14:7; 2 Kings 10:25 (twice in verse), + (Qr) 2 Samuel 23:8 (> Kt שׁלשׁי), 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:19 (18 van d. H.; Kt in both, שׁלושׁים), read in all three (ראֹשׁ) הַשִּׁלֹשָׁה chief of the three LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr Bu Now. — שָֽׁלִשִׁים Proverbs 22:20 Qr see שִׁלְשֹׁם.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

14:7; 14:7

1 Samuel

18:6

2 Samuel

23:8

2 Kings

7:2; 7:17; 7:19; 9:25; 10:25; 15:25

1 Chronicles

11:11; 12:19

Psalms

80:6

Proverbs

22:20

Isaiah

40:12

Ezekiel

23:15; 23:23

H7991

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Strong's Number H7991 matches the Hebrew שָׁלִישׁ (šālîš),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains H7991 over every one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains H7991 also are drowned in the Red sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments H7991 of musick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; H7991 the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:22 - But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, H7991 and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:2 - Then a lord H7991 on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - And the king appointed the lord H7991 on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:19 - And that lord H7991 answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, H7991 Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, H7991 Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains H7991 cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain H7991 of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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: H7991 he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:9 - But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, H7991 and captains of his chariots and horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. H7991

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:20 - Have not I written to thee excellent things H7991 in counsels and knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, H7991 and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes H7991 to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords H7991 and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
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