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Lexicon :: Strong's H8027 - šālaš

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שָׁלַשׁ
Transliteration
šālaš
Pronunciation
shaw-lash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble
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TWOT Reference: 2403

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַשׁ shâlash, shaw-lash'; a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969, to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years):—do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H8027 in the following manner: three years old (3x), third time (2x), threefold (1x), three (1x), three parts (1x), three days (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H8027 in the following manner: three years old (3x), third time (2x), threefold (1x), three (1x), three parts (1x), three days (1x).

  1. to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts

    1. (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts

    2. (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַשׁ shâlash, shaw-lash'; a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969, to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years):—do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
STRONGS H8027: Abbreviations
† I. [שִׁלֵּשׁ]
Pi. denominative do a third time, devide into three parts, etc.; — Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 19:3 divide land into three parts (so Imperfect וַיְשַׁלֵּשׁ אֶתהָֿעָם [for MT וַיְשַׁלַּח] 2 Samuel 18:2 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Bu); 1 Samuel 20:19 stay three days (compare Dr); 1 Samuel 20:20 We Dr and others (compare Greek Version of the LXX) read אֲשַׁלֵּשׁ בַּ׳ (for שְׁלשֶׁת הַ׳) = I will shoot on the third day with the arrows (HPS question); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיְשַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ 1 Kings 18:34, and Imperative masculine plural שַׁלֵּ֑שׁוּ 1 Kings 18:34 do a third time.
Pu. Participle מְשֻׁלָּשׁ three years old Genesis 15:9 + 1 Samuel 1:24 (read with Greek Version of the LXX Th We etc. בְּפַר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ for בְּפָרִם שְׁלשָׁה), feminine מְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁת Genesis 15:9 (twice in verse); הַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ Ecclesiastes 4:12 the threefold cord; female plural מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֺת Ezekiel 42:6 three-storied chambers.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:9; 15:9

Deuteronomy

19:3

1 Samuel

1:24; 20:19; 20:20

2 Samuel

18:2

1 Kings

18:34; 18:34

Ecclesiastes

4:12

Ezekiel

42:6

H8027

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8027 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַשׁ (šālaš),
which occurs 9 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the territory of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every slayer may flee thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - but on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the business, and abide by the stone Ezel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:34 - And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if a man overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore the third story was straitened more than the lowest and the middle-most from the ground.
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