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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 - The LORD told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Survey the territory,[fn] and divide the land the LORD your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Then anyone who has killed someone can flee to one of the cities of refuge for safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the stone pile.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:34 - After they had done this, he said, “Do the same thing again!” And when they were finished, he said, “Now do it a third time!” So they did as he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.
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