Lexicon :: Strong's H7969 - šālôš

שָׁלוֹשׁ

Transliteration

šālôš

Pronunciation

shaw-loshe'

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 Info

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

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

three, triad
1. 3, 300, third

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 Hom^{Chr 47, 124}, but also תֿלתֿ, etc., Id.^{47, A. u. A. ii. 175} Sab. Denkm^{No. 31, 8}; Arabic , ; Ethiopic Aramaic תְּלָתָא, ; Nabataean תלת Lzb³⁷⁷; Palmyrene תלת (in תלת מאה) Reckend^{ZMg xiii (1888), 408}; see also Kö^{ii. 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 [HPS^Sm] 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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H7969 matches the Hebrew שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālôš),
which occurs 431 times in 381 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 5:22–Exo 37:19)

Gen 5:22

Gen 5:22 - And Enoch^H2585 walked^H1980 with^H854 God^H430 after^H310 he begat^H3205^H853 Methuselah^H4968 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters:^H1323

Gen 5:23

Gen 5:23 - And all the days^H3117 of Enoch^H2585 were three^H7969 hundred^H3967^H8141 sixty^H8346 and five^H2568 years:^H8141

Gen 6:10

Gen 6:10 - And Noah^H5146 begat^H3205 three^H7969 sons,^H1121 Shem,^H8035 Ham,^H2526 and Japheth.^H3315

Gen 6:15

Gen 6:15 - And this is the fashion which thou shalt make^H6213 it of: The length^H753 of the ark^H8392 shall be three^H7969 hundred^H3967 cubits,^H520 the breadth^H7341 of it fifty^H2572 cubits,^H520 and the height^H6967 of it thirty^H7970 cubits.^H520

Gen 7:13

Gen 7:13 - In the selfsame^H6106 day^H3117 entered^H935 Noah,^H5146 and Shem,^H8035 and Ham,^H2526 and Japheth,^H3315 the sons^H1121 of Noah,^H5146 and Noah's^H5146 wife,^H802 and the three^H7969 wives^H802 of his sons^H1121 with them, into the ark;^H8392

Gen 9:19

Gen 9:19 - These are the three^H7969 sons^H1121 of Noah:^H5146 and of them was the whole earth^H776 overspread.^H5310

Gen 9:28

Gen 9:28 - And Noah^H5146 lived^H2421 after^H310 the flood^H3999 three^H7969 hundred^H3967^H8141 and fifty^H2572 years.^H8141

Gen 11:13

Gen 11:13 - And Arphaxad^H775 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Salah^H7974 four^H702 hundred^H3967^H8141 and three^H7969 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

Gen 11:15

Gen 11:15 - And Salah^H7974 lived^H2421 after^H310 he begat^H3205 Eber^H5677 four^H702 hundred^H3967^H8141 and three^H7969 years,^H8141 and begat^H3205 sons^H1121 and daughters.^H1323

Gen 14:4

Gen 14:4 - Twelve^H6240^H8147 years^H8141 they served^H5647^H853 Chedorlaomer,^H3540 and in the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 year^H8141 they rebelled.^H4775

Gen 14:14

Gen 14:14 - And when Abram^H87 heard^H8085 that his brother^H251 was taken captive,^H7617 he armed^H7324 his trained^H2593 servants, born^H3211 in his own house,^H1004 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 and eighteen,^H6240^H8083 and pursued^H7291 them unto Dan.^H1835

Gen 17:25

Gen 17:25 - And Ishmael^H3458 his son^H1121 was thirteen^H6240^H7969 years^H8141 old,^H1121 when he was circumcised^H4135 in the flesh^H1320 of his foreskin.^H6190

Gen 18:2

Gen 18:2 - And he lift up^H5375 his eyes^H5869 and looked,^H7200 and, lo, three^H7969 men^H582 stood^H5324 by him: and when he saw^H7200 them, he ran^H7323 to meet^H7125 them from the tent^H168 door,^H6607 and bowed^H7812 himself toward the ground,^H776

Gen 18:6

Gen 18:6 - And Abraham^H85 hastened^H4116 into the tent^H168 unto Sarah,^H8283 and said,^H559 Make ready quickly^H4116 three^H7969 measures^H5429 of fine^H5560 meal,^H7058 knead^H3888 it, and make^H6213 ➔ cakes^H5692 upon the hearth.^H6213

Gen 29:2

Gen 29:2 - And he looked,^H7200 and behold a well^H875 in the field,^H7704 and, lo, there were three^H7969 flocks^H5739 of sheep^H6629 lying^H7257 by it; for out of that well^H875 they watered^H8248 the flocks:^H5739 and a great^H1419 stone^H68 was upon the well's^H875 mouth.^H6310

Gen 29:34

Gen 29:34 - And she conceived again,^H2029 and bare^H3205 a son;^H1121 and said,^H559 Now this time^H6471 will my husband^H376 be joined^H3867 unto me, because I have born^H3205 him three^H7969 sons:^H1121 therefore was his name^H8034 called^H7121 Levi.^H3878

Gen 30:36

Gen 30:36 - And he set^H7760 three^H7969 days'^H3117 journey^H1870 betwixt himself and Jacob:^H3290 and Jacob^H3290 fed^H7462 the rest^H3498 of Laban's^H3837 flocks.^H6629

Gen 38:24

Gen 38:24 - And it came to pass about three^H7969 months^H2320 after, that it was told^H5046 Judah,^H3063 saying,^H559 Tamar^H8559 thy daughter in law^H3618 hath played the harlot;^H2181 and also, behold, she is with child^H2030 by whoredom.^H2183 And Judah^H3063 said,^H559 Bring her forth,^H3318 and let her be burnt.^H8313

Gen 40:10

Gen 40:10 - And in the vine^H1612 were three^H7969 branches:^H8299 and it was as though it budded,^H6524 and her blossoms^H5322 shot forth;^H5927 and the clusters^H811 thereof brought forth ripe^H1310 grapes:^H6025

Gen 40:12

Gen 40:12 - And Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto him, This is the interpretation^H6623 of it: The three^H7969 branches^H8299 are three^H7969 days:^H3117

Gen 40:13

Gen 40:13 - Yet^H5750 within three^H7969 days^H3117 shall Pharaoh^H6547 lift up^H5375 thine head,^H7218 and restore^H7725 thee unto thy place:^H3653 and thou shalt deliver^H5414 Pharaoh's^H6547 cup^H3563 into his hand,^H3027 after the former^H7223 manner^H4941 when thou wast his butler.^H8248

Gen 40:16

Gen 40:16 - When the chief^H8269 baker^H644 saw^H7200 that the interpretation^H6622 was good,^H2896 he said^H559 unto Joseph,^H3130 I also^H637 was in my dream,^H2472 and, behold, I had three^H7969 white^H2751 baskets^H5536 on my head:^H7218

Gen 40:18

Gen 40:18 - And Joseph^H3130 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 This is the interpretation^H6623 thereof: The three^H7969 baskets^H5536 are three^H7969 days:^H3117

Gen 40:19

Gen 40:19 - Yet within three^H7969 days^H3117 shall Pharaoh^H6547 lift up^H5375 thy head^H7218 from off thee, and shall hang^H8518 thee on a tree;^H6086 and the birds^H5775 shall eat^H398 thy flesh^H1320 from off thee.

Gen 42:17

Gen 42:17 - And he put them all together^H622 into ward^H4929 three^H7969 days.^H3117

Gen 45:22

Gen 45:22 - To all of them he gave^H5414 each man^H376 changes^H2487 of raiment;^H8071 but to Benjamin^H1144 he gave^H5414 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 pieces of silver,^H3701 and five^H2568 changes^H2487 of raiment.^H8071

Gen 46:15

Gen 46:15 - These be the sons^H1121 of Leah,^H3812 which she bare^H3205 unto Jacob^H3290 in Padanaram,^H6307 with his daughter^H1323 Dinah:^H1783 all the souls^H5315 of his sons^H1121 and his daughters^H1323 were thirty^H7970 and three.^H7969

Exo 2:2

Exo 2:2 - And the woman^H802 conceived,^H2029 and bare^H3205 a son:^H1121 and when she saw^H7200 him that he was a goodly^H2896 child, she hid^H6845 him three^H7969 months.^H3391

Exo 3:18

Exo 3:18 - And they shall hearken^H8085 to thy voice:^H6963 and thou shalt come,^H935 thou and the elders^H2205 of Israel,^H3478 unto the king^H4428 of Egypt,^H4714 and ye shall say^H559 unto him, The LORD^H3068 God^H430 of the Hebrews^H5680 hath met^H7136 with us: and now let us go,^H3212 we beseech thee, three^H7969 days'^H3117 journey^H1870 into the wilderness,^H4057 that we may sacrifice^H2076 to the LORD^H3068 our God.^H430

Exo 5:3

Exo 5:3 - And they said,^H559 The God^H430 of the Hebrews^H5680 hath met^H7122 with us: let us go,^H3212 we pray thee, three^H7969 days'^H3117 journey^H1870 into the desert,^H4057 and sacrifice^H2076 unto the LORD^H3068 our God;^H430 lest he fall^H6293 upon us with pestilence,^H1698 or with the sword.^H2719

Exo 6:18

Exo 6:18 - And the sons^H1121 of Kohath;^H6955 Amram,^H6019 and Izhar,^H3324 and Hebron,^H2275 and Uzziel:^H5816 and the years^H8141 of the life^H2416 of Kohath^H6955 were an hundred^H3967 thirty^H7970 and three^H7969 years.^H8141

Exo 7:7

Exo 7:7 - And Moses^H4872 was fourscore^H8084 years^H8141 old,^H1121 and Aaron^H175 fourscore^H8084 and three^H7969 years^H8141 old,^H1121 when they spake^H1696 unto Pharaoh.^H6547

Exo 8:27

Exo 8:27 - We will go^H3212 three^H7969 days'^H3117 journey^H1870 into the wilderness,^H4057 and sacrifice^H2076 to the LORD^H3068 our God,^H430 as he shall command^H559 us.

Exo 10:22

Exo 10:22 - And Moses^H4872 stretched forth^H5186 his hand^H3027 toward heaven;^H8064 and there was a thick^H653 darkness^H2822 in all the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 three^H7969 days:^H3117

Exo 10:23

Exo 10:23 - They saw^H7200 not one^H376 another,^H251 neither rose^H6965 any^H376 from his place for three^H7969 days:^H3117 but all the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 had light^H216 in their dwellings.^H4186

Exo 15:22

Exo 15:22 - So Moses^H4872 brought^H5265 Israel^H3478 from the Red^H5488 sea,^H3220 and they went out^H3318 into the wilderness^H4057 of Shur;^H7793 and they went^H3212 three^H7969 days^H3117 in the wilderness,^H4057 and found^H4672 no water.^H4325

Exo 19:15

Exo 19:15 - And he said^H559 unto the people,^H5971 Be^H1961 ready^H3559 against the third^H7969 day:^H3117 come^H5066 not at your wives.^H802

Exo 21:11

Exo 21:11 - And if he do^H6213 not these three^H7969 unto her, then shall she go out^H3318 free^H2600 without money.^H3701

Exo 23:14

Exo 23:14 - Three^H7969 times^H7272 thou shalt keep a feast^H2287 unto me in the year.^H8141

Exo 23:17

Exo 23:17 - Three^H7969 times^H6471 in the year^H8141 all thy males^H2138 shall appear^H7200 before^H6440 the Lord^H113 GOD.^H3068

Exo 25:32

Exo 25:32 - And six^H8337 branches^H7070 shall come^H3318 out of the sides^H6654 of it; three^H7969 branches^H7070 of the candlestick^H4501 out of the one^H259 side,^H6654 and three^H7969 branches^H7070 of the candlestick^H4501 out of the other^H8145 side:^H6654

Exo 25:33

Exo 25:33 - Three^H7969 bowls^H1375 made like unto almonds,^H8246 with a knop^H3730 and a flower^H6525 in one^H259 branch;^H7070 and three^H7969 bowls^H1375 made like almonds^H8246 in the other^H259 branch,^H7070 with a knop^H3730 and a flower:^H6525 so in the six^H8337 branches^H7070 that come^H3318 out of the candlestick.^H4501

Exo 27:1

Exo 27:1 - And thou shalt make^H6213 an altar^H4196 of shittim^H7848 wood,^H6086 five^H2568 cubits^H520 long,^H753 and five^H2568 cubits^H520 broad;^H7341 the altar^H4196 shall be foursquare:^H7251 and the height^H6967 thereof shall be three^H7969 cubits.^H520

Exo 27:14

Exo 27:14 - The hangings^H7050 of one side^H3802 of the gate shall be fifteen^H2568^H6240 cubits:^H520 their pillars^H5982 three,^H7969 and their sockets^H134 three.^H7969

Exo 27:15

Exo 27:15 - And on the other^H8145 side^H3802 shall be hangings^H7050 fifteen^H2568^H6240 cubits: their pillars^H5982 three,^H7969 and their sockets^H134 three.^H7969

Exo 32:28

Exo 32:28 - And the children^H1121 of Levi^H3878 did^H6213 according to the word^H1697 of Moses:^H4872 and there fell^H5307 of the people^H5971 that day^H3117 about three^H7969 thousand^H505 men.^H376

Exo 34:23

Exo 34:23 - Thrice^H6471^H7969 in the year^H8141 shall all your men children^H2138 appear^H7200 before^H6440 the Lord^H113 GOD,^H3068 the God^H430 of Israel.^H3478

Exo 34:24

Exo 34:24 - For I will cast out^H3423 the nations^H1471 before^H6440 thee, and enlarge^H7337 thy borders:^H1366 neither shall any man^H376 desire^H2530 thy land,^H776 when thou shalt go up^H5927 to appear^H7200 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 thrice^H6471^H7969 in the year.^H8141

Exo 37:18

Exo 37:18 - And six^H8337 branches^H7070 going out^H3318 of the sides^H6654 thereof; three^H7969 branches^H7070 of the candlestick^H4501 out of the one^H259 side^H6654 thereof, and three^H7969 branches^H7070 of the candlestick^H4501 out of the other^H8145 side^H6654 thereof:

Exo 37:19

Exo 37:19 - Three^H7969 bowls^H1375 made after the fashion of almonds^H8246 in one^H259 branch,^H7070 a knop^H3730 and a flower;^H6525 and three^H7969 bowls^H1375 made like almonds^H8246 in another^H259 branch,^H7070 a knop^H3730 and a flower:^H6525 so throughout the six^H8337 branches^H7070 going out^H3318 of the candlestick.^H4501

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