שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Pronunciation: shaw-loshe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7969
Meanings
a three, triad
1. no other number
b. = ordinal (Exodus 19:5; 1 Samuel 9:20; 1 Samuel 30:13)
2. 13 (Genesis 17:25; 1 Kings 7:1; Genesis 14:4)
3. 300 = שְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת (Genesis 5:22; 1 Chronicles 11:11; 2 Samuel 23:8)
4. with tens (Numbers 1:43; Leviticus 12:4; Jeremiah 52:30)
5. as round, or conventional, number (Amos 4:8; Deuteronomy 17:6; Joshua 7:3)
Same root
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîym · H7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
- שָׁלִישׁshâlîysh · H7991a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed 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)
- שְׁלִישִׁיshᵉlîyshîy · H7992third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
- שָׁלַשׁshâlash · H8027to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
- תְּלָתtᵉlâth · H8532three or third
Where it appears
Appears 431 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 5:22 After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:23 Enoch lived 365 years,
- Genesis 6:10 Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 6:15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
- Genesis 7:13 That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.
- Genesis 9:19 From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.
See every passage
- Genesis 5:22, 5:23, 6:10, 6:15, 7:13, 9:19, 9:28, 11:13, 11:15, 14:4, 14:14, 17:25, 18:2, 18:6, 29:2, 29:34, 30:36, 38:24, 40:10, 40:12, 40:13, 40:16, 40:18, 40:19, 42:17, 45:22, 46:15
- Exodus 2:2, 3:18, 5:3, 6:18, 7:7, 8:27, 10:22, 10:23, 15:22, 19:15, 21:11, 23:14, 23:17, 25:32, 25:33, 27:1, 27:14, 27:15, 32:28, 34:23, 34:24, 37:18, 37:19, 38:1, 38:14, 38:15, 38:26
- Leviticus 12:4, 14:10, 19:23, 25:21, 27:6
- Numbers 1:23, 1:43, 1:46, 2:13, 2:30, 2:32, 3:43, 3:46, 3:50, 4:44, 10:33, 12:4, 15:9, 22:28, 22:32, 22:33, 24:10, 26:7, 26:25, 26:47, 26:62, 28:12, 28:20, 28:28, 29:3, 29:9, 29:13, 29:14, 31:36, 31:43, 33:8, 33:39, 35:14
- Deuteronomy 4:41, 14:28, 16:16, 17:6, 19:2, 19:7, 19:9, 19:15
- Joshua 1:11, 2:16, 2:22, 3:2, 7:3, 7:4, 9:16, 15:14, 17:11, 18:4, 19:6, 21:4, 21:6, 21:19, 21:32, 21:33
- Judges 1:20, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:16, 7:20, 7:22, 8:4, 9:22, 9:43, 10:2, 11:26, 14:14, 15:4, 15:11, 16:15, 16:27, 19:4
- 1 Samuel 1:24, 2:13, 2:21, 9:20, 10:3, 11:8, 11:11, 13:2, 13:17, 13:21, 17:13, 17:14, 20:20, 20:41, 24:2, 25:2, 26:2, 30:12, 30:13, 31:6, 31:8
- 2 Samuel 2:18, 2:31, 5:5, 6:11, 13:38, 14:27, 18:14, 20:4, 21:1, 21:16, 23:9, 23:13, 23:16, 23:17, 23:18, 23:19, 23:22, 23:23, 24:12, 24:13
- 1 Kings 2:11, 2:39, 4:32, 5:16, 6:36, 7:1, 7:4, 7:5, 7:12, 7:25, 7:27, 9:25, 10:17, 10:22, 11:3, 12:5, 15:2, 15:28, 15:33, 17:21, 22:1
- 2 Kings 2:17, 3:10, 3:13, 9:32, 12:6, 13:1, 13:18, 13:19, 13:25, 17:5, 18:1, 18:10, 18:14, 23:31, 24:1, 24:8, 25:17, 25:18
- 1 Chronicles 2:3, 2:16, 2:22, 3:4, 3:23, 6:60, 6:62, 7:6, 10:6, 11:11, 11:12, 11:15, 11:18, 11:19, 11:20, 11:21, 11:24, 11:25, 12:27, 12:29, 12:39, 13:14, 21:10, 21:12, 23:8, 23:9, 23:23, 24:13, 24:18, 25:5, 25:20, 25:30, 26:11, 29:4, 29:27
- 2 Chronicles 2:2, 2:17, 2:18, 4:4, 4:5, 6:13, 7:10, 8:13, 9:16, 9:21, 10:5, 11:17, 13:2, 14:8, 14:9, 17:7, 17:14, 20:25, 25:5, 25:13, 26:13, 29:33, 31:16, 35:7, 35:8, 36:2, 36:9
- Ezra 2:4, 2:11, 2:17, 2:19, 2:21, 2:25, 2:28, 2:32, 2:34, 2:35, 2:36, 2:58, 2:64, 2:65, 8:5, 8:15, 8:32, 10:8, 10:9
- Nehemiah 2:11, 7:9, 7:17, 7:22, 7:23, 7:29, 7:32, 7:35, 7:36, 7:38, 7:39, 7:60, 7:66, 7:67
- Esther 1:3, 3:12, 3:13, 4:16, 8:9, 8:12, 9:1, 9:15, 9:17, 9:18
- Job 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:17, 2:11, 32:1, 32:3, 32:5, 33:29, 42:13
- Proverbs 30:15, 30:18, 30:21, 30:29
- Isaiah 16:14, 17:6, 20:3
- Jeremiah 1:2, 25:3, 36:23, 52:24, 52:28, 52:30
- Ezekiel 4:5, 4:9, 14:14, 14:16, 14:18, 40:10, 40:11, 40:21, 40:48, 41:6, 41:16, 41:22, 48:31, 48:32, 48:33, 48:34
- Daniel 1:1, 1:5, 8:1, 8:14, 10:1, 10:2, 10:3, 11:2, 12:12
- Amos 1:3, 1:6, 1:9, 1:11, 1:13, 2:1, 2:4, 2:6, 4:4, 4:7, 4:8
- Jonah 1:17, 3:3
- Zechariah 11:8
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