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

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.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).