שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîym

thirty

Pronunciation: shel-o-sheem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7970

Meanings

1. before singular noun (Genesis 6:15; Exodus 26:8; 2 Samuel 5:4)

2. as ordinal (1 Kings 16:23; 1 Kings 16:29; Nehemiah 5:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 171 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.
  • Genesis 5:5 Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
  • Genesis 5:16 After the birth of Jared, Mahalalel lived another 830 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 6:15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
  • Genesis 11:12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
  • Genesis 11:14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
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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).