שְׁלִישִׁיshᵉlîyshîy

= third part, a third, = third time (Genesis 1:13; 1 Samuel 19:21; 2 Kings 1:13; 1 Kings 18:1; 2 Samuel 18:2)

Pronunciation: shel-ee-shee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7992

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 107 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:13 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
  • Genesis 2:14 The third branch, called the Tigris, flowed east of the land of Asshur. The fourth branch is called the Euphrates.
  • Genesis 6:16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.
  • Genesis 22:4 On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
  • Genesis 31:22 Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
  • Genesis 32:19 Jacob gave the same instructions to the second and third herdsmen and to all who followed behind the herds: “You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
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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).