שָׁלַשׁshâlash

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwsh · H7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
• שֶׁלֶשׁShelesh · H8028Shelesh, an Israelite
• שִׁלֵּשׁshillêsh · H8029a descendant of the third degree, i.e. great grandchild
• שָׁלִשָׁהShâlishâh · H8031Shalishah, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 15:9 The Lord told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
• Deuteronomy 19:3 Survey the territory, and divide the land the Lord your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Then anyone who has killed someone can flee to one of the cities of refuge for safety.
• 1 Samuel 20:19 The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the stone pile.
• 1 Kings 18:34 After they had done this, he said, “Do the same thing again!” And when they were finished, he said, “Now do it a third time!” So they did as he said,
• Ecclesiastes 4:12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
• Ezekiel 42:6 Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.