Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7969: שָׁלוֹשׁ

shâlôwsh · pronounced shaw-loshe' · “three”

Definition

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

KJV translates it as: [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).

Word origin: or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;

Extended definition

1) three, triad
1a) 3, 300, third
Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (תְּלָת "three" H8532)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7969 is translated

  • three ×339
  • the three ×33
  • thir- ×17
  • three things ×7
  • was three ×6
  • were three ×5
  • were thir- ×4
  • them ×3
  • day thir- ×3
  • will be three ×2
  • are three ×2
  • three of ×2

Bible verses with H7969 (shâlôwsh)

Shâlôwsh appears in 382 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 5:22

    And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:23

    And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

  • Genesis 6:10

    And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 6:15

    And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

  • Genesis 7:13

    In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

  • Genesis 9:19

    These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

  • Genesis 9:28

    And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

  • Genesis 11:13

    And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:15

    And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 14:4

    Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

  • Genesis 14:14

    And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

  • Genesis 17:25

    And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Genesis 18:2

    And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

  • Genesis 18:6

    And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

  • Genesis 29:2

    And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.

  • Genesis 29:34

    And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

  • Genesis 30:36

    And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

  • Genesis 38:24

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • Genesis 40:10

    And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

  • Genesis 40:12

    And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

  • Genesis 40:13

    Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

  • Genesis 40:16

    When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

  • Genesis 40:18

    And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

  • Genesis 40:19

    Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

  • Genesis 42:17

    And he put them all together into ward three days.

All 382 references

Words derived from H7969