Strong’s H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh)

שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh) n (shaw-loshe')
Source: or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;
Meaning: three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
KJV: fork, often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, thrice. Compare H7991.

Associated OET lemmas: שָׁלֹשׁ

UBS dictionary entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: שָׁלֹשׁ (H7969)

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

v.du.ab

שָׁלֹשׁ, שָׁלוֹשׁ, שְׁלֹשָׁה 430 n.m. et f. a three, triad

OET-LV: 22 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _walked/wandered with the_ʼElohīm after fathering_by _him/it DOM Mətūshelaḩ three hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters. (GEN 5:22)

OET-RV: 22 After Metushelah’s birth, Hanok walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters. (GEN 5:22)

Jump to OET GEN 5:22 section.

OET-LV: 15 And_ Shelaḩ _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM ˊĒⱱēr three years and_four hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters. (GEN 11:15)

OET-RV: 15 After Ever was born, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters. (GEN 11:15)

Jump to OET GEN 11:15 section.

OET-LV: 36 And_he/it _assigned a _journey _of three_of days between_himself and_between Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_Yaˊₐqoⱱ was_pasturing DOM the _flock _of Lāⱱān which_remained. (GEN 30:36)

OET-RV: 36 and they took them a three-day journey away from where Ya’akov was, so Ya’akov was left just tending the rest of Lavan’s flocks. (GEN 30:36)

Jump to OET GEN 30:36 section.

OET-LV: 17 And_he _removed DOM_them to custody three_of days. (GEN 42:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then he had them locked up together for three days. (GEN 42:17)

Jump to OET GEN 42:17 section.

OET-LV: 23  A _journey _of three_of days we _will _go in_wilderness and_we _will _sacrifice to/for_YHWH god _of_our just_as he _says to_us. (EXO 8:23)

OET-RV: 27 We need to travel into the wilderness for three days, then we’ll sacrifice to our god Yahweh there, just like he’s telling us to.” (EXO 8:27)

Jump to OET EXO 8:27 section.

OET-LV: 32 And_six branches will _be_going _out from_sides _of_its three branches _of lampstand will_be_of_from _its _side the_one and_three branches _of lampstand will_be_of_from _its _side the_second. (EXO 25:32)

OET-RV: 32 There must be six branches extending from the shaft—three on each side. (EXO 25:32)

Jump to OET EXO 25:32 section.

OET-LV: 18 And_six branches were_going _out from_sides _of_its three branches _of lampstand were_from_side _of_its the_one and_three branches _of lampstand were_from_side _of_its the_second. (EXO 37:18)

OET-RV: 18 There were six branches going out from the shaft of the lampstand—three on each side. (EXO 37:18)

Jump to OET EXO 37:18 section.

OET-LV: 23 And_because/when you(pl)_will _go into the_earth/land and_you(pl)_will _plant every _of tree _of food and_you(pl)_will _count _as _foreskin foreskin _of_its DOM fruit _of_its three years it _will _be to/for_you(pl) uncircumcised not it _will _be _eaten. (LEV 19:23)

OET-RV: 23 When you all enter into the land and plant various kinds of fruit trees, you mustn’t eat the fruit for the first three years—it should be regarded as ‘uncircumcised’ for that duration. (LEV 19:23)

Jump to OET LEV 19:23 section.

OET-LV: 32 These were_the_men_enrolled _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_the _house _of their _ancestors _of_their all _of the _enrolled_men_of the _camps to_their _military _of_groups were_six hundred(s) thousand and_three_of thousand(s) and_five hundred(s) and_fifty. (NUM 2:32)

OET-RV: 32 Those are the listed Israelis by their ancestral tribes with a total of 603,500 fighting men. (NUM 2:32)

Jump to OET NUM 2:32 section.

OET-LV: 28 And_ YHWH _he _opened DOM the _mouth _of the _donkey and_she/it _said to_Bilˊām what have _I _done to/for_yourself(m) that/for/because/then/when you_have _struck _me this three feet. (NUM 22:28)

OET-RV: 28 Then Yahweh enabled the donkey to speak, and it asked Bil’am, “What did I do to you that you beat me these three times?” (NUM 22:28)

Jump to OET NUM 22:28 section.

OET-LV: 12 And_three tenths_of _an _ʼēyfāh fine _flour a _grain _offering mixed with_oil for_bull the_one and_two _of tenths_of _an _ʼēyfāh fine _flour a _grain _offering mixed with_oil for_ram the_one. (NUM 28:12)

OET-RV: 12 Each bull must be offered with three kilograms of fine flour mixed with oil, each ram with two kilograms, (NUM 28:12)

Jump to OET NUM 28:12 section.

OET-LV: 43 And_it _became the _half _of the _congregation from the_sheep three hundred(s) thousand and_thirty thousand seven _of thousand(s) and_five hundred(s). (NUM 31:43)

OET-RV: 43 was: 337,500 sheep, (NUM 31:43)

Jump to OET NUM 31:43 section.

OET-LV: 2 Three cities you _will _set _apart to/for_you(fs) in _the_middle your _land _of_your which YHWH god _of_your is_about _to _give to/for_yourself(m) to_take_possession _of _it. (DEU 19:2)

OET-RV: 2 you must select three cities spread across the land that Yahweh is giving you. (DEU 19:2)

Jump to OET DEU 19:2 section.

OET-LV: 11 And_they _heard the_three_of the _friends _of ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) DOM all _of the_evil (the)_this which_it _had _come on/upon/above_him/it and_they _came each _one from_his _own _of_place ʼElīfaz the_Tēymānī and_Bildad the_Shuhite and_Zophar the_Naamathite and_they _met _by _appointment together to_come to_show _sympathy to_him/it and_to_comfort_him. (JOB 2:11)

OET-RV: 11 When Iyov’s (Job’s) three friends heard about all the troubles that had happened to him, they each came from his place: Elifaz from Teyman, Bildad from Shuah, and Tsofar from Na’amah. They gathered together to come to console and comfort him. (JOB 2:11)

Jump to OET JOB 2:11 section.

OET-LV: 22 And_they _went and_they _came to_the _hill_country and_they _lived there three_of days until the_pursuers they _returned and_ the_pursuers _they _searched in_all the_way and_not they _found_them. (JOS 2:22)

OET-RV: 22 The two men went up into the hills and stayed there for three days until the search party returned to the city after searching all the roads and not finding them. (JOS 2:22)

Jump to OET JOS 2:22 section.

OET-LV: 6 And_Bēyt- lebaoth and_Shārūḩēn cities thir- teen and_villages _of_their. (JOS 19:6)

OET-RV: 6 Beyt-Leva’ot, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities as well as their surrounding villages. (JOS 19:6)

Jump to OET JOS 19:6 section.

OET-LV: 7 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to Gidˊōn by_three hundred(s) the_man who_lapped I _will _deliver you(pl) and_I _will _give DOM Midyān in_hand _of_your and_all the_people let _them _go each to_his _own _of_place. (JDG 7:7)

OET-RV: 7 “I’ll rescue you all from Midyan with the three hundred men who lapped the water from their hands,” Yahweh told Gid’on. “Let all the others go back to their homes.” (JDG 7:7)

Jump to OET JDG 7:7 section.

OET-LV: 2 And_he _judged DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) twenty and_three year[s] and_he/it _died and_he _was _buried in_Shāmīr. (JDG 10:2)

OET-RV: 2 He led Yisrael for twenty-three years, then he died and was buried in Shamir. (JDG 10:2)

Jump to OET JDG 10:2 section.

OET-LV: 24 And_she_brought _him _up with_her/it just_as she_had _weaned _him with_young _bulls three and_an _ʼēyfāh one flour and_a _jar _of wine and_she_took _him the _house _of YHWH Shiloh and_the_lad was_a _lad. (SA1 1:24)

OET-RV: 24 The next year, after she’d weaned him, she took the young boy with them, along with three bulls, a sack of flour, and a container of wine. Then she brought him to Yahweh’s tent in Shiloh, (SA1 1:24)

Jump to OET SA1 1:24 section.

OET-LV: 17 And_ the_destroyer _he/it _went _out from_the _camp _of the_Pəlishtiy three companies the_company one it _turned to the _direction _of ˊOfrāh to the _land _of Shūˊāl. (SA1 13:17)

OET-RV: 17 and they sent out three raiding parties—one went north to Ofrah in the Shual region, (SA1 13:17)

Jump to OET SA1 13:17 section.

OET-LV: 2 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _rose _up and_he/it _descended to the _wilderness _of Zīf and_were_with_him three_of thousand(s) man chosen _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_seek DOM Dāvid in_the _wilderness _of Zīf. (SA1 26:2)

OET-RV: 2 So Sha’ul got ready with three thousand chosen Israeli warriors and went to the Zif wilderness to search for David. (SA1 26:2)

Jump to OET SA1 26:2 section.

OET-LV: 11 And_ the _box _of YHWH _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived the _house _of Obed- ʼEdōm the_Gittiy three months and_ YHWH _he/it _blessed DOM Obed- ʼEdōm and_DOM all _of household _of_his. (SA2 6:11)

OET-RV: 11 The sacred chest stayed at Oved -Edom’s house for three months, and Yahweh blessed him and all the household. (SA2 6:11)

Jump to OET SA2 6:11 section.

OET-LV: 16 And_ the_three_of the_powerful/mighty(pl) _they _broke _through in_the _camp _of the_Pəlishtiy and_they _drew water from_the _well _of Bēyt- leḩem which was_at_gate and_they _carried_them and_they _brought_them to Dāvid and_not he _was _willing to_drink_them and_he _poured _out DOM_them to/for_YHWH. (SA2 23:16)

OET-RV: 16 So the three powerful warriors broke through the Pelishti camp and got water from the Beyt -Lehem well near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he wouldn’t drink it—pouring it out instead as an offering to Yahweh, (SA2 23:16)

Jump to OET SA2 23:16 section.

OET-LV: 3 Thus YHWH he _says on three (the)_transgressions _of Dammeseq and_on four not I_will _revoke _it because threshed_they with _(the)_threshing _sledges _of (the)_iron DOM (the)_Gilˊād. (AMO 1:3)

OET-RV: 3 This is what Yahweh says:
⇔ “Even if Damesek (Damascus) was three or four sins below the threshold,
⇔ I wouldn’t turn away their punishment,
⇔ for the cruel things they did to the people of Gilead. (AMO 1:3)

Jump to OET AMO 1:3 section.

OET-LV: 4 Come Bēyt- ^ʼēl and_transgress (the)_Gilgal increase to_transgress and_bring to_morning sacrifices _of_your(pl) to_three_of days tithes _of_your(pl). (AMO 4:4)

OET-RV: 4 “Go to the worship centre at Beyt -El (Bethel) and sin,
⇔ ≈ to the one at Gilgal and multiply sin.
⇔ Bring your sacrifices every morning,
⇔ ≈ your tithes every three days. (AMO 4:4)

Jump to OET AMO 4:4 section.

OET-LV: 7 And_DOM house _of_his _own Shəlomoh/(Solomon) he _built thir- teen year[s] and_they _were _ended/finished DOM all _of house _of_his. (KI1 7:1)

OET-RV: 7 Shelomoh (Solomon) also spent thirteen years getting his own palace finished. (KI1 7:1)

Jump to OET KI1 7:1 section.

OET-LV: 22 If/because the _ship[s]_of Tarshiysh to/for_the _king on_sea with the _ship[s]_of Ḩīrām one_time to_three years it _came the _ship[s]_of Tarshiysh carrying _of (of)_gold and_silver ivori(es) and_monkeys and_peacocks. (KI1 10:22)

OET-RV: 22 because the king had a fleet of ships that joined King Hiram’s fleet. Every three years the fleet would return bringing gold and silver, ivory, monkeys and baboons. (KI1 10:22)

Jump to OET KI1 10:22 section.

OET-LV: 17 And_they _urged in_him/it until was _ashamed and_he/it _said send_them and_they _sent _out fifty man and_they _searched three days and_not they_found _him. (KI2 2:17)

OET-RV: 17 But they kept insisting so much that Elisha was embarrassed and he said, “Ok then.”
¶ So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days, but they didn’t find Eliyah. (KI2 2:17)

Jump to OET KI2 2:17 section.

OET-LV: 25 And_ Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) the _son _of Yəhōʼāḩāz _he _returned and_he/it _took DOM the_cities from_the _hand _of Ben the _son _of Ḩₐzā^ʼēl which he _had _taken from_the _hand _of Yəhōʼāḩāz his/its_father in_battle three times he_defeated _him Yōʼāsh/(Joash) and_he _restored DOM the _cities _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (KI2 13:25)

OET-RV: 25 Then Yehoahaz’s son Yehoash attacked Aram three times, and he took back the cities from Hazael’s son Ben-Hadad that had been taken in the war in his father Yehoahaz’s time. (KI2 13:25)

Jump to OET KI2 13:25 section.

OET-LV: 17 Was_eight- teen cubit[s] the _height _of the _pillar the_one and_a _capital on/upon/above_him/it bronze and_the _height _of the _capital was_three cubits and_a _network and_pomegranates were_on the_capital all _around (the)_everything was_bronze and_like_these belonged_to_pillar the_second with the_network. (KI2 25:17)

OET-RV: 17 Each pillar was over eight metres high, plus a bronze capital on top that was over a metre high. They were decorated with latticework with bronze pomegranates all around. (KI2 25:17)

Jump to OET KI2 25:17 section.

OET-LV: 47  And_to_the _descendants _of Gērəshom to_clans _of_their from_the _tribe _of Issachar and_from_the _tribe _of ʼĀshēr and_from_the _tribe _of Naftālī and_from_the _tribe _of Mənashsheh in_Bāshān cities thir- teen. (CH1 6:47)

OET-RV: 62 The clans of Gereshon’s descendants received thirteen cities from the tribes of Yisakar (Issachar), Asher, Naftali (Naphtali), and the part of the Menasheh tribe that lived in the Bashan region across the Yarden (Jordan) River. (CH1 6:62)

Jump to OET CH1 6:62 section.

OET-LV: 20 And_ʼAⱱshay the _brother _of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he he _was the _chief _of the_three and_he he _wielded DOM spear _of_his on three hundred(s) slain and a _name among_three. (CH1 11:20)

OET-RV: 20 Yoav’s (Joab’s) brother Avishay was the head of a group of three. He’d killed three hundred people with his spear and had a reputation among the three. (CH1 11:20)

Jump to OET CH1 11:20 section.

OET-LV: 10 Go and_you _will _speak to Dāvid to_say thus YHWH he _says three_things I am_holding _out over_you choose to/for_yourself(m) one of_them and_I _will _do_it to_you. (CH1 21:10)

OET-RV: 10 “Go and tell David that Yahweh says this: I’ll give you three options—choose one of them and that’s what I’ll do to you.” (CH1 21:10)

Jump to OET CH1 21:10 section.

OET-LV: 20 For_thir- teen Shūⱱā^ʼēl sons _of_his and_relatives _of_his two _plus ten. (CH1 25:20)

OET-RV: • 20 Shuvael and his sons and relatives (twelve), (CH1 25:20)

Jump to OET CH1 25:20 section.

OET-LV: 4 It_was_standing on two _plus ten ox[en] three were_turning northward_to and_three were_turning westward_to and_three were_turning southward_to and_three were_turning eastward_to and_the_sea was_on_them from_to_above and_all hindquarters _of_their inside_were_to_the. (CH2 4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Supporting ‘The Sea’ were twelve large cast bulls—facing outwards, with three facing each of the four compass points. (CH2 4:4)

Jump to OET CH2 4:4 section.

OET-LV: 17 And_they _strengthened DOM the _kingdom _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_they _strengthened DOM Rəḩaⱱˊām the _son _of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) for_years three if/because they _walked in_the _way _of Dāvid and_Shəlomoh for_years three. (CH2 11:17)

OET-RV: 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Yehudah, and as the people followed David’s and Shelomoh’s (Solomon’s) examples, they strengthened Rehav’am’s rule for three years. (CH2 11:17)

Jump to OET CH2 11:17 section.

OET-LV: 13 And_the _sons of_the _troop which ʼAmaʦ^yāh he _had _turned _back from_going with_him/it to_battle and_they _made _a _raid on_the _cities _of Yəhūdāh from_Shomrōn and_unto Bēyt Ḩōrōn and_they _struck _down from_them three_of thousand(s) and_they _plundered plunder much. (CH2 25:13)

OET-RV: 13 However, during that time, the warriors that Amatsyah had sent back to Yisrael raided Yehudah’s cities all the way from Shomron (Samaria) to Beyt -Horon. They’d killed three thousand people and taken back a large amount of plunder. (CH2 25:13)

Jump to OET CH2 25:13 section.

OET-LV: 15 Belong_to_a _leech two _of daughters give give three_things they not they _are _satisfied four_things not they _say enough. (PRO 30:15)

OET-RV: 15 The leech has two daughters: Give! Give!”
¶ There are three, maybe four, things that are never satisfied—
⇔ ≈ four that never have enough: (PRO 30:15)

Jump to OET PRO 30:15 section.

OET-LV: 3 Since thir- teen year of_Yoʼshiy^yāh the _son _of ʼĀmōn the _king _of Yəhūdāh and_unto the_day the_this this three and_twenty year[s] the _message _of YHWH it _has _come to_me and_I _have _spoken to_you(pl) rising _early and_speaking and_not you(pl)_have _listened. (JER 25:3)

OET-RV: 3 ⇔Yahweh’s messages have been coming to me for twenty-three years since the thirteenth year of the reign of Yehudah’s king Yoshiyah (Yoshiyah, Amon’s son), and I’ve passed them on to you all over and over again, but you haven’t taken any notice of them. (JER 25:3)

Jump to OET JER 25:3 section.

OET-LV: 5 And_he/it _assigned to/for_them the_king the_matter _of a _day in_its_day from_bit spoil the_king and_from_(the)_wine his/its_drinking/feast and_to_bring_them _up years three and_from_their_end they _will _stand to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_king. (DAN 1:5)

OET-RV: 5 and the king assigned a daily portion of food and wine for them from his own table. They would be trained for three years before entering the king’s service. (DAN 1:5)

Jump to OET DAN 1:5 section.

OET-LV: 5 And_I I _have _assigned to/for_yourself(m) DOM the _years _of their _iniquity _of_their to_the_number _of days three hundreds and_ninety day[s] and_you _will _bear the _iniquity _of the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZE 4:5)

OET-RV: 5 I myself am assigning to you one day to represent each year of their punishment: 390 days lying on your left side. In that way, you’ll carry the Israeli people’s sin. (EZE 4:5)

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OET-LV: 48 And_he_brought _me to the _porch _of the _house and_he _measured a _pillar _of a _porch five cubits from_here and_five cubits from_here and_the _breadth _of the _gate was_three cubits from_here and_three cubits from_here. (EZE 40:48)

OET-RV: 48 Then the man took me to the temple porch and measured its doorposts—they were each two and a half metres thick. The entryway itself was seven metres wide, and the walls on each side of it were one and a half metres wide. (EZE 40:48)

Jump to OET EZE 40:48 section.

OET-LV: 4 The _descendants _of Shəfaţ^yāh three hundred(s) seventy and_two. (EZR 2:4)

OET-RV: • 4 372 descendants of Shefatyah, (EZR 2:4)

Jump to OET EZR 2:4 section.

OET-LV: 34 The _descendants _of Yərīḩō/(Jericho) three hundred(s) forty and_five. (EZR 2:34)

OET-RV: • 34 345 from Yeriho (Jericho), (EZR 2:34)

Jump to OET EZR 2:34 section.

OET-LV: 32 And_we _came Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_we _remained there days three. (EZR 8:32)

OET-RV: 32 So we arrived at Yerushalem, and rested there for three days. (EZR 8:32)

Jump to OET EZR 8:32 section.

OET-LV: 12 In/on_day one in_all the _provinces _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_day_thir- teen of_month two _plus ten that is_the _month _of Adar. (EST 8:12)

OET-RV: 12 This was to take place on a certain day in every province throughout the empire: the 13th of March (the same day on which Haman’s law was to take effect). (EST 8:12)

Jump to OET EST 8:12 section.

Strong's H7969

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry