Word Study · Strong's H7991 · Hebrew
שָׁלִישׁ
shalish
shaw-leesh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâlîysh
“a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
Rendered in the KJV as
captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ2
- בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ1
- הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ1
- הַשָּׁ֣לִישִׁ֔ים1
- הַשָּׁלִישִׁים֒1
- הַשָּׁלִשִׁ֗י1
- וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃1
- וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים1
- וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים1
- וְשָׁלִשָׁ֔יו1
- וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם1
- שָׁלִֽישׁ׃1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- the officer3
- icers2
- officer his2
- officers his2
- the officers2
- a third of a measure1
- and officers1
- and officers his1
- and the officers1
- and to the officers1
- and with three-stringed instruments1
- in the third of a measure1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- noun · masculine plural3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HTd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/R/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings7 of 20 · 35%
- Exodus2 of 20 · 10%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 20 · 10%
- Ezekiel2 of 20 · 10%
- 1 Samuel1 of 20 · 5%
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 14:7וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖םveshalishimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralHe took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.here: and officers
- Exodus 15:4שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יוshalishavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularPharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.here: officers his
2 Kings7 occurrences
- 2 Kings 7:2הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁhashalishthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”here: the officer
- 2 Kings 7:17הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁhashalishthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.here: the officer
- 2 Kings 7:19הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁhashalishthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”here: the officer
- 2 Kings 9:25שָֽׁלִשׁ֔וֹsheloshonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:here: officer his
- 2 Kings 10:25וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜יםvelashalishimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralWhen he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.here: and to the officers
- 2 Kings 10:25וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔יםvehashalishimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralWhen he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.here: and the officers
- 2 Kings 15:25שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹshalishonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.here: officer his
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:11הַשָּׁ֣לִישִׁ֔יםhasheloshimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThis is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.here: the officers
- 1 Chronicles 12:18הַשָּׁלִישִׁים֒hasheloshimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.here: the officers
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 23:15שָׁלִשִׁ֖יםshalishimnoun · masculine pluralwearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.here: icers
- Ezekiel 23:23שָֽׁלִשִׁים֙shalishimnoun · masculine pluralthe Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.here: icers