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Word Study · Strong's H7969 · Hebrew

שָׁלוֹשׁ

shalosh

shaw-loshe'

Strong's 1890 spelling: shâlôwsh

three

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

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

  • 432
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 130
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 432 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 130

  • שְׁלֹ֥שׁ29
  • שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת24
  • שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה23
  • שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת20
  • שָׁלֹ֣שׁ19
  • שְׁלֹשׁ־16
  • שָׁלֹ֥שׁ13
  • שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה12
  • שְׁלֹשָׁה֙11
  • שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃11
  • וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ ס10
  • וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה9

and 118 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 50

  • three245
  • and three63
  • [the] three20
  • the three12
  • thir-11
  • three [things]7
  • [were] three5
  • to [the] three5
  • [was] three4
  • [were] thir-4
  • about three4
  • to three4

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 22

  • noun · masculine or feminine singular92
  • number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular83
  • number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)73
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)59
  • conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular25
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular24
  • conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)15
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular10
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)9
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular9
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)8
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcbsa · 92
  • HAcbsa · 83
  • HAcbsc · 73
  • HNcbsc · 59
  • HC/Acbsa · 25
  • HC/Ncbsa · 24
  • HC/Acbsc · 15
  • HTd/Ncbsa · 10
  • HR/Acbsc · 9
  • HR/Ncbsa · 9
  • HC/Ncbsc · 8
  • HR/Acbsa · 8

All 432, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis29 occurrences
Exodus35 occurrences
Leviticus5 occurrences
Numbers37 occurrences
Deuteronomy9 occurrences
Joshua16 occurrences
Judges19 occurrences
1 Samuel25 occurrences
2 Samuel24 occurrences
1 Kings27 occurrences
2 Kings19 occurrences
1 Chronicles40 occurrences
2 Chronicles33 occurrences
Ezra20 occurrences
Nehemiah14 occurrences
Esther11 occurrences
Job10 occurrences
Proverbs4 occurrences
Isaiah3 occurrences
Jeremiah8 occurrences
Ezekiel20 occurrences
Daniel9 occurrences
Amos11 occurrences
Jonah3 occurrences
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).