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Strong H7969שָׁלֹשׁ

three

Transliteration
shâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh
Pronunciation
(1,2) {shaw-loshe'} (3,4) shel-o-shaw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun

Definition

The last two forms being masculine; a primitive number;
three; occasionally (ordinal) {third} or (multiplicative) thrice : - + {fork} + often {[-times]} {third} thir {[-teen} {-teenth]} {three} + thrice. Compare H7991 .

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H7969 appears in 381 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • three282
  • thirteen15
  • be12
  • thirteenth11
  • third9
  • him5
  • thee5
  • his4
  • them4
  • thereof4
  • thrice4
  • have3

First verses

  1. Genesis 5:22
    And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  2. Genesis 5:23
    And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
  3. Genesis 6:10
    And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  4. 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.
  5. 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;
  6. Genesis 9:19
    These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
  7. Genesis 9:28
    And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
  8. Genesis 11:13
    And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
  9. Genesis 11:15
    And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
  10. Genesis 14:4
    Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
  11. 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.
  12. Genesis 17:25
    And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
  13. 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,
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Genesis 30:36
    And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
  18. 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.
  19. 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:
  20. Genesis 40:12
    And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
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