שָׁלֹשׁ
three
H7969
Strong's Hebrew
shâlôwsh
Transliteration
/shaw-loshe'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
431
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
three, triad
- 3, 300, third
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 171 times (40%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 161 times (37%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct 98 times (23%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Construct 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 431 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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2 Kings 18 verses
- 2 Kings 12:6 וְ/שָׁלֹ֛שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
- 2 Kings 13:1 וְ/שָׁלֹשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
- 2 Kings 13:18 שָֽׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs He said, Take the arrows; and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, Smite on the ground; and he struck thrice, and stayed.
- 2 Kings 13:19 שָׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
- 2 Kings 13:25 שָׁלֹ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash strike him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:5 שָׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
- 2 Kings 18:1 שָׁלֹ֔שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 18:10 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
- 2 Kings 18:14 שְׁלֹ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on me will I bear. The king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- 2 Kings 23:31 וְ/שָׁלֹ֤שׁ וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- 2 Kings 24:1 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
- 2 Kings 24:8 וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:17 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
- 2 Kings 25:18 שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
1 Chronicles 35 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 שְׁלוֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 2:16 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 2:22 וְ/שָׁלוֹשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 3:4 וְ/שָׁלוֹשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
- 1 Chronicles 3:23 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:62 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 7:6 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms [The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
- 1 Chronicles 10:6 וּ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.
- 1 Chronicles 11:11 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.
- 1 Chronicles 11:12 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15 שְֽׁלוֹשָׁה֩ adj Cardinal number ms Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 11:18 הַ/שְּׁלֹשָׁ֜ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms The three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
- 1 Chronicles 11:19 שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 11:20 הַ/שְּׁלוֹשָׁ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ בַּ/שְּׁלוֹשָֽׁה ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:21 הַ/שְּׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה הַ/שְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:24 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 11:25 הַ/שְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
- 1 Chronicles 12:27 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
- 1 Chronicles 12:29 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 12:39 שְׁלוֹשָׁ֔ה adj Cardinal number ms They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had made preparation for them.
- 1 Chronicles 13:14 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Yahweh blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
- 1 Chronicles 21:10 שָׁל֕וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 שָׁל֨וֹשׁ שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms cs either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
- 1 Chronicles 23:8 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 23:9 שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.
- 1 Chronicles 23:23 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
- 1 Chronicles 24:13 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
- 1 Chronicles 24:18 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 שָׁלֽוֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 25:20 לִ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:30 לִ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:11 שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
- 1 Chronicles 29:27 וְ/שָׁלֽוֹשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 27 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 וּ/שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18 וּ/שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
- 2 Chronicles 4:4 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה וּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁה֩ וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs It was a handbreadth thick; and the brim of it was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 שָׁל֖וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
- 2 Chronicles 8:13 שָׁל֥וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents.
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 וּ/שְׁלֹשׁ שְׁלֹ֤שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 לְ/שָׁל֨וֹשׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 10:5 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people departed.
- 2 Chronicles 11:17 שָׁל֑וֹשׁ שָׁלֽוֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 13:2 שָׁל֣וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 14:8 שְׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9 שְׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 17:7 שָׁל֜וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
- 2 Chronicles 17:14 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs This was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 שְׁלוֹשָׁ֛ה adj Cardinal number ms When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
- 2 Chronicles 25:5 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield.
- 2 Chronicles 25:13 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 שְׁלֹ֧שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
- 2 Chronicles 29:33 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 31:16 שָׁל֤וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of Yahweh, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;
- 2 Chronicles 35:7 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls: these were of the king's substance.
- 2 Chronicles 35:8 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs His princes gave for a freewill-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [small cattle], and three hundred oxen.
- 2 Chronicles 36:2 שָׁל֧וֹשׁ וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
Ezra 19 verses
- Ezra 2:4 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
- Ezra 2:11 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
- Ezra 2:17 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
- Ezra 2:19 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Hashum, two hundred Twenty-three.
- Ezra 2:21 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
- Ezra 2:25 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
- Ezra 2:28 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
- Ezra 2:32 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
- Ezra 2:34 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
- Ezra 2:35 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
- Ezra 2:36 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
- Ezra 2:58 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
- Ezra 2:64 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
- Ezra 2:65 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- Ezra 8:5 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
- Ezra 8:15 שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
- Ezra 8:32 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms We came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
- Ezra 10:8 לִ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and that whoever didn't come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.
- Ezra 10:9 לִ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Nehemiah 14 verses
- Nehemiah 2:11 שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
- Nehemiah 7:9 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 7:17 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:22 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:23 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-four.
- Nehemiah 7:29 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
- Nehemiah 7:32 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
- Nehemiah 7:35 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
- Nehemiah 7:36 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
- Nehemiah 7:38 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred thirty.
- Nehemiah 7:39 וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
- Nehemiah 7:60 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
- Nehemiah 7:66 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
- Nehemiah 7:67 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
Esther 10 verses
- Esther 1:3 שָׁלוֹשׁ֙ adj Cardinal number fs in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;
- Esther 3:12 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
- Esther 3:13 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 4:16 שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Esther 8:9 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
- Esther 8:12 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms on one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
- Esther 9:1 בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over those who hated them),
- Esther 9:15 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.
- Esther 9:17 שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms [This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
- Esther 9:18 בִּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] of it, and on the fourteenth of it; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Job 10 verses
- Job 1:2 וְ/שָׁל֥וֹשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
- Job 1:3 וּ/שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Job 1:4 לִ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
- Job 1:17 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 2:11 שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
- Job 32:1 שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 32:3 וּ/בִ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Job 32:5 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
- Job 33:29 שָׁל֣וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, yes three times, with a man,
- Job 42:13 וְ/שָׁל֥וֹשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Proverbs 4 verses
- Proverbs 30:15 שָׁל֣וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'
- Proverbs 30:18 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms "There are three things which are too amazing for me, Four which I don't understand:
- Proverbs 30:21 שָׁ֭לוֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
- Proverbs 30:29 שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms "There are three things which are stately in their march, Four which are stately in going:
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 16:14 בְּ/שָׁלֹ֤שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and of no account.
- Isaiah 17:6 שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה adj Cardinal number ms Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 20:3 שָׁלֹ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Yahweh said, Like as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia;
Jeremiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 1:2 בִּ/שְׁלֹשׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs to whom the word of Yahweh came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
- Jeremiah 25:3 שְׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁלֹ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 36:23 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs It happened, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
- Jeremiah 52:24 שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- Jeremiah 52:28 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת וּ/שְׁלֹשָֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand twenty-three Jews;
- Jeremiah 52:30 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Ezekiel 16 verses
- Ezekiel 4:5 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 4:9 שְׁלֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Take for yourself also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make you bread of it; [according to] the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, shall you eat of it.
- Ezekiel 14:14 שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 14:16 שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
- Ezekiel 14:18 וּ/שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
- Ezekiel 40:10 שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה לִ/שְׁלָשְׁתָּ֑/ם adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:11 שְׁל֥וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
- Ezekiel 40:21 שְׁלוֹשָׁ֤ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts of it and the arches of it were after the measure of the first gate: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:48 שָׁלֹ֤שׁ וְ/שָׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
- Ezekiel 41:6 שָׁל֧וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold [therein], and not have hold in the wall of the house.
- Ezekiel 41:16 לִ/שְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔/ם prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings round about, and [from] the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),
- Ezekiel 41:22 שָׁלוֹשׁ֩ adj Cardinal number fs The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length of it two cubits; and the corners of it, and the length of it, and the walls of it, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 48:31 שְׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
- Ezekiel 48:32 שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
- Ezekiel 48:33 שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
- Ezekiel 48:34 שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
Daniel 9 verses
- Daniel 1:1 שָׁל֔וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- Daniel 1:5 שָׁל֑וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end of it they should stand before the king.
- Daniel 8:1 שָׁל֔וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
- Daniel 8:14 וּ/שְׁלֹ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings [and] mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- Daniel 10:1 שָׁל֗וֹשׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Daniel 10:2 שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
- Daniel 10:3 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- Daniel 11:2 שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה adj Cardinal number ms Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
- Daniel 12:12 שְׁלֹ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
Amos 11 verses
- Amos 1:3 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
- Amos 1:6 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they carried away captive the whole community, To deliver them up to Edom;
- Amos 1:9 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
- Amos 1:11 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity, And his anger raged continually, And he kept his wrath forever;
- Amos 1:13 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, That they may enlarge their border.
- Amos 2:1 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
- Amos 2:4 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have rejected Yahweh's law, And have not kept his statutes, And their lies have led them astray, After which their fathers walked;
- Amos 2:6 שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ adj Cardinal number ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
- Amos 4:4 לִ/שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs "Go to Bethel, and sin; To Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days,
- Amos 4:7 שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms "I also have withheld the rain from you, When there were yet three months to the harvest; And I caused it to rain on one city, And caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, And the piece where it didn't rain withered.
- Amos 4:8 שָׁלֹ֨שׁ adj Cardinal number fs So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, And were not satisfied: Yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Jonah 2 verses
- Jonah 1:17 שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה וּ/שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
- Jonah 3:3 שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
Zechariah 1 verse
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The Hebrew noun שלוש centers on the idea of “three.” Debuting at Genesis 5:22, it then recurs through the corpus. It appears 381 verses across 25 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. It shares a root with שלושים, שליש and שלישי. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
fork
Modern gloss
three
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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About this word
Strong's H7969 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 381
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 381 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #114
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 114 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 381 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 35 verses 9%
- Numbers 33 verses 9%
- Genesis 27 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 381 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 153 verses · 40%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 128 verses · 34%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 100 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Three 288×, Were three 11×, Thirteenth 10×
- American Standard Version: Three 269×, Thirteenth 9×, Thirteen 8×
- Berean Standard Bible: Three 223×, Third 10×, Thirteenth 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Three 228×, Were 31×, And 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7969 across 424 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 43 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7969 across 424 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 57 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7969 across 343 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 86 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7969 across 369 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 79 further occurrences.
Senses in BDB
The 1 sense BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- three, triad
Word origin
Origin: a primitive number
Forms in the corpus
The 122 distinct written forms H7969 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 62 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7969, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- שלושים shᵉlôwshîym H7970 thirty
- שליש shâlîysh H7991 officer
- שלישי shᵉlîyshîy H7992 third
- תלת tᵉlâth H8532 three
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 360 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 381 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:22
- Exodus 2:2
- Leviticus 12:4
- Numbers 1:23
- Deuteronomy 4:41
- Joshua 1:11
- Judges 1:20
- 1 Samuel 1:24
- 2 Samuel 2:18
- 1 Kings 2:11
- 2 Kings 2:17
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
