sha.losh H7969

שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) means “three” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁלֹשׁ Hebrew · H7969 431 tagged occurrences in 381 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-loshe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7969

שָׁלֹשׁ · sha.losh · three

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

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

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How translators render H7969

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
three	119
for three	23
and three	21
the three	15
in the third	8
numbered	6
and the three	5
with three	5
a three-day	4
along with the three	4
and	4
in three	4
the thirteenth	4
there will be three	4
thirteen	4
three in all	4
three-tenths of an ephah	4
are three	3
into three	3
of the three	3
of three-tenths of an ephah	3
on the thirteenth	3
so the three	3
there were three	3
among the three	2
are three things	2
every three	2
he also made three	2
one of the three	2
or three	2
the twenty-third	2
three things	2
was thirteen	2
within three	2
you three options	2
a third of a shekel	1
about three	1
against jobs three	1
along with a three-year-old	1
along with three-tenths of an ephah	1
and about three	1
and for three	1
and his three	1
and on the twenty-third day	1
and they journeyed three days	1
and when the three	1
as one of the three	1
ben-hadad three	1
but in the thirteenth	1
every three years	1
for the third	1
for those three	1
his officer	1
his three	1
in response three	1
in the thirteenth	1
in three levels	1
is the third	1
is to be	1
its three	1
of	1
of every three	1
of men	1
of the thirteen	1
of thirteen	1
of three	1
on a three-day	1
only three	1
or even three times	1
people	1
plus	1
received thirteen	1
requiring a three-day	1
select three	1
so about three	1
so they had thirteen	1
so within the three	1
sufficient for three	1
that is	1
the	1
the descendants of the three	1
the ground three	1
their three	1
then three	1
there are to be three	1
these three	1
this was done on the thirteenth	1
took thirteen	1
twenty-third	1
twenty-three	1
vvv	1
was	1
was eighty-three	1
was the thirteenth	1
was three	1
was twenty-three	1
were allotted thirteen	1
were three	1
who were three	1
with a three-pronged	1
with his three	1
with the three	1
with their three	1
you three	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
three	158
and three	71
thirteen	12
for three	11
and the three	9
of three	9
these three	8
in the third	5
the three	5
within three	5
of the three	4
on the thirteenth	4
thrice	4
were three	4
about three	3
against three	3
and his three	3
him three	3
in the three	3
in three	3
thee three	3
among the three	2
among three	2
and threescore and thirteen	2
and was there three	2
me these three	2
on this side and three	2
or three	2
the thirteenth	2
them three	2
thence the three	2
there be three	2
there three	2
thereof and three	2
though these three	2
upon the thirteenth	2
with three	2
yet three	2
after three	1
against the third	1
also against his three	1
also in the third	1
and for the forks	1
and he had three	1
and in the thirteenth	1
and it came to pass about three	1
and lo three	1
and on the three	1
and there were three	1
and they three	1
and they were three	1
and with him three	1
but let about two or three	1
by the three	1
either three	1
else three	1
even in the third	1
every three	1
for their three	1
for within three	1
from among you three	1
from his place for three	1
from the thirteenth	1
from three	1
having three	1
he and the three	1
himself three	1
in the thirteenth	1
it three	1
me because three	1
more for thee beside these three	1
not in three	1
not these three	1
now it came to pass in the third	1
now three	1
of his three	1
of it the three	1
of it three	1
of the thirteen	1
oftentimes	1
on the three	1
on their three stories	1
so these three	1
thee or that there be three	1
their three	1
them in the three	1
them into three	1
then three	1
there are three	1
thereof the three	1
thereof three	1
they three	1
those three	1
till three	1
unto me after three	1
was three	1
we beseech thee three	1
we pray thee three	1
who had three	1
with her with three	1
with him three	1
ye three	1
yet within three	1
yourselves there three	1

Verses containing H7969

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Genesis 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
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Genesis 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Genesis 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
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Genesis 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
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Genesis 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
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Genesis 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
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Genesis 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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Genesis 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
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Genesis 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
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Genesis 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
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Genesis 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
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Genesis 29:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
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Genesis 29:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
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Genesis 30:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
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Genesis 38:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
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Genesis 40:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
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Genesis 40:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
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Genesis 40:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
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Genesis 40:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
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Genesis 40:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
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Genesis 40:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
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Genesis 42:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
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Genesis 45:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
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Genesis 46:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
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Exodus 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
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Exodus 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
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Exodus 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
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Exodus 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
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Exodus 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
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Exodus 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
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Source alternate reference: 8.23
Exodus 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
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Exodus 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
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Exodus 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
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Exodus 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
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Exodus 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
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Exodus 23:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
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Exodus 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
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Exodus 25:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
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Exodus 25:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
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Exodus 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
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Exodus 27:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
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Exodus 27:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
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Exodus 32:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
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Exodus 34:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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Exodus 34:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
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Exodus 37:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.
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Exodus 37:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.
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