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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1 Samuel 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
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1 Samuel 30:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
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1 Samuel 30:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
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1 Samuel 31:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
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1 Samuel 31:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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2 Samuel 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
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2 Samuel 2:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
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2 Samuel 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
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2 Samuel 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
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2 Samuel 13:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
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2 Samuel 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
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2 Samuel 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
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2 Samuel 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
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2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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2 Samuel 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
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2 Samuel 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
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2 Samuel 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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2 Samuel 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
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2 Samuel 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
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2 Samuel 23:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
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2 Samuel 23:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
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2 Samuel 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.
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2 Samuel 23:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
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2 Samuel 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
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2 Samuel 24:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
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1 Kings 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 2:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
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1 Kings 4:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
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Source alternate reference: 5.12
1 Kings 5:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
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Source alternate reference: 5.30
1 Kings 6:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
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1 Kings 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
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1 Kings 7:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.
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1 Kings 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.
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1 Kings 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
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1 Kings 7:25 · BSB · 4 occurrences
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
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1 Kings 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
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1 Kings 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
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1 Kings 10:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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1 Kings 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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1 Kings 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
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1 Kings 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
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1 Kings 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
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1 Kings 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha killed Nadab and reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
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1 Kings 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
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1 Kings 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
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2 Kings 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
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2 Kings 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
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2 Kings 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
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2 Kings 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
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