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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Ezekiel 40:48 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
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Ezekiel 41:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
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Ezekiel 41:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
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Ezekiel 41:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
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Ezekiel 48:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.
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Ezekiel 48:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the east side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan.
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Ezekiel 48:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
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Ezekiel 48:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
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Daniel 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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Daniel 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
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Daniel 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
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Daniel 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
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Daniel 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
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Daniel 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.
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Daniel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
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Daniel 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
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Daniel 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
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Amos 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
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Amos 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
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Amos 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
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Amos 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
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Amos 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
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Amos 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
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Amos 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
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Amos 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
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Amos 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
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Amos 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
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Amos 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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Jonah 1:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
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Jonah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
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Zechariah 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
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