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sha.lish H7991

שָׁלִישׁ (sha.lish) means “third” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁלִישׁ Hebrew · H7991 20 tagged occurrences in 19 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7991A

שָׁלִישׁ · sha.lish · third

1) third part 1a) name of a measure

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TBESH · H7991B

שָׁלִישׁ · sha.lish · triangle

1) a musical instrument 1a) maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred 1b) perhaps a sistrum or triangle

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TBESH · H7991C

שָׁלִישׁ · sha.lish · officer

shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ); a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)

KJV glosses: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

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How translators render H7991

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
and officers 2
his captains 2
and other instruments 1
and the officer 1
but the officer 1
in a basket 1
like officers 1
of his officers 1
of the three 1
officers 1
the full measure 1
the officer 1
then his officer 1
with officers 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of the captains 2
a captain 1
all of them princes 1
among the captains 1
and captains 1
and his captains 1
and that lord 1
and the captains 1
and to the captains 1
and with instruments of musick 1
captains 1
excellent things 1
great lords 1
his captain 1
in a measure 1
in great measure 1
of his captains 1
the lord 1
then a lord 1

Verses containing H7991

Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

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  2. Exodus 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

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  3. 1 Samuel 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

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  4. 2 Samuel 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

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  5. 1 Kings 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

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  6. 2 Kings 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

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  7. 2 Kings 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

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  8. 2 Kings 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

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  9. 2 Kings 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:

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  10. 2 Kings 10:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

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  11. 2 Kings 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then his officer, Pekah son of Remaliah, conspired against him along with Argob, Arieh, and fifty men of Gilead. And at the citadel of the king’s palace in Samaria, Pekah struck down and killed Pekahiah and reigned in his place.

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  12. 1 Chronicles 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

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  13. 1 Chronicles 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.19

  14. 2 Chronicles 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

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  15. Psalms 80:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

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    Source alternate reference: 80.6

  16. Proverbs 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

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  17. Isaiah 40:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

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  18. Ezekiel 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

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  19. Ezekiel 23:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.

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