Definition
or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Traditional renderings: fork, often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, thrice. Compare H7991.
Traditional renderings: fork, often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, thrice. Compare H7991.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלֹשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
430 total
- Genesis 5:22שְׁלֹ֥שׁ · 300And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:23וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ · 365So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
- Genesis 6:10שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה · threeAnd Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 6:15שְׁלֹ֧שׁ · [is to be] 300And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
- Genesis 7:13וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת · and the threeOn 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—
- Genesis 9:19שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה · threeThese three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
- Genesis 9:28שְׁלֹ֤שׁ · 350After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
- Genesis 11:13שָׁלֹ֣שׁ · 403And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:15שָׁלֹ֣שׁAnd after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 14:4וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ · but in the thirteenthFor twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- Genesis 14:14וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁAnd 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.
- Genesis 17:25שְׁלֹ֥שׁ · was thirteen…and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
- Genesis 18:2שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה · threeAnd 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.
- Genesis 18:6שְׁלֹ֤שׁ · threeSo Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- Genesis 29:2שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה · threeHe 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.
- Genesis 29:34שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה · threeOnce 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.
- Genesis 30:36שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת · a three-dayThen he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- Genesis 38:24כְּמִשְׁלֹ֣שׁ · threeAbout 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!”
- Genesis 40:10שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה · were three…and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
- Genesis 40:12שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ · The three; שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת · are threeJoseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
- Genesis 40:13שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת · threeWithin 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.
- Genesis 40:16שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה · threeWhen 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.
- Genesis 40:18שְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ · The three; שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת · are threeJoseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
- Genesis 40:19שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת · threeWithin three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
- Genesis 42:17שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת · for threeSo Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
- Genesis 45:22שְׁלֹ֣שׁ · threeHe gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
- Genesis 46:15וְשָׁלֹֽשׁ׃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.
- Exodus 2:2שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה · for three…and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
- Exodus 3:18שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת · a three-dayThe 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.’
- Exodus 5:3שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת · a three-day“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.”
- Exodus 6:18שָׁלֹ֧שׁ · 133The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- Exodus 7:7שָׁלֹ֥שׁ · was eighty-threeMoses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
- Exodus 8:27שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת · a three-dayWe must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
- Exodus 10:22שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת · for threeSo Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
- Exodus 10:23שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת · and for threeNo one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
- Exodus 15:22שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת־ · For threeThen 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.
- Exodus 19:15לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת · for the third“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- Exodus 21:11שְׁלָ֨שׁ־ · three thingsIf, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
- Exodus 23:14שָׁלֹ֣שׁ · ThreeThree times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Exodus 23:17שָׁלֹ֥שׁ · ThreeThree times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
- Exodus 25:32שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה׀ · three; וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ · and threeSix branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
- Exodus 25:33שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה · There are to be three; וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה · threeThere 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.
- Exodus 27:1וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ · and three“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- Exodus 27:14שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה · with three; שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ · and threeMake the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
- Exodus 27:15שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה · with three…and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.