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שָׁלִישׁ

sha.lishthirdHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine16 occurrences9 books15 verses

Definition

or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed 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)
Traditional renderings: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלִישׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Exodus 14:7וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם · with officers
    He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
  2. Exodus 15:4שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו · of his officers
    Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
  3. 1 Samuel 18:6וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ · and other instruments
    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.
  4. 2 Samuel 23:8הַשָּׁלִשִׁ֗י · of the Three
    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.
  5. 1 Kings 9:22וְשָׁלִשָׁ֔יו · his captains
    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.
  6. 2 Kings 7:2הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ · But the officer
    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.”
  7. 2 Kings 7:17הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ · the officer
    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.
  8. 2 Kings 7:19הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ · And the officer
    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!”
  9. 2 Kings 10:25וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים · and officers; וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים · and officers
    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.
  10. 2 Kings 15:25שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ · Then his officer
    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.
  11. 2 Chronicles 8:9שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו · his captains
    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.
  12. Psalm 80:5שָׁלִֽישׁ׃ · the full measure
    You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
  13. Isaiah 40:12בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ · in a basket
    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?
  14. Ezekiel 23:15שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים · like officers
    …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.
  15. Ezekiel 23:23שָֽׁלִשִׁים֙ · officers
    …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.