Strong's Hebrew · H7969
H7969 shâlôwsh
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shaw-loshe'
three
shâlôwsh appears 430 times in Scripture, including Genesis 5:22 and Genesis 5:23. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
In the King James Version
fork, often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).
Derivation
or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;
Appears 430 times in Scripture
“For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.”
“And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.”
“And 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.”
“And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.”
“After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.”
“So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.”
“And 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.”
“and his son Ishmael was thirteen;”
“On 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—”
“And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
