שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh

Hebrew word for “three” · Strong’s H7969 · used 431 times in 381 verses

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Meaning

1) three, triad; 1a) 3, 300, third; Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (תְּלָת "three" H8532)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shalosh in context, with how often each is used:

• three 383
• thir- 21
• three things 7
• about three 4
• among three 3
• day thir- 3
• will be three 2
• when from three 1
• three cities 1
• among the three 1
• three sons 1
• three years 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 2 (14), Nehemiah 7 (13), 1 Chronicles 11 (9), 2 Samuel 23 (8), Genesis 40 (6), Judges 7 (6), 1 Kings 7 (6), Joshua 21 (5), Amos 1 (5), Exodus 38 (4)

Forms

• שׁלשׁ 109
• שׁלשׁה 94
• שׁלשׁת 71
• ושׁלשׁה 32
• שׁלושׁ 25
• ושׁלשׁ 23
• ושׁלשׁת 11
• שׁלושׁה 8
• בשׁלושׁה 8
• לשׁלשׁת 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shalosh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 95
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 70
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 59
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 37
• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 36
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 32
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 31
• אֶחָד echad “one” 39
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 35
• שְׁלֹשִׁים sheloshim “thirty” 24
• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 25
• פַּעַם paam “beat” 19

Key verses

The verses using shalosh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Exodus 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the…
• 2 Samuel 21:1 — Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his…
• Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens…
• Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household;…
• Job 2:11 — Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the…
• Jeremiah 25:3 — From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto…
• Amos 1:3 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with…
• Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the…
• Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…
• Amos 4:7 — And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain…
• Zechariah 11:8 — Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.