שְׁלִישִׁי shelishi

Hebrew word for “third” · Strong’s H7992 · used 107 times in 93 verses

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Meaning

1) third, one third, third part, third time; 1a) ordinal number

How it is translated

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

• third 84
• third part 14
• shelishiyah 2
• third decks 1
• third time 1
• third extension 1
• thirty 1
• third face 1
• third month 1
• thirds 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 19 (3), 1 Chronicles 26 (3), Leviticus 7 (2), Leviticus 19 (2), Numbers 15 (2), Numbers 19 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (2), 1 Kings 6 (2), 2 Kings 11 (2), 2 Kings 20 (2)

Forms

• השׁלישׁי 47
• השׁלשׁי 10
• והשׁלשׁית 9
• השׁלשׁית 8
• השׁלישׁית 5
• שׁלשׁית 4
• שׁלישׁי 2
• ושׁלשׁים 2
• והשׁלשׁי 2
• שׁלשׁים 2

Words used with it

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

• שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 17
• רְבִיעִי revii “fourth” 12
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 11
• בְּכוֹר bekhor “firstborn” 7
• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 8
• הִין hin “hin” 4
• אֱלִיאָב eliav “Eliab” 4
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 7
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 7
• שְׁבִיעִי shevii “seventh” 4
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 5
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 6

Key verses

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

• Exodus 19:11 — And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
• Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet…
• Leviticus 7:18 — And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto…
• 2 Samuel 1:2 — It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when…
• 1 Kings 18:1 — And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon…
• 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:…
• Isaiah 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go…
• Isaiah 19:24 — In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
• Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
• Hosea 6:2 — After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
• Zechariah 13:8 — And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…

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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.