שִׁלְשֹׁם shilshom

Hebrew word for “three days ago” · Strong’s H8032 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) day before yesterday, three days ago; 1a) an idiom for 'heretofore in times past'

How it is translated

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

• three days ago 19
• third day 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 5 (3), Genesis 31 (2), Exodus 21 (2), Deuteronomy 19 (2), Exodus 4 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Joshua 3 (1), Joshua 4 (1), Joshua 20 (1), Ruth 2 (1)

Forms

• שׁלשׁום 13
• שׁלשׁם 10
• משׁלשׁם 1

Words used with it

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

• תְּמוֹל temol “yesterday” 19
• אֶתְמוֹל etmol “previously” 5
• גַּם gam “also” 8
• רָצַח ratsach “to murder” 4
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 5
• שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 4
• רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 4
• נַגָּח naggach “goring” 2
• בְּלִי beli “without” 3
• דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 3
• לָבֵן laven “to whiten” 2
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 31:2 — And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
• Genesis 31:5 — And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
• Exodus 4:10 — And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a…
• Deuteronomy 19:4 — And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
• Deuteronomy 19:6 — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of…
• Joshua 3:4 — Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for…
• Joshua 4:18 — And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet…
• Ruth 2:11 — And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how…
• 1 Samuel 19:7 — And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
• 2 Samuel 5:2 — Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people…
• 2 Kings 13:5 — (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
• 1 Chronicles 11:2 — And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt…

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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.