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Strong's #7991 - שָׁלֹשׁ

Transliteration

shâlîysh

Phonetics

shaw-leesh', shaw-loshe', shaw-loshe'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H7969)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

2403e,2403f,2403g

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) third part

1a) name of a measure

2) a musical instrument

2a) maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred

2b) perhaps a sistrum or triangle

3) shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1415 ‑ δυνατός (doo‑nat‑os'); 2950 ‑ κύμβαλον (koom'‑bal‑on); 3358 ‑ μέτρον (met'‑ron);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (19)

Exodus 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 2

HCS (0)

HCS (17)

Exodus 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 7

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 2

BSB (17)

Exodus 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 7

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 2

ESV (13)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 7

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 2

WEB (18)

Exodus 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (19)

captain 2

captains 8

instruments 1

lord 3

lords 1

measure 2

princes 1

things 1

HCS (0)

HCS (17)

a full measure 1

aide 1

captain 3

captains 2

like officers 1

measure 1

officer 1

officers 6

three-stringed instruments 1

BSB (17)

And the officer 1

But the officer 1

Then his officer 1

and captains 1

and officers 2

and other musical instruments 1

his captains 1

his officer 1

in a basket 1

like officers 1

of his officers 1

of the Three 1

officers 1

the officer 1

their full measure 1

with officers 1

ESV (13)

aide 1

captain 4

captains 1

full measure 1

measure 1

musical instruments 1

officers 4

WEB (18)

Then the captain 1

all of them princes 1

and captains over all of them 1

and his captains 1

and that captain 1

and the captains 1

and to the captains 1

and with instruments of music 1

captains 1

his captain 2

in a measure 1

in large measure 1

of his captains 1

of the captains 1

of the thirty 1

the captain 1

thirty excellent things 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2847) s l s (סהלסה ShLSh) AC: ? CO: Three AB: ?

V) s l s (סהלסה ShLSh) - Threefold: KJV (9): (vf: Pual, Piel) three, third, threefold - Strongs: H8027 (שָׁלַשׁ)

N^m/f) s l s (סהלסה ShLSh) - I. Three:[Aramaic only; Also meaning thirty in Aramaic when written in the plural form - nitlt]II. Third:[Aramaic only] KJV (15): three, third - Strongs: H8531 (תְּלָת), H8532 (תְּלָתָא), H8533 (תְּלָתִין)

b^m) s i l s (סהליסה ShLYSh) - I. Captain:As one in charge of thirty. [df: swls]II. Shaliysh:A three stringed or triangular instrument. Also a standard of measure. KJV (20): captain, lord, instrument, measure, excellent, prince - Strongs: H7991 (שָׁלֹשׁ)

c^m/f) s f l s (סהלוסה ShLWSh) - Three: [Also meaning thirty when written in the plural form - misls] KJV (605): three, third, thrice - Strongs: H7969 (שְׁלֹשָׁה), H7970 (שְׁלֹשִׁים)

e^m ) s l i s (סהילסה ShYLSh) - Third: KJV (5): third - Strongs: H8029 (שִׁלֵּשִׁים)

bf^m) i s i l s (סהליסהי ShLYShY) - Third: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (110): third, three - Strongs: H7992 (שְׁלִישִׁי), H8523 (תַּלְתִּי)

eqp^m) m f s l i s (סהילסהומ ShYLShWM) - Before: In the sense of three days ago or the past times. KJV (25): before, past - Strongs: H8032 (שִׁלְשֹׁם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. שָׁלִ(י)שׁ noun [masculine] third (part, i.e. of ephah? dubious), name of a measure; — for dust Isaiah 40:12, tears Psalm 80:6 (in figurative), adverb accusative measure-wise.

II. [שָׁלִישׁ] noun [masculine] plural שָֽׁלִשִׁים, a (three-stringed ? three-barred? three-corned?) musical instrument, perhaps a sistrum (so ᵑ9), or 'triangle' (RVm: compare Prince^{EB iii. 3228}), 1 Samuel 18:6 (+ בְּתֻמִּים).

III. שָׁלִישׁ noun masculine adjutant or officer (best explained as third man (in chariot), see especially Hpt^{BAS iv. 586f.} Bender^{ZAW xxiii (1903), 19} WMM^As.u.Eur.329; see also Kau^{M.N.,DPV.1904,19}; doubted by Di^{Exodus 14:7} Baen^ib. Buhl¹⁴); — absolute ׳שׁ of king's personal attendant at court 2 Kings 7:2,17,19, suffix, military officer of king, שָֽׁלִשֹׁח 2 Kings 9:25, ָ(שׁלִישׁוֺ 2 Kings 15:25 (on abnormal ָ֯ see Ges^{§ 93xx} Kö^{ii. 1. 133,449, 495}); plural שָֽׁלִישִׁים Ezekiel 23:15 + (sometimes שָֽׁלִשִׁם etc.) Ezekiel 23:23; Exodus 14:7; 2 Kings 10:25 (twice in verse), + (Qr) 2 Samuel 23:8 (> Kt שׁלשׁי), 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:19 (18 van d. H.; Kt in both, שׁלושׁים), read in all three (ראֹשׁ) הַשִּׁלֹשָׁה chief of the three ᵐ5^L We Dr Bu Now. — שָֽׁלִשִׁים Proverbs 22:20 Qr see שִׁלְשֹׁם.

List of Word Forms

בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ בשלש הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ הַשָּׁלִשִׁ֗י השליש השלשי וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים וְשָׁלִשִׁ֖ם וְשָׁלִשָׁ֔יו וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ ובשלשים׃ והשלשים ולשלשים ושלשיו ושלשם שָֽׁלִשִׁים֙ שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו שָׁלִֽישׁ׃ שָׁלִישָׁ֔יו שָׁלִישׁ֗וֹ שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים שָֽׁלִשֹׁ֔ו שליש׃ שלישו שלישיו שלשו שלשיו שלשים baš·šā·liš bashshaLish baššāliš haš·šā·li·šî haš·šā·lîš hashshaLish hashshaliShi haššālîš haššālišî šā·li·šāw šā·lî·šāw šā·li·šîm šā·li·šōw šā·lî·šōw šā·lîš šālîš šālišāw šālîšāw šālišîm šālišōw šālîšōw shaLish shaliShav shaliShim shaliSho ū·ḇə·šā·li·šîm ūḇəšālišîm uveshaliShim vehashShaliShim velashshaliShim veshaliShav veshaliShim wə·haš·šā·li·šîm wə·laš·šā·li·šîm wə·šā·li·šāw wə·šā·li·šim wəhaššālišîm wəlaššālišîm wəšālišāw wəšālišim