שָׁלֹשׁ
sha.losh
“three”
Definition
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;
- three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (*תְּלָת *"three" H8532)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
שָׁלֹשׁ appears 366 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers:From Judah, the commanders of thousands:Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
the men of Jericho, 345;
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD.Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
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