HebrewH7970Noun (Masculine)

שְׁלֹשִׁים

she.lo.shim

156Occurrences
H7970Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth

or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
thirty, thirtieth Aramaic equivalent: te.la.tin (*תְּלָתִין *"thirty" H8533)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שְׁלֹשִׁים appears 156 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
37
Genesis
16
1 Chronicles
12
1 Kings
12
2 Chronicles
11
Exodus
9
Judges
9
2 Kings
8

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:15BSB

Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Chronicles 16:12BSB

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.

Exodus 26:8BSB

Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

Genesis 5:16BSB

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Numbers 26:51BSB

These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.

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