שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh · shaw-loshe'
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- three
- occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלוֹשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
432 occurrences · 432 OT · 0 NT · 130 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- three123 · 40%
- and three70 · 23%
- for three11 · 4%
- of three9 · 3%
- were three9 · 3%
- and the three9 · 3%
- thirteen7 · 2%
- these three6 · 2%
- in three6 · 2%
- within three5 · 2%
- in the third5 · 2%
- or three5 · 2%
- on the thirteenth4 · 1%
- were thirteen4 · 1%
- though these three3 · 1%
- him three3 · 1%
- against three3 · 1%
- and his three3 · 1%
- thee three3 · 1%
- the three3 · 1%
- was three3 · 1%
- not to the first three3 · 1%
- thrice3 · 1%
- about three3 · 1%
- shall be three2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.