H7970

שְׁלוֹשִׁים

shᵉlôwshîym · shel-o-sheem'

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth

Lexicon

Derivation: or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth

thirty
or (ordinal) thirtieth

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: thirty, thirtieth. 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
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep

To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁלוֹשִׁים 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

173 occurrences · 173 OT · 0 NT · 41 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and thirty55 · 34%
thirty38 · 24%
was thirty10 · 6%
and thirtieth8 · 5%
from thirty7 · 4%
were thirty5 · 3%
of thirty5 · 3%
in the thirty4 · 3%
thereof thirty3 · 2%
among the thirty3 · 2%
shall be thirty2 · 1%
of them, were thirty2 · 1%
and he had thirty2 · 1%
about thirty2 · 1%
of the thirty2 · 1%
the thirty2 · 1%
of the captains2 · 1%
of it thirty1 · 1%
peradventure there shall thirty1 · 1%
of them, thirty1 · 1%
of them about thirty1 · 1%
on thirty1 · 1%
and they had thirty1 · 1%
in thirty1 · 1%
you thirty1 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים41שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים30שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים16וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים13וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים10וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים7שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים7וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים4וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים4שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים2וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים׃ ס2וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים2

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.