שָׁלִישׁ
shâlîysh · shaw-leesh'
a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);
a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
- a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute)
- also, (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah)
- also, (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלִישׁ 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the captains2 · 10%
- and captains1 · 5%
- captains1 · 5%
- and with instruments of musick1 · 5%
- among the captains1 · 5%
- and his captains1 · 5%
- then a lord1 · 5%
- the lord1 · 5%
- and that lord1 · 5%
- his captain1 · 5%
- and to the captains1 · 5%
- and the captains1 · 5%
- a captain1 · 5%
- of his captains1 · 5%
- in great measure1 · 5%
- excellent things1 · 5%
- in a measure1 · 5%
- all of them princes1 · 5%
- great lords1 · 5%
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.