שִׁלְשׁוֹם
shilshôwm · shil-shome'
trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
Lexicon
Derivation: or שִׁלְשֹׁם; from the same as H8028 (שֶׁלֶשׁ);
trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] before (that time, -time), excellent things (from the margin), [phrase] heretofore, three days, [phrase] time past.
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
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁלְשׁוֹם 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- past5 · 20%
- before2 · 8%
- as heretofore2 · 8%
- heretofore2 · 8%
- in time past2 · 8%
- neither heretofore1 · 4%
- they did before1 · 4%
- him not beforetime1 · 4%
- not heretofore1 · 4%
- unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore1 · 4%
- him beforetime1 · 4%
- that time1 · 4%
- as in times past1 · 4%
- from us about these three1 · 4%
- also in time past1 · 4%
- as beforetime1 · 4%
- to thee1 · 4%
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.