Three
שָׁלֹשׁStrong’s H7969shalosh (sha-losh)
Appears in 382 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shalosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “three”, “thir-” and “on thir-”. It appears in 382 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.”
Meaning
- Three, triad3, 300, third
How it's translated
- three 293
- and three 70
- thir- 15
- the three 10
- to three 6
- on thir- 5
- about three 4
- three of 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 35
- Numbers 33
- Genesis 27
- Exodus 27
- 2 Chronicles 27
- 1 Samuel 21
25 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:5In contextAnd the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
- Daniel 8:1In contextIn the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
- Daniel 8:14In contextAnd he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- Daniel 10:1In contextIn the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Daniel 10:2In contextIn those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
- Daniel 10:3In contextI ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
All 382 verses, by book
- Genesis 27
- 5:225:236:106:157:139:199:2811:1311:1514:414:1417:2518:218:629:229:3430:3638:2440:1040:1240:1340:1640:1840:1942:1745:2246:15
- Exodus 27
- 2:23:185:36:187:78:2710:2210:2315:2219:1521:1123:1423:1725:3225:3327:127:1427:1532:2834:2334:2437:1837:1938:138:1438:1538:26
- Numbers 33
- 1:231:431:462:132:302:323:433:463:504:4410:3312:415:922:2822:3222:3324:1026:726:2526:4726:6228:1228:2028:2829:329:929:1329:1431:3631:4333:833:3935:14
- 1 Samuel 21
- 1:242:132:219:2010:311:811:1113:213:1713:2117:1317:1420:2020:4124:225:226:230:1230:1331:631:8
- 2 Samuel 20
- 2:182:315:56:1113:3814:2718:1420:421:121:1623:923:1323:1623:1723:1823:1923:2223:2324:1224:13
- 1 Chronicles 35
- 2:32:162:223:43:236:606:627:610:611:1111:1211:1511:1811:1911:2011:2111:2411:2512:2712:2912:3913:1421:1021:1223:823:923:2324:1324:1825:525:2025:3026:1129:429:27
- 2 Chronicles 27
- 2:22:172:184:44:56:137:108:139:169:2110:511:1713:214:814:917:717:1420:2525:525:1326:1329:3331:1635:735:836:236:9
- Zechariah 1
- 11:8
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh · three
1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (תְּלָת "three" H8532)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “three” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THREE, adjective
[Latin tres.]
- Two and one.“I offer thee three things” 2 Samuel 24:12
- It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers.
- Proverbially, a small number.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.