Hebrew word study
שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwsh — three
Pronounced “shaw-loshe'”
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Translated in the King James as: [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).
Appears 428 times in Scripture
Origin: or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 29×
Genesis 5:22Genesis 5:23Genesis 6:10Genesis 6:15Genesis 7:13Genesis 9:19Genesis 9:28Genesis 11:13Genesis 11:15Genesis 14:4Genesis 14:14Genesis 17:25Genesis 18:2Genesis 18:6Genesis 29:2Genesis 29:34Genesis 30:36Genesis 38:24Genesis 40:10Genesis 40:12Genesis 40:13Genesis 40:16Genesis 40:18Genesis 40:19Genesis 42:17+ 4 more in Genesis
Exodus — 35×
Exodus 2:2Exodus 3:18Exodus 5:3Exodus 6:18Exodus 7:7Exodus 8:27Exodus 10:22Exodus 10:23Exodus 15:22Exodus 19:15Exodus 21:11Exodus 23:14Exodus 23:17Exodus 25:32Exodus 25:33Exodus 27:1Exodus 27:14Exodus 27:15Exodus 32:28Exodus 34:23Exodus 34:24Exodus 37:18Exodus 37:19Exodus 38:1Exodus 38:14+ 10 more in Exodus
Numbers — 37×
Numbers 1:23Numbers 1:43Numbers 1:46Numbers 2:13Numbers 2:30Numbers 2:32Numbers 3:43Numbers 3:46Numbers 3:50Numbers 4:44Numbers 10:33Numbers 12:4Numbers 15:9Numbers 22:28Numbers 22:32Numbers 22:33Numbers 24:10Numbers 26:7Numbers 26:25Numbers 26:47Numbers 26:62Numbers 28:12Numbers 28:20Numbers 28:28Numbers 29:3+ 12 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 9×
Joshua — 16×
Judges — 19×
1 Samuel — 24×
2 Samuel — 22×
1 Kings — 27×
2 Kings — 20×
1 Chronicles — 40×
2 Chronicles — 33×
Ezra — 20×
Nehemiah — 14×
Esther — 10×
Isaiah — 3×
Jeremiah — 8×
Ezekiel — 20×
Daniel — 9×
Jonah — 3×
Zechariah — 1×
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