Shalash שָׁלַשׁ
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| שָׁלַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shalash |
| Strong's number | H8027 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to do three |
| Occurrences | 9 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Shalash (Hebrew שָׁלַשׁ, Strong's H8027) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to do three”. It occurs 9 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to do a third time, do three times, divide in three parts
1a) (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts
1b) (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold
1a) (Piel) to do a third time, divide into three parts
1b) (Pual) to be three years of age, be threefold
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | old (3), time (2), parts (1), days (1), threefold (1), three (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | three years old (1), divide into three regions (1), you have stayed three days (1), they did it a third time (1), three (1), were arranged in three stories (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shalash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 15:9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 19:3Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 20:19And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 18:34And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 4:12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 42:6For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).