Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8027
שָׁלַשׁ
sha.lash · “to do three”
Used 9 times across 6 books
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
Where it appears
Genesis3
Deuteronomy1
1 Samuel1
1 Kings2
Ecclesiastes1
Ezekiel1
In the text
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.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.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.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.Ecclesiastes 4:12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.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.
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