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שָׁלוֹשׁ

shâlôwsh · Hebrew · Strong's H7969 · 429 occurrences

What it means

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;

How the KJV renders it

third, thirteen, teenth, three

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Is tithing required for Christians?
• What does Malachi 3:10 mean about the tithe?

Where it appears

429 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.