Strong's Lexicon

H7970

H7970 — שְׁלוֹשִׁים שְׁלוֹשִׁים

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshlowshiymnoun mascOccurrences: 174TWOT: 2401h

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7970
Word:שְׁלוֹשִׁים שְׁלוֹשִׁים
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:multiple of H7969
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:174
Transliteration:shlowshiym
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shel-o-sheem' (or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. thirty 2. or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV Renderings:thirty, thirtieth.

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שְׁלשִׁים (very seldom שְׁלשִׁפ, שְׁלוֺשִׁים):174 noun indeclinable thirty; —

1. before singular noun: אַמָּה Gen 6:15 + 3 t., +, with בָּאַמָּה Exod 26:8 +3 t.; שָׁנָה 2Sam 5:4 + 12 t. (age of paternity, of Levitical or royal duty, etc.), אִישׁ Judg 14:19 + 3 t., etc.; before plural noun בָּנִים Judg 10:4; Judg 12:9, אֲנְשִׁים Jer 38:10 (read here probably שְׁלשָׁהּ Ew Hi Gf and others), less common words Ezek 40:17; Ezra 1:9; Ezra 1:10, etc.; after plural noun Gen 32:16, פְּעָמִים ׳ שׁ Ezek 41:6 אֶלֶף ׳ שׁ 1Chr 23:3 +, אֲלָפִים ׳ שׁ Ezra 2:35; Neh 7:38 ׳ שׁ following units Gen 11:12 + 14 t., precedes 1Kgs 22:42 + 29 t.; ׳ שׁ following 100 (1000, etc.) Gen 5:5 + 15 t., precedes Gen 5:3 + 21 t.
2. as ordinal ׳ וְאַחַת שָׁנְה לְ שָׁנָה לְ (בִּ) שְׁנַת שׁ 1Kgs 16:23, compare 1Kgs 16:29 + 4 t.; שָׁנְה omitted Neh 5:14 + 4 t.; שְׁנַת omitted 2Kgs 25:27 = Jer 52:31 שָׁנָךְ ׳ בִּשׁ alone Ezek 1:1. — 1Sam 13:5 read שְׁלשֶׁת ᵐ5 L We Dr and others; 2Sam 23:13 read שְׁלשָׁה Qr Vrss Th and modern; 1Chr 11:11 read הַשְּׁלשֶׁת, הַשְּׁלשָׁה ᵐ5 L Kit Benz and others (so || 2Sam 23:8 for הַשָּׁלִשִׁי).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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