BDB5792
עֶגְלַת proper name [of a location]; — שְׁלִשִׁיָּה ׳ ע (the) third, Eglath Isa 15:5 ( ᵐ5 δάμαλις τριερής) Jer 48:34 ( ᵐ5 ἀγγελιαν Σαλασεια), near Zoar and southern border of Moab.
Strong's Lexicon
H7992
H7992 — שְׁלִישִׁי
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H7992 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שְׁלִישִׁי |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | ordinal from H7969 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 106 |
| Transliteration: | shliyshiy |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shel-ee-shee' |
| Meaning: | 1. third 2. feminine a third (part) 3. by extension, a third (day, year or time) 4. specifically, a third-story cell) |
| KJV Renderings: | third (part, rank, time), three (years old). |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB8764
שְׁלִישִׁי masculine שְׁלִישִׁית feminine adjective ordinal number108 third; — יוֺם שְׁלִישִׁי Gen 1:13 + 31 t., etc. (64 t., rarely שְׁלִשִׁי); plural שְׁלִשִׁים (third 50, set of messengers, etc.) 1Sam 19:21; 2Kgs 1:13 + 4 t.; בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית 1Kgs 18:1 + 4 t., etc. (33 t.; sometimes שְׁלִשִׁית, שְׁלִשִׁת, etc.); = third part, a third 2Sam 18:2 (3 t. in verse) + 13 t., + (construct) Num 15:6 + 4 t., + שְׁלִשִׁתֵיךְ ( Ges«GKC:91l»§ 91l) Ezek 5:12 third part of thee; = third time 1Sam 3:8 also שְׁלִישִׁיָּה Isa 19:24 third (on par with other two); בַּשְּׁלִישִׁים Ezek 42:3 in the thirds, i.e. third story; — ׳ עֶגְלַת שׁ Ezek 15:5; Jer 48:34, see ׳ ע p. 722. — שְׁלִישִׁ֫תָה Ezek 21:19 is corrupt and doubtful; Krae proposes וְשֻׁלְּשָׁה the sword shall be doubled and trebled; other conjectures in Co Toy. 1Sam 20:5 strike out ׳ הַשּׁ ᵐ5 We Dr and others, so 1Sam 20:12. 2Sam 23:18 read הַשְּׁלשִׁם ᵑ6 We Dr and others
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke