H7991 שָׁלִישׁ (shâlîysh) shaw-leesh'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)

Derivation: or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);

KJV Usage: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

TWOT Reference: 2403e,f,g

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) third part

1a) name of a measure

2) a musical instrument

2a) maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred

2b) perhaps a sistrum or triangle

3) shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1415 G2950 G3358

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁלִישׁ (sha.lish) — third. 1) third part 1a) name of a measure

שָׁלִישׁ (sha.lish) — triangle. 1) a musical instrument 1a) maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred 1b) perhaps a sistrum or triangle

שָׁלִישׁ (sha.lish) — officer. shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׁלִישׁ (H7991)

noun m · שָׁלֹשׁ

Containers

bowl, measure exact meaning unknown; literally: a third; hence, probably: = a relatively large container for liquids

PSA 80:6 · ISA 40:12

noun m

Musical Instruments

sistrum exact meaning unknown; possibly: = a musical instrument consisting of a frame carrying short wires on which small metal rings were threaded, which rattled when the instrument was shaken

1SA 18:6

noun m · שָׁלֹשׁ

Soldiers | Leaders

chariot officer, officer literally: third (man); hence: = a soldier in charge of a chariot, but sometimes also used in the wider sense of a soldier of relatively high rank

EXO 14:7 · EXO 15:4 · 2SA 23:8 · 1KI 9:22 · 2KI 7:2 · 2KI 7:17 · 2KI 7:19 · 2KI 9:25 · 2KI 10:25 · 2KI 10:25 · 2KI 15:25 · 1CH 11:11 · 1CH 12:19 · 2CH 8:9 · EZK 23:15 · EZK 23:23

noun m

¹ 2SA 23:8 NJPS "officer" | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV ESV "three" = שָׁלֹשׁ ² 2KI 9:25 MT-K שׁלשׁה | MT-Q שָׁלִישׁוֹ ³ 1CH 11:11 · 1CH 12:19 MT-K שׁלושׁים | MT-Q שָׁלִישִׁים ⁴ PRO 22:20 MT-K שׁלשׁום | MT-Q שָׁלִישִׁים

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁלִ(י)שׁ n.[m.] third (part, i.e. of ephah? dub.), name of a measure base

[שָׁלִישׁ] n.[m.] a (three-stringed? three-barred? three-cornered?) mus. instr., perhaps a sistrum, or ‘triangle’, 1 S 18:6 ref

שָׁלִישׁ n.m. adjutant or officer base

Bible Occurrences (15)

14:7 15:4

18:6

23:8

9:22

7:2 7:17 7:19 10:25 15:25

8:9

80:5

40:12

23:15 23:23

Exodus 14:7

He took 600... of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

Exodus 15:4

Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

1 Samuel 18:6

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

2 Samuel 23:8

These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth... the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred [men], whom he killed at one time.

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they [were] his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

2 Kings 7:2

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? You will see [it] with your own eyes, replied [Elisha],... but you will not eat any of it.

2 Kings 7:17

Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

2 Kings 7:19

And the officer had answered the man of God, Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen...? So Elisha had replied, You will see [it] with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!