Quick Definition
to do three
Strong's Definition
to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
Derivation: a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ),
KJV Usage: do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).
TWOT Reference: 2403
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלַשׁ (sha.lash) — to do three. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׁלֹשׁ
Quantity | verb pu'al ptc.pass
threefold, in three parts = state in which an object consists of three elements or parts
Non-Whole | verb pi
to divide into three parts = causative action by which humans divide an object into three parts
Frequency | verb pi
to do for the third time = action by which humans repeat an activity for the third time
Stage | verb pu'al ptc.pass
three years old = state in which an animal is three years old
Time | verb pi
to count three days = action by which humans count three days from the time in focus, which is the day after the next day
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שִׁלֵּשׁ] Pi. denom. do a third time, divide into three parts, etc. Pu. Pt. three years old
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