H7991 · שָׁלִישׁ
shâlîysh · shaw-leesh' · captain, lord, musical instrument
H7991 (shâlîysh, pronounced shaw-leesh') is the Hebrew word שָׁלִישׁ in Strong’s dictionary: a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute). It appears 16 times in 15 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁלִישׁ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâlîysh
- Pronunciation
- shaw-leesh'
- Derivation
- or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);
- 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)
- Rendered in the KJV
- captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
16 occurrences in 15 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “and officers” ×2
- “his captains” ×2
- “And the officer” ×1
- “But the officer” ×1
- “Then his officer” ×1
- “and other instruments” ×1
- “in a basket” ×1
- “like officers” ×1
By book
Exodus 2 · 1 Samuel 1 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Kings 5 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Psalms 1 · Isaiah 1 · Ezekiel 2
Verses
- Exodus 14:7
- Exodus 15:4
- 1 Samuel 18:6
- 2 Samuel 23:8
- 1 Kings 9:22
- 2 Kings 7:2
- 2 Kings 7:17
- 2 Kings 7:19
- 2 Kings 10:25
- 2 Kings 15:25
- 2 Chronicles 8:9
- Psalms 80:5
- Isaiah 40:12
- Ezekiel 23:15
- Ezekiel 23:23
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7991.