Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâlash

shaw-lash'

שָׁלַשׁ

What it means

to be triplicate

to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)

Where it comes from

a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from shâlôwsh (שָׁלוֹשׁ),

How the King James translates it

  • old3
  • time2
  • parts1
  • days1
  • threefold1
  • three1

Every place it appears 9

Genesis15:9
Deuteronomy19:3
1 Samuel20:19
1 Kings18:34
Ecclesiastes4:12
Ezekiel42:6