What does יוֹם · שְׁלִישִׁי mean in the Bible?
יוֹם · שְׁלִישִׁי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "third day".
Hebrew · H3117, H7992
הַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי
A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) · third ; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
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יוֹם H3117 a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Pronunciation yôm
Fundamental unit of time marked by daylight, extending metaphorically to ages, epochs, and eschatological periods.
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שְׁלִישִׁי H7992 third ; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
Pronunciation šĕliyšiy
Ordinal numeral denoting third position; extends to fractional quantity (one-third) and temporal recurrence patterns.
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What does הַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי (hayyom hashlishi) mean in the Bible?
יוֹם · שְׁלִישִׁי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "third day".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3117, H7992?
H3117, H7992 is connected to 2,412 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. third day
Strong's H3117, H7992
Lexical occurrences 2,412 verses Source Gloss
third day
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain