What does שְׁלוֹשִׁים (šĕlwōšiym) mean in the Bible?
שְׁלוֹשִׁים (šĕlwōšiym): Cardinal and ordinal form of thirty; marks significant biblical milestones in age, priestly service, and narrative divisions.
Hebrew · H7970
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
Thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים H7970
Pronunciation šĕlwōšiym
What does שְׁלוֹשִׁים (šĕlwōšiym) mean in the Bible?
שְׁלוֹשִׁים (šĕlwōšiym): Cardinal and ordinal form of thirty; marks significant biblical milestones in age, priestly service, and narrative divisions.
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How does the BSB render H7970?
The BSB source-word alignment has 174 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (41), thirty (24), a hundred and thirty [shekels] (12), and thirty (9), 30 (6).
Where does שְׁלוֹשִׁים (šĕlwōšiym) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (37), 1 Chronicles (18), Genesis (18), Judges (15).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 41× Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:16
thirty 24× Genesis 18:30, Exodus 21:32, Exodus 26:8, Exodus 36:15
a hundred and thirty [shekels] 12× Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
and thirty 9× Judges 12:14, Judges 14:12, Judges 14:13, 1 Kings 6:2
30 6× Genesis 11:14, Genesis 11:18, Genesis 11:22, Genesis 32:15
from thirty 6× Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:30, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39
the Thirty 6× 2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:15, 1 Chronicles 11:25, 1 Chronicles 12:4
about thirty 3× Judges 20:31, Judges 20:39, 1 Samuel 9:22
In the thirty-ninth 3× 2 Kings 15:13, 2 Kings 15:17, 2 Chronicles 16:12
thirty-two 3× 1 Kings 20:1, 2 Kings 8:17, 2 Chronicles 21:20
30,000 {} 2× Joshua 8:3, 2 Chronicles 35:7
among the Thirty 2× 1 Chronicles 12:4, 1 Chronicles 27:6
In the thirty-eighth 2× 1 Kings 16:29, 2 Kings 15:8
of the thirty-seventh 2× 2 Kings 25:27, Jeremiah 52:31
thirty-one 2× 2 Kings 22:1, 2 Chronicles 34:1
thirty-three 2× 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Chronicles 3:4
was thirty 2× Genesis 41:46, 2 Samuel 5:4
[So there were] thirty-one 1× Joshua 12:24
[was] thirty-three 1× Genesis 46:15
[was] thirty-two 1× 2 Chronicles 21:5
{} 30,500 1× Numbers 31:39
130 1× Genesis 5:3
30,500 1× Numbers 31:45
38,000 {} 1× 1 Chronicles 23:3
430 1× Genesis 11:17
about thirty-six of them 1× Joshua 7:5
and 30 1× Genesis 6:15
and 30,000 1× 1 Samuel 11:8
and 530 1× Nehemiah 7:70
and the 32 1× 1 Kings 20:16
and the thirty 1× 1 Chronicles 11:42
and thirty [cubits] 1× Ezekiel 46:22
and thirty-three 1× 1 Kings 2:11
and thirty-three years 1× 1 Chronicles 29:27
as well as thirty 1× Judges 12:9
by 37,000 1× 1 Chronicles 12:34
for the past thirty 1× Esther 4:11
for thirty-three 1× Leviticus 12:4
He [was] thirty-five 1× 2 Chronicles 20:31
his thirty-second 1× Nehemiah 5:14
his thirty-two 1× 1 Kings 22:31
In the thirtieth 1× Ezekiel 1:1
In the thirty-first 1× 1 Kings 16:23
in the thirty-second 1× Nehemiah 13:6
In the thirty-seventh 1× 2 Kings 13:10
In the thirty-sixth 1× 2 Chronicles 16:1
men from thirty 1× Numbers 4:3
Now [these were members of] the Thirty 1× 2 Samuel 23:24
of 30,000 1× 1 Kings 5:13
of the 430 1× Exodus 12:41
of the officers 1× 1 Chronicles 11:11
of the thirty 1× 2 Samuel 23:13
of the Thirty, and he said 1× 1 Chronicles 12:18
of thirty rooms each 1× Ezekiel 41:6
the thirty-fifth 1× 2 Chronicles 15:19
There were thirty-seven 1× 2 Samuel 23:39
they had 36,000 1× 1 Chronicles 7:4
three 1× 2 Samuel 23:13
was 430 1× Exodus 12:40
was thirty-eight 1× Deuteronomy 2:14
was thirty-five 1× 1 Kings 22:42
weighed a hundred and thirty shekels 1× Numbers 7:85
which [together] were thirty-five 1× 2 Chronicles 3:15
with three 1× 1 Samuel 13:5
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:3 שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים to 130 Number - common plural Genesis 5:5 וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 5:16 שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים to . . . Number - common plural Genesis 6:15 וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים to and 30 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 11:12 וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 11:14 שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים to 30 Number - common plural Genesis 11:16 וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 11:17 שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים to 430 Number - common plural Genesis 11:18 שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים to 30 Number - common plural Genesis 11:20 וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 5:3
Aligned rows 174
Books represented 20
Genesis 18 Exodus 9 Leviticus 2 Numbers 37 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 3 Judges 15 1 Samuel 4 2 Samuel 8 1 Kings 14 2 Kings 8 1 Chronicles 18 2 Chronicles 11 Ezra 7 Nehemiah 7 Esther 1 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 4 Daniel 1 Zechariah 2
Source forms
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים 41x šə·lō·šîm Genesis 5:16, Genesis 11:14, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 11:18
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים 30x šə·lō·šîm Genesis 46:15, Genesis 47:9, Leviticus 27:4, Numbers 31:39
שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים 16x šə·lō·šîm Genesis 5:3, Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים 13x ū·šə·lō·šîm Genesis 5:5, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:20
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים 10x ū·šə·lō·šîm Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:18, Exodus 6:20, Exodus 38:24
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים 7x ū·šə·lō·šîm Genesis 6:15, Genesis 25:17, Leviticus 12:4, Judges 10:4
שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים 7x šə·lō·šîm Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:30, Joshua 8:3, 1 Samuel 13:5
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים 4x ū·šə·lō·šîm Numbers 31:36, Numbers 31:43, Judges 12:9, Ezekiel 41:6
Parsing patterns
Number - common plural 106x Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 11:14, Genesis 11:17
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural 48x Genesis 5:5, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:16
Article | Number - common plural 6x 2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:15, 1 Chronicles 11:25, 1 Chronicles 12:4
Preposition-k | Number - common plural 4x Joshua 7:5, Judges 20:31, Judges 20:39, 1 Samuel 9:22
Preposition-b | Number - common plural 3x 2 Kings 25:27, Jeremiah 52:31, Ezekiel 1:1
Article | Noun - masculine plural 2x 1 Chronicles 11:11, 1 Chronicles 12:18
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular 1x Deuteronomy 2:14
Noun - proper - masculine singular 1x 2 Samuel 23:24
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Cardinal and ordinal form of thirty; marks significant biblical milestones in age, priestly service, and narrative divisions.
Source Gloss
thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Cardinal and ordinal form of thirty; marks significant biblical milestones in age, priestly service, and narrative divisions.
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth BDB: thirty Usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Grammatical Forms
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Word Origins
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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