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שְׁלוֹשִׁים H7970

H7970 is the Hebrew word שְׁלוֹשִׁים, transliterated shᵉlôwshîym and said shel-o-sheem'. The King James Version most often renders it thirty.

Word: שְׁלוֹשִׁיםTransliteration: shᵉlôwshîymSaid: shel-o-sheem'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 159 verses

What it means

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth.

Where it comes from

or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 166 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

thirty 140×thirtieth 8×about thirty 4×thereof thirty 3×among the thirty 3×captains 2×peradventure there shall thirty 1×you thirty 1×three 1×than the thirty 1×one of the thirty 1×over the thirty 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: thirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).

Verses using שְׁלוֹשִׁים

The first 40 of 159 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 5:3 · KJV

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:5 · KJV

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Genesis 5:16 · KJV

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 6:15 · KJV

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 11:12 · KJV

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

Genesis 11:14 · KJV

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

Genesis 11:16 · KJV

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

Genesis 11:17 · KJV

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 · KJV

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

Genesis 11:20 · KJV

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

Genesis 11:22 · KJV

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

Genesis 18:30 · KJV

And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Genesis 25:17 · KJV

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

Genesis 32:15 · KJV

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

Genesis 41:46 · KJV

And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 46:15 · KJV

These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

Genesis 47:9 · KJV

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Exodus 6:16 · KJV

And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

Exodus 6:18 · KJV

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

Exodus 6:20 · KJV

And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

Exodus 12:40 · KJV

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Exodus 12:41 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 21:32 · KJV

If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Exodus 26:8 · KJV

The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

Exodus 36:15 · KJV

The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

Exodus 38:24 · KJV

All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Leviticus 12:4 · KJV

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

Leviticus 27:4 · KJV

And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Numbers 1:35 · KJV

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

Numbers 1:37 · KJV

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

Numbers 2:21 · KJV

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

Numbers 2:23 · KJV

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

Numbers 4:3 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 4:23 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 4:30 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 4:35 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

Numbers 4:39 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 4:43 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 4:47 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 7:13 · KJV

And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Common questions

What does Strong's H7970 mean?

H7970 is the Hebrew word שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym), meaning thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth.

How is H7970 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it thirty (140 times), thirtieth (8 times), about thirty (4 times), thereof thirty (3 times), among the thirty (3 times), among others.

How many times does H7970 appear in the Bible?

שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym) is tagged in 159 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7970 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ).

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