Strong's H8027

שָׁלַשׁ

Transliteration

shâlash

Pronunciation

shaw-lash'

Definition

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

KJV usage

do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, -fold, parts, years old).

Derivation

a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble; but apparently used only as denominative from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ),

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.