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Strong's H7992 שְׁלִישִׁי (shelishi)

Shelishi means “rank” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7992
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 94
Books 21

Strong's H7992 Quick Answer

Strong's H7992 שְׁלִישִׁי (shliyshiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shliyshiy (shel-ee-shee') adj. 1. third 2. feminine a third (part) It has 94 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include third and years. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shliyshiy (shel-ee-shee') adj. 1. third 2. feminine a third (part)
Usage
94 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
third and years

Meaning and Definition

shliyshiy (shel-ee-shee') adj. 1. third 2. feminine a third (part) 3. by extension, a third (day, year or time) 4. specifically, a third-story cell) [ordinal from H7969] KJV: third (part, rank, time), three (years old). Root(s): H7969

Original Word
שְׁלִישִׁי
Transliteration
shliyshiy
Derivation
Root: שׁלשׁ First root strongs: 7969
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7992. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7992 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shliyshiy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

third Genesis 1:13 90× years Isaiah 15:5

How Strong's H7992 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 94 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7992 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7992 in the Old Testament

94 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:13 KJV

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 2:14 KJV

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Genesis 6:16 KJV

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Usage Excerpts

First 94 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7992.

Genesis 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Genesis 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Genesis 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Genesis 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Genesis 31:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis 32:19 Old Testament, KJV
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
Genesis 34:25 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Genesis 40:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Genesis 42:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
Exodus 19:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus 19:11 Old Testament, KJV
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus 28:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus 39:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Leviticus 7:17 Old Testament, KJV
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
Leviticus 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
Numbers 2:24 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
Numbers 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
Numbers 15:6 Old Testament, KJV
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
Numbers 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 19:12 Old Testament, KJV
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
Numbers 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
Numbers 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
Numbers 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
Numbers 31:19 Old Testament, KJV
And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
Deuteronomy 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
Deuteronomy 26:12 Old Testament, KJV
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Joshua 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
Joshua 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
Judges 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
1 Samuel 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
1 Samuel 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Samuel 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
1 Samuel 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
1 Samuel 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
1 Samuel 30:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
2 Samuel 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
2 Samuel 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 18:2 Old Testament, KJV
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
2 Samuel 23:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
1 Kings 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
1 Kings 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
1 Kings 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
1 Kings 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
1 Kings 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
1 Kings 22:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
2 Kings 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
2 Kings 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
2 Kings 19:29 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
2 Kings 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
1 Chronicles 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
1 Chronicles 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
1 Chronicles 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
1 Chronicles 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
1 Chronicles 8:39 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1 Chronicles 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles 23:19 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chronicles 24:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chronicles 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles 26:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
1 Chronicles 26:4 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth.
1 Chronicles 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
1 Chronicles 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
2 Chronicles 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
2 Chronicles 15:10 Old Testament, KJV
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
2 Chronicles 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
2 Chronicles 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
Nehemiah 10:32 Old Testament, KJV
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Esther 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Esther 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Job 42:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
Isaiah 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Isaiah 19:24 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
Isaiah 37:30 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Jeremiah 38:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Jeremiah 48:34 Old Testament, KJV
From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Ezekiel 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Ezekiel 31:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 42:3 Old Testament, KJV
Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
Ezekiel 46:14 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.
Hosea 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Zechariah 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
Zechariah 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Zechariah 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7992, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 9 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 14 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7992 FAQ

What does shelishi (שְׁלִישִׁי) mean?

Shelishi (Strong's H7992) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "rank". shliyshiy (shel-ee-shee') adj. 1. third 2. feminine a third (part)

How many times is shelishi (שְׁלִישִׁי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 94 linked usages for Strong's H7992 across 21 books.

Where can I study shelishi (שְׁלִישִׁי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7992 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shelishi (שְׁלִישִׁי)?

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