H7991 שָׁלִישׁ (shaw-leesh')

KJV renderings

captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

Strong's definition

a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)

Derivation

or שָׁלוֹשׁ; (1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 12:18), or שָׁלֹשׁ; (2 Samuel 23:13), from H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ);

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