Definition

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

Etymology

or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number;

How the KJV renders it

• fork
• often(-times)
• third
• thir(-teen
• -teenth)
• three
• thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.