H7992 — שְׁלִישִׁי (shliyshiy)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H7992
Original: שְׁלִישִׁי
Transliteration: shᵉlîyshîy
Pronunciation: shel-ee-shee'
Part of Speech: Adjective (ordinal)
Root: שָׁלוֹשׁ (shalowsh, H7969) — three
Occurrences: 109 tokens across 93 unique verses in 21 books
First Occurrence: Gen 1:13 — "And the evening and the morning were the third day."
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Ordinal from H7969; third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell. KJV: third (part, rank, time), three (years old).

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
the third	50	53.8%
third	13	14.0%
and the third	6	6.5%
a third part / and a third part / A third part	12	12.9%
the third time	3	3.2%
The third	4	4.3%
of three years old	2	2.2%
Other (in the third rank, third part, etc.)	3	3.2%

Note: ~82% of uses are straightforward ordinal ("third day/month/year/son"). ~13% carry the partitive sense ("a third part"). ~3% mark repetition ("the third time"). ~2% express age ("three years old").

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
1 Chronicles	14	1.5
Zechariah	3	1.4
Esther	2	1.2
Numbers	9	0.7
2 Kings	6	0.8
1 Samuel	6	0.7
1 Kings	6	0.7
2 Chronicles	6	0.7
Genesis	9	0.6
Ezekiel	7	0.5
Leviticus	4	0.5
Hosea	1	0.5
Exodus	5	0.4
2 Samuel	3	0.4
Joshua	2	0.3
Isaiah	3	0.2
Deuteronomy	2	0.2
Judges	1	0.2
Nehemiah	1	0.2
Jeremiah	2	0.1
Job	1	0.1

Patterns: Highest concentration in 1 Chronicles (genealogical lists of sons by birth order). Spread broadly across historical, prophetic, and legal texts. Notably absent from Psalms, Proverbs, and Daniel (which uses the Aramaic equivalents H8523/H8531 instead).

Semantic Categories¶

1. Third Day — Pivotal Temporal Marker¶

The most frequent use: marking the third day as a moment of resolution, arrival, or divine action. - Gen 1:13 — "And the evening and the morning were the third day." (creation) - Gen 22:4 — "Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off." (binding of Isaac) - Exo 19:16 — "And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings..." (Sinai theophany) - Hos 6:2 — "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."

2. Third in Sequence — Birth Order and Ranked Lists¶

Used extensively in genealogies and priestly/military divisions to mark the third position. - 1 Chr 2:13 — "And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third" - 1 Chr 3:15 — "the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum" - 1 Chr 24:8 — "The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim" - 1 Chr 26:2 — "Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third"

3. A Third Part — Fractional Division¶

The feminine/partitive form: dividing something into three portions, often with ominous force. - Eze 5:2 — "Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city... and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind" - Eze 5:12 — "A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence... a third part shall fall by the sword... and I will scatter a third part into all the winds" - Zec 13:8-9 — "two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined" - 2 Sam 18:2 — "And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai"

4. Third Year / Month — Calendrical Marker¶

Marking the third unit in annual or monthly cycles. - 1 Ki 18:1 — "the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab" - Exo 19:1 — "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt" - 2 Chr 31:7 — "In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps" - Deut 26:12 — "When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year"

5. Third Repetition — Intensity or Confirmation¶

Marking a third attempt or occurrence, often signifying decisiveness. - 1 Sam 3:8 — "And the LORD called Samuel again the third time." - 1 Sam 19:21 — "Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also." - 2 Ki 1:13 — "And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty."

6. Third Story / Structural Division¶

Architectural usage for the third level of a building. - Gen 6:16 — "with lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it." (Noah's ark) - 1 Ki 6:6 — "The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad" - Eze 42:3 — "Over against the twenty cubits... gallery against gallery in three stories"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
יוֹם (yowm)	H3117	32x (34%)	"the third day" — most common collocation
בֵּן (ben)	H1121	23x (25%)	genealogies: "X the third [son of Y]"
שֵׁנִי (sheniy)	H8145	17x (18%)	ordinal sequence: "the second... and the third"
מֶלֶךְ (melek)	H4428	13x (14%)	"in the third year of king X"
רְבִיעִי (rbiyiy)	H7243	12x (13%)	ordinal sequence: "third... fourth"
בַּיִת (bayith)	H1004	11x (12%)	temple/palace structural divisions
שָׁנֶה (shaneh)	H8141	11x (12%)	"in the third year"
חֹדֶשׁ (chodesh)	H2320	8x (9%)	"in the third month"
בְּכוֹר (bkowr)	H1060	7x (8%)	genealogies: "firstborn... second... third"

Word Family / Cognates¶

H7969 שָׁלוֹשׁ (shalowsh) — cardinal number "three"
H7991 שָׁלִישׁ (shaliysh) — captain, officer (originally "third man" on a chariot)
H8027 שָׁלַשׁ (shalash) — verb: to do a third time, to do three things, to be three years old
H8029 שִׁלֵּשׁ (shillesh) — great-grandchild (third-generation descendant)

Synonyms¶

No direct synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H7992.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H7992.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
שָׁלוֹשׁ (shalowsh)	H7969	both render "third" in KJV (7x for H7969)	H7969 = cardinal "three"; H7992 = ordinal "third"
שָׁלַשׁ (shalash)	H8027	"the third time"	H8027 = verb "to do thrice"; H7992 = adjective "third"
שִׁלֵּשׁ (shillesh)	H8029	"the third" (4x)	H8029 = noun "great-grandchild" (third generation); H7992 = ordinal numeral
תְּלִיתַי (tlithay)	H8523	"third" (Aramaic)	H8523 = Aramaic ordinal used in Daniel; H7992 = Hebrew ordinal
תְּלַת (tlath)	H8531	"third" (Aramaic)	H8531 = Aramaic "tertiary rank"; H7992 = standard Hebrew ordinal

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[002001001042] Quantity — search_relationships.py places shliyshiy in the same numeric field as the base numeral family, reflecting its ordinal derivation from H7969 שָׁלוֹשׁ.
[002001003009] Frequency — the relationship data also links shliyshiy to recurrence / sequence language, fitting uses such as "the third time" and recurring rank markers.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Notes
τρίτος (tritos)	G5154	80x	Primary — used in ~86% of LXX renderings of shliyshiy
δεύτερος (deuteros)	G1208	17x	When "third" appears in lists that LXX restructures
τέταρτος (tetartos)	G5067	13x	Same phenomenon — adjacent ordinals in same context
ἡμέρα (hemera)	G2250	32x	Not a translation of shliyshiy itself but co-occurring "day"

Primary bridge: H7992 → G5154 (tritos) with 80 co-occurrences and PMI score 7.22/31.71 — a near-exclusive mapping.