What does שְׁלוֹשִׁים · שָׁנֶה · אַרְבַּע · מֵאָה mean in the Bible?
שְׁלוֹשִׁים · שָׁנֶה · אַרְבַּע · מֵאָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth".
Hebrew · H7970, H8141, H702, H3967
שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה
Thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth · a year (as a revolution of time) · four · a hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים H7970 thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth
Pronunciation šĕlwōšiym
Cardinal and ordinal form of thirty; marks significant biblical milestones in age, priestly service, and narrative divisions.
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שָׁנֶה H8141 a year (as a revolution of time)
Pronunciation shanim
Cyclical time unit marking natural revolutions; foundational for age, covenant seasons, and divine chronology
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אַרְבַּע H702 four
מֵאָה H3967 a hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
What does שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה (šĕlōšîm šānâ wĕʾarbaʿ mēʾôt šānâ) mean in the Bible?
שְׁלוֹשִׁים · שָׁנֶה · אַרְבַּע · מֵאָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth".
Full entry for שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה (H7970, H8141, H702, H3967) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7970, H8141, H702, H3967?
H7970, H8141, H702, H3967 is connected to 1,958 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth
Strong's H7970, H8141, H702, H3967
Lexical occurrences 1,958 verses Source Gloss
thirty ; or (ordinal) thirtieth
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain