Strong's #7991: shaliysh (pronounced shaw-leesh')

or shalowsh ( 1 Chron. 11:11; 12:18) {shaw- loshe'}; or shalosh (2 Sam. 23:13) {shaw-loshe'}; from 7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed 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):--captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁׁ / ׁׁ / ׁׁ

shâlı̂ysh / shâlôsh

1) third part

1a) name of a measure

2) a musical instrument

2a) maybe three-stringed, triangular shape, or three-barred

2b) perhaps a sistrum or triangle

3) shield carrier, adjutant, officer, captain

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from H7969

Same Word by TWOT Number: 2403e, 2403f, 2403g

Usage:

This word is used 20 times:

 

Exodus 14:7: "and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one"
Exodus 15:4: "hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea."
1 Samuel 18:6: "to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music."
2 Samuel 23:8: "that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lifted up his spear against"
1 Kings 9:22: "were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen."
2 Kings 7:2: " Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered"
2 Kings 7:17: "And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned"
2 Kings 7:19: " And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD"
2 Kings 9:25: "Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field"
2 Kings 10:25: "that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none"
2 Kings 10:25: "And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to"
2 Kings 15:25: "But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria,"
1 Chronicles 11:11: "had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up"
1 Chronicles 12:18: "Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:"
2 Chronicles 8:9: "were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen."
Psalms 80:5: "of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure."
Proverbs 22:20: "Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,"
Isaiah 40:12: "and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills"
Ezekiel 23:15: "in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians"
Ezekiel 23:23: "them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all"