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Lexicon :: Strong's H8336 - šēš

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שֵׁשׁ
Transliteration
šēš
Pronunciation
shaysh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2473,2379a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; or (for alliteration with H4897) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy; for H7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble:—× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H8336 in the following manner: linen (20x), fine linen 17 marble (3x), silk (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H8336 in the following manner: linen (20x), fine linen 17 marble (3x), silk (1x), variant (1x).

  1. something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen

  2. alabaster, similar stone, marble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; or (for alliteration with H4897) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy; for H7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble:—× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
STRONGS H8336: Abbreviations
† II. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine id.; — עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Songs 5:15 (in figurative), Esther 1:6a, material of pavement Esther 1:6b (see בַּ֫הַט). — I. H8337 שֵׁשׁ see שׁדשׁ.

† III. שֵׁשׁ noun masculineExodus 26:1 byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHMVOJ viii (1894), 7 Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'LeanEncy.Bib. LINEN; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.); — always absolute שׁ׳ (שׁשׁי Ezekiel 16:13 is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen (בּוּץ, which see, is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women Exodus 35:25), and the material woven from it: used for garments Genesis 41:42 (E), Ezekiel 16:10, 13 (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), Proverbs 31:22; for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) Ezekiel 27:7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments Exodus 28:5, 39 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:3, 27, 28 (twice in verse); also מָשְׁזָר שׁ׳ twisted linen Exodus 28:6, 8, 15; Exodus 39:2, 5, 8, 28, 29 + Exodus 39:24 (read וְשֵׁשׁ מ׳ Sam Greek Version of the LXX Bae); שׁ׳ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle Exodus 25:4; Exodus 35:6, 23, 25, 35; Exodus 38:23, and so מָשְׁזָר שׁ׳ Exodus 26:1, 31, 36; Exodus 27:9, 16, 18; Exodus 36:8, 35, 37; Exodus 38:9, 16, 18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:42

Exodus

25:4; 26:1; 26:1; 26:31; 26:36; 27:9; 27:16; 27:18; 28:5; 28:6; 28:8; 28:15; 28:39; 35:6; 35:23; 35:25; 35:25; 35:35; 36:8; 36:35; 36:37; 38:9; 38:16; 38:18; 38:23; 39:2; 39:3; 39:5; 39:8; 39:24; 39:27; 39:28; 39:28; 39:29

Esther

1:6; 1:6

Proverbs

31:22

Song of Songs

5:15

Ezekiel

16:10; 16:13; 16:13; 27:7

H8336

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Strong's Number H8336 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשׁ (šēš),
which occurs 42 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and dressed him in [official] vestments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine twisted linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 -

“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle (sacred tent of worship) with ten [interior] curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric; you shall make them with [embroidered] cherubim, the handwork of a skillful craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 -

“You shall make a veil [to divide the two rooms] of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, skillfully worked with cherubim on it.

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“You shall make a screen [to provide a covering] for the doorway of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 -

“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. The south side of the court is to have curtains of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits long for one side;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “For the gate of the court there shall be a screen [to provide a covering] of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four pillars and four [base] sockets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty [cubits] throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They are to use the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen [from the people],

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 -

and they shall make the ephod of gold and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, skillfully woven and [beautifully] worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “And the skillfully woven sash, which is on the ephod shall be made of the same material: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen.

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“You are to make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled and talented craftsman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and of fine twisted linen.

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“You shall weave the tunic of checkered work of fine linen, and make a turban of fine linen. You shall make a sash, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - Every man who had in his possession blue or purple or scarlet fabric, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and [fn]rams’ skins dyed red and [fn]porpoise skins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the skilled and talented women spun thread with their hands, and brought what they had spun, blue and purple and scarlet fabric and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with skill to do the work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and in fine linen, and of a weaver; makers of every work and embroiderers of [excellent] designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 -

All the skilled men among them who were doing the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, with cherubim [worked into them], the work of an embroiderer, Bezalel made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 -

Further, Bezalel made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He made a screen (curtain) for the doorway of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 -

Then he made the court: for the south side the curtains of the court were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the curtains around the court were of fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen (curtain) for the gate of the courtyard [on the east side] was the work of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, corresponding to the curtains of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful craftsman and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet fabric, and in fine linen.

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Bezalel made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then Bezalel and Oholiab hammered the gold [into thin sheets] and cut it into threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and into the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The skillfully woven sash with which to bind it, which was on the ephod [to hold it in place], was like its workmanship, of the same material: of gold and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 -

Bezalel made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful craftsman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 -

And they made tunics of finely woven linen for Aaron and his sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:28 - and the turban of fine linen, and the ornamental caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twisted linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, the work of an embroiderer, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were curtains (draperies) of fine white and violet linen fastened with cords of fine purple linen to silver rings and marble columns. The couches of gold and silver rested on a mosaic floor of [fn]porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious colored stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 -

She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry.

Her clothing is linen, pure and fine, and purple [wool].

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“His legs are [strong and steady] pillars of alabaster

Set upon pedestals of fine gold.

His appearance is like Lebanon,

Stately and choice as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - “I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of [fn]porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - “Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was [made] of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil; so you were extremely beautiful and you advanced and prospered into royalty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

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“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt

So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);

Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].

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