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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 Box Gen 41:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments 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 thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim you shall weave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - “You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - “You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. It shall have four pillars and four sockets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, made of fine woven linen, and its sockets of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - “and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “And the intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - “You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - “You shall skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And every man, with whom was found blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats’ hair, red skins of rams, and badger skins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the women who were gifted artisans spun yarn with their hands, and brought what they had spun, of blue, purple, and scarlet, 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 all manner of work of the engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver—those who do every work and those who design artistic works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - Then all the gifted artisans among them who worked on the tabernacle made ten curtains woven of fine linen, and of blue, purple, and scarlet thread; with artistic designs of cherubim they made them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen; it was worked with an artistic design of cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He also made a screen for the tabernacle door, of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - Then he made the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen for the gate of the court was woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. The length was twenty cubits, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 - They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:28 - a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were white and blue linen curtains fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on silver rods and marble pillars; and the couches were of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, turquoise, and white and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 - She makes tapestry for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are pillars of marble
Set on bases of fine gold.
His countenance is like Lebanon,
Excellent as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - “I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of badger skin; I clothed 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 clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail;
Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you.
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