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Lexicon :: Strong's H8337 - šēš

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שֵׁשׁ
Transliteration
šēš
Pronunciation
shaysh
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive number
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TWOT Reference: 2336a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; masculine שִׁשָּׁה shishshâh; a primitive number; see H7797 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth:—six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 215x

The KJV translates Strong's H8337 in the following manner: six (187x), sixteen (with H6240) (21x), sixteenth (with H6240) (3x), sixth (2x), sixteen (with H7657) (1x), threescore (with H7239) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 215x
The KJV translates Strong's H8337 in the following manner: six (187x), sixteen (with H6240) (21x), sixteenth (with H6240) (3x), sixth (2x), sixteen (with H7657) (1x), threescore (with H7239) (1x).

  1. six

    1. six (cardinal number)

    2. sixth (ordinal number)

    3. in combination with other numbers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; masculine שִׁשָּׁה shishshâh; a primitive number; see H7797 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth:—six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
STRONGS H8337: Abbreviations
שֵׁשׁ, שִׁשָּׁה 216 noun masculine and feminine six; — masculine שֵׁשׁ (with noun feminine) Genesis 31:41 + 120 times; feminine שִׁשָּׁה (with noun masculine) Genesis 30:20 + 39 times; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Exodus 23:12 + 30 times (6+10=16 are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P):
1. no other number:
a. before plural noun + 75 times: e.g. שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים Exodus 21:2 (E) + 11 times, שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת 1 Samuel 17:4 + 8 times; שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה † 1 Kings 6:6; שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים Genesis 30:20 (E) + 2 times; שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים Exodus 23:12 (E) + 14 times; after noun (late) † Exodus 28:2; Joshua 15:59, 62 (all P), 1 Chronicles 4:27; 1 Chronicles 26:17; Nehemiah 5:18; rarely noun omitted Leviticus 24:6 (P) + (distributive 2 Samuel 21:20 = 1 Chronicles 20:6).
b. = ordinal שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְק׳ 2 Kings 18:10 (Ges§ 134 o).
2. 16, with noun feminine: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, before נָ֑פֶשׁ Genesis 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה 2 Kings 13:10 + 9 times, בָּנוֺת 2 Chronicles 13:21; after עָרִים Joshua 15:41; Joshua 19:22 (P); with noun masculine שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר, before אֲדָנִים Exodus 26:25; Exodus 36:30 (P), also אֶלֶף, 1000, Numbers 31:40 + (P); after בָּנִים 1 Chronicles 4:27, etc.; = ordinal 16th 1 Chronicles 24:14; 1 Chronicles 25:23 +, ע׳ יוֺם שׁ׳ 2 Chronicles 29:27.
3. 600 = שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת, Genesis 7:6 (P) + 63 times; 6000 = שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Numbers 3:34 (P) + 8 times; אֶלֶף שׁ׳ Judges 20:15 + 2 times
4. with tens, שׁ׳ following Genesis 46:26 + 13 times, precedes Numbers 31:44 (P).
5. שׁ׳ as round number, חָמֵשׁ אוֺשֿׁ׳ 2 Kings 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:6; 30:20; 30:20; 31:41; 46:18; 46:26

Exodus

21:2; 23:12; 23:12; 26:25; 28:2; 36:30

Leviticus

24:6

Numbers

3:34; 31:40; 31:44

Joshua

15:41; 15:59; 15:62; 19:22

Judges

20:15

1 Samuel

17:4

2 Samuel

21:20

1 Kings

6:6

2 Kings

13:10; 13:19; 18:10

1 Chronicles

4:27; 4:27; 20:6; 24:14; 25:23; 26:17

2 Chronicles

13:21; 29:27

Nehemiah

5:18

Job

5:19

Proverbs

6:16

H8337

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8337 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשׁ (šēš),
which occurs 215 times in 202 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 7:6–Num 3:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 - And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26 - Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10 - And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And there shall be six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - and there were six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work: it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:6 - And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

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