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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Noe was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the [fn]flood-gates 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 of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zabulon.

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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 among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are the sons of Zelpha, which Laban gave to his daughter Lea, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his [fn]loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, even all the souls were sixty-six.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - And the children of Israel [fn]departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to the full number of six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26 - Six days ye shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - Six days thou shalt labour, and shalt perform all thy work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10 - Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maid-servant and the stranger may be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of God came down upon the mount Sina, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - And thou shalt join the five skins together, and the six skins together; and thou shalt double the sixth skin in front of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - And on the back of the tabernacle at the part which is toward the west thou shalt make six posts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - Six names on the first stone, and the other six names on the second stone, according to their births.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - Six days thou shalt do works, but the seventh day is the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord; every one who shall do a work on the seventh day shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - Six days shalt thou perform works, but on the seventh day shall be rest—a holy sabbath—a rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - (LXX 38:14) the stem solid, and the branches from both its sides;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - (LXX 38:15) and blossoms proceeding from its branches, three on this side, and three on the other, made equal to each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - (LXX 38:16) And as to their lamps, which are on the ends, [fn]knops proceeded from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - (LXX 39:3) Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the number of six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - But if she should have born a female child, then she shall be unclean twice seven days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - Six days shalt thou do works, but on the seventh day is the sabbath; a rest, a holy convocation to the Lord: thou shalt not do any work, it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:6 - And ye shall put them in two rows, each row containing six loaves, on the pure table before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - the numbering of them of the tribe of Ruben, was forty-six thousand and four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - (LXX 1:37) the numbering of them of the tribe of Gad, was forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - (LXX 1:25) the numbering of them of the tribe of Juda, was seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - His forces that were numbered, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All that were numbered of the camp of Juda were a hundred and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred: they shall move first with their forces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - His forces that were numbered, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - His forces that were numbered, were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All that were numbered of the camp of Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred: they shall set out last according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - This is the numbering of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families: all the numbering of the camps with their forces, was six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

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