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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 בָּאַמָּה1 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.
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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 3 / 5 (1Ki 6:6–2Ch 13:21)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six H8337 cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he [fn]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not [fn]be inserted in the walls of the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 -

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 H8337 H8337 talents of gold,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using 600 H8337 shekels of gold on each large shield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six H8337 steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the [fn]arms.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - Twelve lions were also standing there on the six H8337 steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for all the other kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - And a chariot [fn]was imported from Egypt for 600 H8337 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and [fn]by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six H8337 months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 -

In the twenty-sixth H8337 year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six H8337 years at Tirzah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - Then the king of Aram said, “Go [fn]now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went and took in his hand [fn]ten talents of silver and [fn]six H8337 thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - So he was hidden away with her in the house of Yahweh six H8337 years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 -

In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned sixteen H8337 years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - So the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six H8337 times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have consumed it. But now you shall strike Aram only three times.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21 - And all the people of Judah took [fn]Azariah, who was sixteen H8337 years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen H8337 years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:8 -

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six H8337 months.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H8337 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H8337 years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of Yahweh his God, as David his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - And at the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth H8337 year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 -

Six H8337 were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six H8337 months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:22 -

The sons of Shecaniah were Shemaiah,

and the sons of Shemaiah:

Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six H8337.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 -

Now Shimei had sixteen H8337 sons and six H8337 daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 -

The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600 H8337.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4 -

With them by their generations according to their fathers’ households were 36,000 H8337 [fn]troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 -

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them recorded by genealogy for the army in war was 26,000 H8337 men.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 -

Azel had six H8337 sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

All these were the sons of Azel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 -

From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their [fn]relatives, 690 H8337 of them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 -

and their relatives according to their generations, 956 H8337.

All these were heads of fathers’ households according to their fathers’ houses.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44 -

Azel had six H8337 sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.

These were the sons of Azel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 -

The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800 H8337, equipped for military duty.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 -

Of the sons of Levi 4,600 H8337.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 -

Of the Danites who could arrange themselves for battle, there were 28,600 H8337.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six H8337 fingers on each hand and six H8337 toes on each foot; and he also had been born to the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David gave Ornan [fn]600 H8337 shekels of gold by weight for the [fn]site.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 H8337 were officers and judges,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - And more chief men were found from the [fn]sons of Eleazar than the [fn]sons of Ithamar, so they divided them thus: there were sixteen H8337 heads of fathers’ households of the [fn]sons of Eleazar and eight of the [fn]sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 -

the fifteenth for Bilgah,

the sixteenth H8337 for Immer,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 -

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun:

Gedaliah, [fn]Zeri, Jeshaiah, [fn]Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six H8337, under the [fn]direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23 -

for the sixteenth H8337 to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - On the east there were six H8337 Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storerooms two by two.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they [fn]imported a chariot from Egypt for [fn]600 H8337 shekels of silver and a horse for [fn]150; and [fn]by the same means they [fn]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - [fn]So Solomon numbered 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to hew stone in the mountains and 3,600 H8337 to direct them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:17 -

Then Solomon numbered all the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, following the [fn]census which his father David had [fn]taken; and 153,600 H8337 were found.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - And he made 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 as hewers of stone in the mountains and 3,600 H8337 directors to make the people work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 -

And he made the [fn]room of the Holy of Holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to [fn]600 H8337 talents.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 -

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 H8337 H8337 talents of gold,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]600 H8337 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - And there were six H8337 steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the [fn]arms.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve lions were also standing there on the six H8337 steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21 -

But Abijah became stronger; and he took fourteen wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen H8337 daughters.


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