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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 - Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed 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 that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - (Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you - fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob's sons.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men on foot, plus their dependants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - He took six hundred select chariots, and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, and officers on all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26 - Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - For six days you may labor and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - "If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10 - "For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next branch, and the same for the six branches extending from the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - You are to join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. You are to double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - And for the back of the tabernacle on the west you will make six frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - So there are to be eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - "On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - And for the back of the tabernacle on the west he made six frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - So there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - If she bears a female child, she will be impure fourteen days as during her menstrual flow, and she will remain sixty-six days in blood purity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - "'Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:6 - and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the ceremonially pure table before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - Those numbered in his division are 74,600.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - Those numbered in his division are 46,500.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - Those numbered in his division are 45,650.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those numbered in the camps, by their divisions, are 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

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