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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.
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 - Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began,[fn] the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - She named him Zebulun,[fn] for she said, “God has given me a good reward. Now my husband will treat me with respect, for I have given him six sons.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, the servant given to Leah by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob’s descendants through Zilpah was sixteen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:26 - The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went with him to Egypt, not counting his sons’ wives, was sixty-six.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men,[fn] plus all the women and children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26 - You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:9 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why 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 slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:10 - “Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and join the other six into a second long curtain. Allow 3 feet of material from the second set of curtains to hang over the front[fn] of the sacred tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - Make six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - So there will be eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - Six names will be on each stone, arranged in the order of the births of the original sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:16 - Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:27 - He made six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - So there were eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - The lampstand had six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Each of the six branches had three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:5 - If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she will be ceremonially unclean for two weeks, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period. After waiting sixty-six days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:6 - Place the bread before the LORD on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two rows, with six loaves in each row.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:3 - For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - This is the number of men twenty years old or older who were able to go to war, as their names were listed in the records of their clans and families[fn]:
TribeNumber
Reuben (Jacob’s[fn] oldest son)46,500

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Gad45,650

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 -
Judah74,600

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - The total number was 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - “The divisions of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun are to camp toward the sunrise on the east side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:
TribeLeaderNumber
JudahNahshon son of Amminadab74,600

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - So the total of all the troops on Judah’s side of the camp is 186,400. These three tribes are to lead the way whenever the Israelites travel to a new campsite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - “The divisions of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad are to camp on the south side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:
TribeLeaderNumber
ReubenElizur son of Shedeur46,500

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GadEliasaph son of Deuel[fn]45,650

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - So the total of all the troops on Dan’s side of the camp is 157,600. These three tribes will be last, marching under their banners whenever the Israelites travel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - In summary, the troops of Israel listed by their families totaled 603,550.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - There were 8,600[fn] males one month old or older among these Kohathite clans. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary,

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