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Lexicon :: Strong's H8336 - šēš

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שֵׁשׁ
Transliteration
šēš
Pronunciation
shaysh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2473,2379a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; or (for alliteration with H4897) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy; for H7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble:—× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H8336 in the following manner: linen (20x), fine linen 17 marble (3x), silk (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H8336 in the following manner: linen (20x), fine linen 17 marble (3x), silk (1x), variant (1x).

  1. something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen

  2. alabaster, similar stone, marble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; or (for alliteration with H4897) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy; for H7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble:—× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
STRONGS H8336: Abbreviations
† II. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine id.; — עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Songs 5:15 (in figurative), Esther 1:6a, material of pavement Esther 1:6b (see בַּ֫הַט). — I. H8337 שֵׁשׁ see שׁדשׁ.

† III. שֵׁשׁ noun masculineExodus 26:1 byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHMVOJ viii (1894), 7 Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'LeanEncy.Bib. LINEN; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.); — always absolute שׁ׳ (שׁשׁי Ezekiel 16:13 is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen (בּוּץ, which see, is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women Exodus 35:25), and the material woven from it: used for garments Genesis 41:42 (E), Ezekiel 16:10, 13 (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), Proverbs 31:22; for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) Ezekiel 27:7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments Exodus 28:5, 39 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:3, 27, 28 (twice in verse); also מָשְׁזָר שׁ׳ twisted linen Exodus 28:6, 8, 15; Exodus 39:2, 5, 8, 28, 29 + Exodus 39:24 (read וְשֵׁשׁ מ׳ Sam Greek Version of the LXX Bae); שׁ׳ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle Exodus 25:4; Exodus 35:6, 23, 25, 35; Exodus 38:23, and so מָשְׁזָר שׁ׳ Exodus 26:1, 31, 36; Exodus 27:9, 16, 18; Exodus 36:8, 35, 37; Exodus 38:9, 16, 18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:42

Exodus

25:4; 26:1; 26:1; 26:31; 26:36; 27:9; 27:16; 27:18; 28:5; 28:6; 28:8; 28:15; 28:39; 35:6; 35:23; 35:25; 35:25; 35:35; 36:8; 36:35; 36:37; 38:9; 38:16; 38:18; 38:23; 39:2; 39:3; 39:5; 39:8; 39:24; 39:27; 39:28; 39:28; 39:29

Esther

1:6; 1:6

Proverbs

31:22

Song of Songs

5:15

Ezekiel

16:10; 16:13; 16:13; 27:7

H8336

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Strong's Number H8336 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשׁ (šēš),
which occurs 42 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goat's hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - "The tabernacle itself you are to make with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; you are to make them with cherubim that are the work of an artistic designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - "You are to make a special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - "You are to make a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - "You are to make the courtyard of the tabernacle. For the south side there are to be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet and the width seventy-five feet, and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings is to be seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - The artisans are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - "They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - "You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat's hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats' hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - Every woman who was skilled spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are craftsmen in all the work and artistic designers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - He made the courtyard. For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan, a designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 - They made tunics of fine linen - the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons -

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:28 - and the turban of fine linen, the headbands of fine linen, and the undergarments of fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 - She makes for herself coverlets; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail to serve as your banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck's awning.
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