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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.
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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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