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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of curious work shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of curious work: with cherubim shall it be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the hight five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with curious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And thou shalt make the breast-plate of judgment with curious work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the miter of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women that were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skillful workmen, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise curious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: he made them with cherubim of curious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim he made it of curious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the hanging for the gate of the court was needle-work, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the hight in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with curious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he made the breast-plate of curious work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 - And they made coats of fine linen, of woven work, for Aaron and for his sons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:28 - And a miter of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle-work; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 - She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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