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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
Dictionary Aids

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 בָּאַמָּה1 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 2 / 5 (Num 3:34–2Sa 21:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 -

Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 -

The men registered by their clans and their ancestral families numbered 2,630.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 -

They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart from every two leaders and an ox from each one, and presented them in front of the tabernacle.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 -

But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with six hundred thousand foot soldiers, yet you say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 -

These were Judah’s clans numbered by their registered men: 76,500.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 -

These were the Benjaminite clans numbered by their registered men: 45,600.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 -

These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

The captives remaining from the plunder the army had taken totaled:

675,000 sheep and goats,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 -

and the tribute to the LORD was 675

from the sheep and goats;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 -

from the 36,000 cattle,

the tribute to the LORD was 72;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 -

and from the 16,000 people,

the tribute to the LORD was 32 people.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 -

36,000 cattle,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 -

and 16,000 people.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 -

All the gold of the contribution they offered to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 -

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you will provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give forty-two other cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 -

“The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 -

“These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the alien or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:13 -

“You are to labor six days and do all your work,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your fellow Hebrew, a man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, you must set him free in the seventh year.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 -

“Do not regard it as a hardship[fn] when you set him free, because he worked for you six years ​— ​worth twice the wages of a hired worker. Then the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:8 -

“Eat unleavened bread for six days. On the seventh day there is to be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God; do not do any work.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 -

“March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:14 -

On the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 -

The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them and chased them from outside the city gate to the quarries,[fn] striking them down on the descent. As a result, the people lost heart.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 -

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah ​— ​sixteen cities, with their settlements;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 -

Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon ​— ​six cities, with their settlements;[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 -

Nibshan, the City of Salt,[fn] and En-gedi ​— ​six cities, with their settlements.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 -

The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan ​— ​sixteen cities, with their settlements.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 -

After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath became judge. He also delivered Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with a cattle prod.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 -

Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 -

Six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol armed with weapons of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 -

The six hundred Danite men were standing by the entrance of the city gate, armed with their weapons of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 -

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the silver idol,[fn] while the priest was standing by the entrance of the city gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 -

On that day the Benjaminites mobilized twenty-six thousand armed men from their cities, besides seven hundred fit young men rallied by the inhabitants of Gibeah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 -

But six hundred men escaped into the wilderness to Rimmon Rock and stayed there four months.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 -

And he told Ruth, “Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.” When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she[fn] went into the town.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 -

She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, because he said,[fn] ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:5 -

The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: three thousand[fn] chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 -

Then Samuel went[fn] from Gilgal to Gibeah in Benjamin. Saul registered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 -

Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah.[fn] The troops with him numbered about six hundred.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 -

Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches[fn][fn] tall

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 -

His spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed fifteen pounds.[fn] In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 -

So David and his men, numbering about six hundred, left Keilah at once and moved from place to place. When it was reported to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he called off the expedition.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 -

So David set out with his six hundred men and went over to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9 -

So David and the six hundred men with him went. They came to the Wadi Besor, where some stayed behind.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 -

The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 -

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 -

When those carrying the ark of the LORD advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 -

while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the people of Gath— six hundred men who came with him from there ​— ​marched past the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 -

At Gath there was still another battle. A huge man was there with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot ​— ​twenty-four in all. He, too, was descended from the giant.


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