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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.
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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - And their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200 H8337.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630 H8337.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - And they brought their offering before Yahweh, six H8337 covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, and they brought them near before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 H8337 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 -

These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, 76,500 H8337.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 -

These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600 H8337.

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These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730 H8337.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

Now the loot that remained from the plunder which the [fn]men of war had plundered was 675,000 H8337 sheep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - and the levy of Yahweh from the sheep was 675 H8337;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - and the cattle were 36,000 H8337, from which the levy of Yahweh was 72;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and the human beings were 16,000 H8337, from whom the levy of Yahweh was 32 persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - and 36,000 H8337 cattle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and the human beings were 16,000 H8337—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold from the contribution offering which they raised up in offering to Yahweh, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 H8337 [fn]shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “And the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six H8337 cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - ‘And the cities which you are to give shall be your six H8337 cities of refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six H8337 cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner and for the foreign resident among them; that anyone who strikes a person down unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:13 -

‘Six H8337 days you shall labor and do all your work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six H8337 years, but in the seventh year you shall [fn]let him go to be free from you.

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“It shall not seem hard in your sight when you [fn]let him go to be free from you, for he has given you six H8337 years with [fn]double the service of a hired man; so Yahweh your God will bless you in whatever you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:8 - “Six H8337 days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall do no work on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - “And you shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six H8337 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:14 - Thus the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp; they did so for six H8337 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six H8337 of their men and pursued them [fn]from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen H8337 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - and Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six H8337 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:62

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six H8337 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - And the border reached to Tabor and Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh, and [fn]their border ended at the Jordan; sixteen H8337 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 -

Now after him was Shamgar the son of Anath. And he struck down 600 H8337 Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 -

And Jephthah judged Israel six H8337 years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 -

Then from the family of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, 600 H8337 men armed with weapons of war set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Now the 600 H8337 men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, were standing by the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Then the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image. And the priest was standing by the entrance of the gate with the 600 H8337 men armed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:15 - And from the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were [fn]numbered, 26,000 H8337 men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were [fn]numbered, 700 choice men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But 600 H8337 men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - And he said, “Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it.” So she held it, and he measured six H8337 measures of barley and placed it on her. Then [fn]she went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - She said, “These six H8337 measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty.’”

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Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 H8337 horsemen and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

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Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul [fn]numbered the people who were present with him, about six H8337 hundred men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 - And Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six H8337 hundred men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - Then a champion came out from the camps of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was [fn]six H8337 cubits and a [fn]span.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six H8337 hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, about six H8337 hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. Now it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, so he ceased going out in pursuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:2 - So David arose and crossed over, he and the six H8337 hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9 - So David went, he and the six H8337 hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - And the [fn]time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six H8337 months.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six H8337 months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And so it happened, that when those who were carrying the ark of Yahweh had gone six H8337 paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - Now all his servants passed on beside him, all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six H8337 hundred men who had come [fn]with him from Gath, passed on before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of great stature who had six H8337 fingers on each hand and six H8337 toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the [fn]giants.

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