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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.
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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 4 / 5 (2Ch 16:1–Eze 46:1)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 -

In the thirty-sixth H8337 year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built up Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - So he was hidden with them in the house of God six H8337 years while Athaliah was reigning over the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 -

And all the people of Judah took [fn]Uzziah, who was sixteen H8337 years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen H8337 years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number of the heads of the [fn]households, of mighty men of valor, was 2,600 H8337.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 -

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H8337 years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:8 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H8337 years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:1 -

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen H8337 years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of Yahweh, as David his father had done.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - Then they began [fn]to set it apart as holy on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of Yahweh. Then they set apart the house of Yahweh as holy in eight days, and completed it on the sixteenth H8337 day of the first month.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - And the holy things were 600 H8337 bulls and 3,000 sheep.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - His officials also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 H8337 from the flocks and 300 bulls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:10 -

the sons of [fn]Bani, 642 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:11 -

the sons of Bebai, 623 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:13 -

the sons of Adonikam, 666 H8337 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:14 -

the sons of Bigvai, 2,056 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:22 -

the men of Netophah, 56 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 -

the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:30 -

the sons of Magbish, 156 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:35 -

the sons of Senaah, 3,630 H8337.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:60 - the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 652 H8337.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66 -

Their horses were 736 H8337; their mules, 245;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 -

their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720 H8337.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work 61,000 H8337 gold [fn]drachmas and 5,000 silver [fn]minas and 100 priestly tunics.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - Thus I weighed into their hands [fn]650 H8337 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 -

The exiles who had come from the captivity brought burnt offerings near to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 H8337 rams, 77 lambs, 12 male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six H8337 choice sheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I did not require the governor’s food allowance, because the slavery was heavy on this people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:10 -

the sons of Arah, 652 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:15 -

the sons of [fn]Binnui, 648 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:16 -

the sons of Bebai, 628 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18 -

the sons of Adonikam, 667 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:20 -

the sons of Adin, 655 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 -

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621 H8337;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 -

the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642 H8337.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 -

their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720 H8337.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 -

Now when it reached the turn of each young lady to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their cosmetic treatment were fulfilled as follows: six H8337 months with oil of myrrh and six H8337 months with spices and the cosmetics for women

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 -

[fn]From six H8337 distresses He will deliver you,

Even in seven evil will not touch you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And Yahweh blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 H8337 camels and 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:16 -

There are six H8337 things H8337 which Yahweh hates,

Even seven which are an abomination [fn]to Him:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Seraphim stood above Him, each having six H8337 wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years each of you shall let his Hebrew brother go who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you six H8337 years, and you shall let him go to be free from you; but your fathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - There were ninety-six H8337 [fn]exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered one hundred on the network all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took away into exile 745 Jewish people; there were 4,600 H8337 persons in all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six H8337 men were coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a [fn]scribe’s case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 -

And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house of Yahweh all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six H8337 cubits, each of which was a [fn]cubit and a [fn]handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the [fn]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12 - There was a [fn]barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six H8337 cubits square on each side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 -

Then he brought me to the [fn]nave and measured the side pillars; [fn]six H8337 cubits wide on each side was the width of the [fn]side pillar.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went [fn]inside and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six H8337 cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 -

Then he measured the wall of the house of Yahweh, six H8337 cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw also that the house had a raised [fn]platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of [fn]six H8337 [fn]long cubits in height.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut the six H8337 working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon.


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