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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.
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

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Strong's Number H8337 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשׁ (šēš),
which occurs 24 times in 21 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 - Six H8337 were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six H8337 months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:22 - The [fn]descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah, and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat, six. H8337

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - Now Shimei had sixteen H8337 sons and six H8337 daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600. H8337

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:4 - With them by their generations according to their fathers’ households were 36,000 H8337 [fn]troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 H8337 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 - Azel had six H8337 sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their [fn]relatives, 690 H8337 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their relatives according to their generations, 956. H8337 All these were heads of fathers’ households according to their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44 - Azel had six H8337 sons whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, H8337 equipped for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - Of the sons of Levi 4,600. H8337

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 - Of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, there were 28,600. H8337

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six H8337 fingers on each hand and six H8337 toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David gave Ornan 600 H8337 shekels of gold by weight for the [fn]site.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 H8337 were officers and judges,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - Since more chief men were found from the [fn]descendants of Eleazar than the [fn]descendants of Ithamar, they divided them thus: there were sixteen H8337 heads of fathers’ households of the [fn]descendants of Eleazar and eight of the [fn]descendants of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ households.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 - the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth H8337 for Immer,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, [fn]Zeri, Jeshaiah, [fn]Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, H8337 under the [fn]direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23 - for the sixteenth H8337 to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - On the east there were six H8337 Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two.
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