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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8337 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשׁ (šēš),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:46 - yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:4 - and his host, and their numbered ones, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 - all those numbered of the camp of Judah are a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:11 - and his host, and its numbered ones, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:15 - and his host, and their numbered ones, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:31 - All those numbered of the camp of Dan are a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, by their standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:32 - These are those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers; all those numbered of the camps by their hosts are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, are eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, are six thousand and two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - yea, they bring their offering before Jehovah, six waggons covered, and twelve oxen -- a waggon for two of the princes, and an ox for one -- and they bring them near before the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - And Moses saith, 'Six hundred thousand footmen are the people in whose midst I am; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are families of Judah, by their numbered ones, six and seventy thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These are sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered ones are five and forty thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 - These are numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - and the herd is six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and seventy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and the human beings are sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah is two and thirty persons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:44 - and of the herd six and thirty thousand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - and of human beings sixteen thousand --

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - 'And the cities which ye give to the Levites are the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:13 - 'As to the cities which ye give -- six are cities of refuge to you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares.
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