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Lexicon :: Strong's H8347 - šēšaḵ

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שֵׁשַׁךְ
Transliteration
šēšaḵ
Pronunciation
shay-shak'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2475

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8347 in the following manner: Sheshach (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8347 in the following manner: Sheshach (2x).
  1. Sheshach = "thy fine linen"

    1. another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.
STRONGS H8347: Abbreviations
שֵׁשַׁךְ proper name, of a territory = בָּבֶל (Jerome Rabb and modern; by Atbaš (בש׳ את׳), i.e. disguising name by substituting last letter of alphabet for first, next last for second, etc., compare Thes); — Jeremiah 51:41 and hence (perhaps gloss) Jeremiah 25:26 (see Gie).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Jeremiah

25:26; 51:41

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8347 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשַׁךְ (šēšaḵ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - And all the kings H4428 of the north, H6828 far H7350 and near, H7138 one H376 with another, H251 and all the kingdoms H4467 of the world, H776 which are upon the face H6440 of the earth: H127 and the king H4428 of Sheshach H8347 shall drink H8354 after H310 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - How is Sheshach H8347 taken! H3920 and how is the praise H8416 of the whole earth H776 surprised! H8610 how is Babylon H894 become an astonishment H8047 among the nations! H1471
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