שֵׁשַׁךְ
she.shakhNounH8347
Babylon
From: of foreign derivation;
Short Definition
Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon
Full Lexicon Entry
Sheshach = "thy fine linen" another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach' Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, *בָּבֶל *"Babylon" H0894)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun
Morphology N:N--L
DescriptionN:N--L
Occurrences
2 timesAppears 2 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Jeremiah
2
Key Passages
- Jeremiah 25:26
- Jeremiah 51:41
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