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HebrewH8336Noun (Masculine)

שֵׁשׁ

shesh

37Occurrences
H8336Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

or (for alliteration with H4897 (מֶשִׁי)) שְׁשִׁי; for H7893 (שַׁיִשׁ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
alabaster, similar stone, marble, material of pavement

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שֵׁשׁ appears 37 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
30
Ezk
3
Esther
1
Genesis
1
Proverbs
1
Song of Solomon
1

Key Passages

Esther 1:6BSB

Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

Exodus 27:18BSB

The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

Exodus 35:23BSB

Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.

Exodus 38:16BSB

All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

Exodus 39:27BSB

For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.