8333. sharsherah

Strong's Concordance

sharsherah: chain

Original Word: שַׁרְשְׁרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: sharsherah
Phonetic Spelling: (shar-sher-aw')
Definition: chain

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as shor
Definition
chain
NASB Translation
chains (7), chainwork* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שַׁרְשְׁרָה] noun feminine (in spite of following suffix masculine Exodus 28:14, Ges^{§ 135o} Albr^{ZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96}) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu, chain, fetter; Mishna שַׁרְשָׁרוֺת, Talmud שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac , chain or rope of palm-leaves, etc., but also Late Hebrew שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת chain, ᵑ7 שֵׁישְׁלָא, Syriac [whence Arabic , see Ethiopic ], (connection with ׳שַׁר denied by Nö^{B88W 56 Anm. 9})); — plural שַׁרְשְׁרוֺת, absolute 1 Kings 7:17 +, רֹת- absolute 2 Chronicles 3:15, construct Exodus 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁת Exodus 28:22 (either abbreviated or textual error); — chains of gold, like wreaths, attached to ephod Exodus 28:14 (twice in verse); Exodus 28:22; Exodus 39:15; ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1 Kings 7:17 (׳גְּדִלִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁ), "" 2 Chronicles 3:15,16 (twice in verse).

שׁרשׁ (apparently √ of following; Di^{Job 40:16} Buhl and others think = שׁרשׁר, √ שׁרר, compare שֹׁר, etc., Ethiopic nerve, muscle, whence שֹׁרֶשׁ as root-fibre, but word very ancient, and this der,quite unproven; Schw^{ZMG iii (1898), 140 f.} compare Arabic ( by dissimilation), thorn-bush, hard, rough, rugged (of ground), ill-natured, cross; hence שֹׁרֶשׁ, from tough, gnarled root-fibres; Late Hebrew and Phoenician שרש, Assyrian šuršu, all root, Sabean שרס (see Arabic above) root, foundation Hom^{Chr 124}, אשרס foundation DHM^{AMG xxix (1875), 606}; xxxvii (1883), 415; Aramaic שׁוֺרְשָׁא, root).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

chain

From sharash (compare sharshah); a chain; (arch.) Probably a garland -- chain.

see HEBREW sharash

see HEBREW sharshah

Forms and Transliterations

בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃ בשרשרות׃ וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃ ושרשרות׃ שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙ שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ שרשרות שרשרת baš·šar·šə·rō·wṯ BashsharsheRot baššaršərōwṯ šar·šə·rō·wṯ šar·šə·rōṯ šaršərōṯ šaršərōwṯ sharsheRot vesharsheRot wə·šar·šə·rō·wṯ wəšaršərōwṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 28:14
HEB: וּשְׁתֵּ֤י שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב טָה֔וֹר
NAS: and two chains of pure gold;
KJV: And two chains [of] pure gold
INT: and two chains gold of pure

Exodus 28:14
HEB: וְנָתַתָּ֛ה אֶת־ שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת הָעֲבֹתֹ֖ת עַל־
NAS: the corded chains on the filigree
KJV: the wreathen chains to the ouches.
INT: cordage shall put chains the corded on

Exodus 39:15
HEB: עַל־ הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
NAS: on the breastpiece chains like cords,
KJV: upon the breastplate chains at the ends,
INT: on the breastpiece chains of twisted work

1 Kings 7:17
HEB: גְּדִלִים֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר
KJV: and wreaths of chain work,
INT: and twisted work of chain the capitals which

2 Chronicles 3:5
HEB: עָלָ֛יו תִּמֹרִ֖ים וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃
NAS: it with palm trees and chains.
KJV: and set thereon palm trees and chains.
INT: with palm and chains

2 Chronicles 3:16
HEB: וַיַּ֤עַשׂ שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ בַּדְּבִ֔יר וַיִּתֵּ֖ן
NAS: He made chains in the inner sanctuary
KJV: And he made chains, [as] in the oracle,
INT: made chains the inner and placed

2 Chronicles 3:16
HEB: מֵאָ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֖ן בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃
NAS: and placed [them] on the chains.
KJV: and put [them] on the chains.
INT: hundred and placed the chains

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8333
7 Occurrences

baš·šar·šə·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
šar·šə·rōṯ — 5 Occ.
wə·šar·šə·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.