8337. shesh

Strong's Lexicon

shesh: Six

Original Word: שֵׁשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: shesh
Pronunciation: shaysh
Phonetic Spelling: (shaysh)
Definition: Six
Meaning: six, as ord, sixth

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning "to bleach" or "to be white."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1803 (hex): The Greek equivalent for the number six, used in the New Testament.

Usage: The Hebrew word "shesh" is the numeral for the number six. It is used in the Bible to denote quantity, sequence, and measurement. The number six often appears in contexts related to time, such as days of work, and in measurements, such as cubits or units of weight.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, numbers held significant symbolic meaning. The number six is often associated with human labor and imperfection, as it falls one short of seven, which symbolizes completeness and divine perfection. The six days of creation, followed by a day of rest, highlight the human work week and the importance of the Sabbath.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שֵׁשׁ, שִׁשָּׁה₂₁₆

noun masculine and feminine six; — masculine שֵׁשׁ (c. noun feminine) Genesis 31:41 120t.; feminine שִׁשָּׁה (with

noun masculine) Genesis 30:20 39t.; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Exodus 23:12 30t. (6 1016are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P):

1 no other number:

a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g. שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים Exodus 21:2 (E) + 11 t., שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת 1 Samuel 17:4 8t.; שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה 1 Kings 6:6; שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים Genesis 30:20 (E) + 2 t.; שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים Exodus 23:12 (E) + 14 t.; 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^{§ 134o}).

2 16, c

noun feminine: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, before נָ֑פֶשׁ Genesis 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה 2 Kings 13:10 9t., בָּנוֺת2Chronicles 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 שׁ2Chronicles 29:27.

3600= שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת, Genesis 7:6 (P) + 63 t.; 6000 = שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Numbers 3:34 (P) + 8 t.; אֶלֶף ׳שׁ Judges 20:15 2t.

4 c. tens, ׳שׁ following Genesis 46:26 13t., precedes Numbers 31:44 (P).

5 ׳שׁ as round number, ׳חָמֵשׁ אוֺשֿׁ 2 Kings 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16.

שׁדת (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שׁדשׁ, שֵׁשׁ).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sixteen sixth

Masculine shishshah {shish-shaw'}; a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see suws) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. Sixth -- six((-teen, -teenth)), sixth.

see HEBREW suws

Forms and Transliterations

בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ בשש הַשִּׁשָּׁ֧ה הששה וְשִׁשָּֽׁה׃ וְשִׁשָּׁ֑ה וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה וְשִׁשָּׁ֗ה וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה וְשִׁשָּׁה֙ וְשֵֽׁשֶׁת־ וְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת וְשֵׁ֣שׁ וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת וְשֵׁ֥שׁ וְשֵׁ֧שֶׁת וְשֵׁשׁ־ וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃ וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וָשֵׁ֗שׁ וָשֵׁשׁ֙ ושש ושש־ ושש׃ וששה וששה׃ וששת וששת־ כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ כְּשֵׁשׁ־ כשש כשש־ לְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה לְשֵׁ֙שֶׁת֙ לְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת לְשֵׁשׁ־ לשש־ לששה לששת שִׁשָּֽׁה׃ שִׁשָּׁ֗ה שִׁשָּׁ֣ה שִׁשָּׁ֤ה שִׁשָּׁ֥ה שִׁשָּׁ֧ה שִׁשָּׁ֨ה שִׁשָּׁה֒ שִׁשָּׁה֙ שֵֽׁשֶׁת־ שֵֽׁשׁ־ שֵׁ֔שׁ שֵׁ֖שֶׁת שֵׁ֖שׁ שֵׁ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֣שׁ שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֤שֶׁת שֵׁ֤שׁ שֵׁ֥שֶׁת שֵׁ֥שׁ שֵׁ֧שֶׁת שֵׁ֧שׁ שֵׁ֨שׁ שֵׁשׁ֙ שֵׁשׁ־ שֶׁשׁ־ שש שש־ ששה ששה׃ ששת ששת־ bə·šêš bəšêš beShesh haš·šiš·šāh hashshishShah haššiššāh kə·šêš kə·šêš- kəšêš kəšêš- keshesh lə·šê·šeṯ lə·šêš- lə·šiš·šāh ləšêš- ləšêšeṯ leshesh leSheshet leshishShah ləšiššāh šê·šeṯ šê·šeṯ- šêš šeš- šêš- šêšeṯ šêšeṯ- shesh Sheshet shishShah šiš·šāh šiššāh vaShesh veshesh veSheshet veshishShah wā·šêš wāšêš wə·šê·šeṯ wə·šê·šeṯ- wə·šêš wə·šêš- wə·šiš·šāh wəšêš wəšêš- wəšêšeṯ wəšêšeṯ- wəšiššāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 7:6
HEB: וְנֹ֕חַ בֶּן־ שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
NAS: Now Noah was six hundred years
KJV: him.And Noah [was] six hundred years
INT: now Noah old was six hundred years

Genesis 7:11
HEB: בִּשְׁנַ֨ת שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֤וֹת שָׁנָה֙
NAS: In the six hundredth year
KJV: In the six hundredth year
INT: year the six hundredth year

Genesis 8:13
HEB: וַֽ֠יְהִי בְּאַחַ֨ת וְשֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֜וֹת שָׁנָ֗ה
NAS: Now it came about in the six hundred
KJV: And it came to pass in the six hundredth
INT: came and first the six hundred year

Genesis 16:16
HEB: שְׁמֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְשֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים בְּלֶֽדֶת־
KJV: [was] fourscore and six years
INT: was eighty-six years and six years bore

Genesis 30:20
HEB: יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וַתִּקְרָ֥א
NAS: I have borne him six sons.
KJV: with me, because I have born him six sons:
INT: because have borne six sons named

Genesis 31:41
HEB: בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתֶ֔יךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָ
NAS: daughters and six years
KJV: daughters, and six years
INT: your two daughters and six years your flock

Genesis 46:18
HEB: אֵ֙לֶּה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה נָֽפֶשׁ׃
NAS: to Jacob these sixteen persons.
INT: these to Jacob six teen persons

Genesis 46:26
HEB: נֶ֖פֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וָשֵֽׁשׁ׃
KJV: [were] threescore and six;
INT: persons threescore and six

Exodus 12:37
HEB: מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖ס סֻכֹּ֑תָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֧לֶף
NAS: to Succoth, about six hundred
KJV: to Succoth, about six hundred
INT: Rameses to Succoth six hundred thousand

Exodus 14:7
HEB: וַיִּקַּ֗ח שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת רֶ֙כֶב֙
NAS: and he took six hundred select
KJV: And he took six hundred
INT: took six hundred chariots

Exodus 16:26
HEB: שֵׁ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים תִּלְקְטֻ֑הוּ
NAS: Six days you shall gather
KJV: Six days ye shall gather
INT: Six days shall gather

Exodus 20:9
HEB: שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת יָמִ֣ים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮
NAS: Six days you shall labor
KJV: Six days shalt thou labour,
INT: Six days shall labor

Exodus 20:11
HEB: כִּ֣י שֵֽׁשֶׁת־ יָמִים֩ עָשָׂ֨ה
NAS: For in six days the LORD
KJV: For [in] six days the LORD
INT: in six days made

Exodus 21:2
HEB: עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד
NAS: he shall serve for six years;
KJV: servant, six years
INT: slave A Hebrew six years shall serve

Exodus 23:10
HEB: וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְרַ֣ע
NAS: your land for six years
KJV: And six years thou shalt sow
INT: six years shall sow

Exodus 23:12
HEB: שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה
NAS: Six days you are to do
KJV: Six days thou shalt do
INT: Six days do

Exodus 24:16
HEB: וַיְכַסֵּ֥הוּ הֶעָנָ֖ן שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וַיִּקְרָ֧א
NAS: covered it for six days;
KJV: covered it six days:
INT: covered and the cloud six days called

Exodus 25:32
HEB: וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה קָנִ֔ים יֹצְאִ֖ים
NAS: Six branches shall go
KJV: And six branches shall come
INT: Six branches shall go

Exodus 25:33
HEB: וָפָ֑רַח כֵּ֚ן לְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת הַקָּנִ֔ים הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים
NAS: so for six branches
KJV: and a flower: so in the six branches
INT: flower for six branches going

Exodus 25:35
HEB: הַקָּנִ֖ים מִמֶּ֑נָּה לְשֵׁ֙שֶׁת֙ הַקָּנִ֔ים הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים
NAS: of branches [coming] out of it, for the six branches
KJV: branches of the same, according to the six branches
INT: of branches for the six branches coming

Exodus 26:9
HEB: לְבָ֔ד וְאֶת־ שֵׁ֥שׁ הַיְרִיעֹ֖ת לְבָ֑ד
NAS: by themselves and the [other] six curtains
KJV: curtains by themselves, and six curtains
INT: curtains themselves and the six curtains themselves

Exodus 26:22
HEB: יָ֑מָּה תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה שִׁשָּׁ֥ה קְרָשִֽׁים׃
NAS: you shall make six boards.
KJV: westward thou shalt make six boards.
INT: to the west shall make six boards

Exodus 26:25
HEB: וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אֲדָנִ֑ים
NAS: of silver, sixteen sockets;
INT: their sockets of silver six teen sockets

Exodus 28:10
HEB: שִׁשָּׁה֙ מִשְּׁמֹתָ֔ם עַ֖ל
NAS: six of their names on the one
KJV: Six of their names on one
INT: six of their names and

Exodus 28:10
HEB: וְאֶת־ שְׁמ֞וֹת הַשִּׁשָּׁ֧ה הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים עַל־
NAS: of the remaining six on the other
KJV: stone, and [the other] six names
INT: the one and the names six of the remaining and

215 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8337
215 Occurrences

bə·šêš — 3 Occ.
haš·šiš·šāh — 1 Occ.
kə·šêš- — 4 Occ.
lə·šêš- — 1 Occ.
lə·šê·šeṯ — 4 Occ.
lə·šiš·šāh — 1 Occ.
šêš — 84 Occ.
šê·šeṯ — 21 Occ.
šiš·šāh — 29 Occ.
wā·šêš — 7 Occ.
wə·šêš- — 36 Occ.
wə·šê·šeṯ — 6 Occ.
wə·šiš·šāh — 18 Occ.