שֵׁשׁ
six
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 135 times (63%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 49 times (23%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct 32 times (15%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 216 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 8 verses
- Genesis 7:6 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:11 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 8:13 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
- Genesis 16:16 וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
- Genesis 30:20 שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 31:41 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These twenty years have I been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
- Genesis 46:18 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
- Genesis 46:26 וָ/שֵֽׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
Exodus 27 verses
- Exodus 12:37 כְּ/שֵׁשׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
- Exodus 14:7 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
- Exodus 16:26 שֵׁ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none."
- Exodus 20:9 שֵׁ֤שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
- Exodus 20:11 שֵֽׁשֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- Exodus 21:2 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
- Exodus 23:10 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
- Exodus 23:12 שֵׁ֤שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
- Exodus 24:16 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
- Exodus 25:32 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;
- Exodus 25:33 לְ/שֵׁ֣שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;
- Exodus 25:35 לְ/שֵׁ֨שֶׁת֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
- Exodus 26:9 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
- Exodus 26:22 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms For the far part of the tent westward you shall make six boards.
- Exodus 26:25 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 28:10 שִׁשָּׁה֙ הַ/שִּׁשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
- Exodus 31:15 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 31:17 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
- Exodus 34:21 שֵׁ֤שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
- Exodus 35:2 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
- Exodus 36:16 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
- Exodus 36:27 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards.
- Exodus 36:30 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
- Exodus 37:18 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side:
- Exodus 37:19 לְ/שֵׁ֣שֶׁת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower, and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
- Exodus 37:21 לְ/שֵׁ֨שֶׁת֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
- Exodus 38:26 לְ/שֵׁשׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
Leviticus 4 verses
- Leviticus 12:5 וְ/שֵׁ֣שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.
- Leviticus 23:3 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs "'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
- Leviticus 24:6 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 25:3 שֵׁ֤שׁ וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
Numbers 28 verses
- Numbers 1:21 שִׁשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:25 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
- Numbers 1:27 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 1:46 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 2:4 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 2:9 וְ/שֵֽׁשֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
- Numbers 2:11 שִׁשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 2:15 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
- Numbers 2:31 וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."
- Numbers 2:32 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 3:28 וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:34 שֵׁ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 4:40 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
- Numbers 7:3 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 11:21 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
- Numbers 26:22 שִׁשָּׁ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 26:41 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 26:51 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Numbers 31:32 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
- Numbers 31:37 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
- Numbers 31:38 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was seventy-two.
- Numbers 31:40 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons.
- Numbers 31:44 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms and thirty-six thousand oxen,
- Numbers 31:46 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms and sixteen thousand persons),
- Numbers 31:52 שִׁשָּׁ֨ה adj Cardinal number ms All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
- Numbers 35:6 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
- Numbers 35:13 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
- Numbers 35:15 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 5:13 שֵׁ֤שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;
- Deuteronomy 15:12 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
- Deuteronomy 15:18 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
- Deuteronomy 16:8 שֵׁ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Yahweh your God; you shall do no work [therein].
Joshua 7 verses
- Joshua 6:3 שֵׁ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.
- Joshua 6:14 שֵׁ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
- Joshua 7:5 וְ/שִׁשָּׁה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
- Joshua 15:41 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:59 שֵׁ֖שׁ adj Cardinal number fs and Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 15:62 שֵׁ֖שׁ adj Cardinal number fs and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:22 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
Judges 7 verses
- Judges 3:31 שֵֽׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel.
- Judges 12:7 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead.
- Judges 18:11 שֵֽׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
- Judges 18:16 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
- Judges 18:17 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.
- Judges 20:15 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
- Judges 20:47 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 3:15 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
- Ruth 3:17 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs She said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said, "Don't go empty to your mother-in-law."
1 Samuel 8 verses
- 1 Samuel 13:5 וְ/שֵׁ֤שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:15 כְּ/שֵׁ֥שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
- 1 Samuel 14:2 כְּ/שֵׁ֥שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;
- 1 Samuel 17:4 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- 1 Samuel 17:7 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs The staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
- 1 Samuel 23:13 כְּ/שֵׁשׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
- 1 Samuel 27:2 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
- 1 Samuel 30:9 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:11 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2 Samuel 5:5 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 2 Samuel 6:13 שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- 2 Samuel 15:18 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs All his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
- 2 Samuel 21:20 שֵׁ֣שׁ וָ/שֵׁ֗שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
1 Kings 9 verses
- 1 Kings 6:6 שֵׁ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
- 1 Kings 10:14 שֵׁ֥שׁ וָ/שֵׁ֖שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
- 1 Kings 10:16 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.
- 1 Kings 10:19 שֵׁ֧שׁ adj Cardinal number fs There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
- 1 Kings 10:20 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 1 Kings 10:29 בְּ/שֵׁ֣שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 1 Kings 11:16 שֵׁ֧שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
- 1 Kings 16:8 וָ/שֵׁשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, [and reigned] two years.
- 1 Kings 16:23 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 5:5 וְ/שֵׁ֤שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs The king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
- 2 Kings 11:3 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He was with her hid in the house of Yahweh six years. Athaliah reigned over the land.
- 2 Kings 13:10 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.
- 2 Kings 13:19 שֵׁשׁ֙ adj Cardinal number fs The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
- 2 Kings 14:21 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 15:2 שֵׁ֨שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 15:8 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
- 2 Kings 15:33 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Kings 16:2 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father.
- 2 Kings 18:10 שֵׁ֖שׁ adj Cardinal number fs At the end of three years they took it: in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
1 Chronicles 21 verses
- 1 Chronicles 3:4 שִׁשָּׁה֙ וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
- 1 Chronicles 3:22 שִׁשָּֽׁה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 שִׁשָּׁ֤ה שֵׁ֔שׁ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
- 1 Chronicles 7:40 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 8:38 שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 9:6 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
- 1 Chronicles 9:9 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֑ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
- 1 Chronicles 9:44 שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 שֵׁ֧שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
- 1 Chronicles 12:26 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 12:35 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 20:6 שֵׁשׁ וָ/שֵׁשׁ֙ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to the giant.
- 1 Chronicles 21:25 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4 שֵׁ֥שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
- 1 Chronicles 24:4 שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
- 1 Chronicles 24:14 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 שִׁשָּׁ֗ה adj Cardinal number ms Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 25:23 לְ/שִׁשָּׁ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:17 שִׁשָּׁה֒ adj Cardinal number ms Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
2 Chronicles 21 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 בְּ/שֵׁ֣שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 2 Chronicles 2:2 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
- 2 Chronicles 2:17 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Solomon numbered all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 2:18 וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- 2 Chronicles 9:13 שֵׁ֥שׁ וָ/שֵׁ֖שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
- 2 Chronicles 9:15 שֵׁ֤שׁ adj Cardinal number fs King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one buckler.
- 2 Chronicles 9:18 וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
- 2 Chronicles 9:19 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 16:1 וָ/שֵׁשׁ֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 22:12 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs He was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
- 2 Chronicles 26:1 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3 שֵׁ֨שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 26:12 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The whole number of the heads of fathers' [houses], even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
- 2 Chronicles 27:1 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Chronicles 27:8 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1 וְ/שֵׁשׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, like David his father;
- 2 Chronicles 29:17 שִׁשָּׁ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
- 2 Chronicles 29:33 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 35:8 וְ/שֵׁ֣שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His princes gave for a freewill-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [small cattle], and three hundred oxen.
Ezra 14 verses
- Ezra 2:10 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
- Ezra 2:11 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
- Ezra 2:13 שֵׁ֥שׁ וְ/שִׁשָּֽׁה adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
- Ezra 2:14 וְ/שִׁשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
- Ezra 2:22 וְ/שִׁשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
- Ezra 2:26 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
- Ezra 2:30 וְ/שִׁשָּֽׁה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
- Ezra 2:35 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
- Ezra 2:60 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
- Ezra 2:66 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֑ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
- Ezra 2:67 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
- Ezra 2:69 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
- Ezra 8:26 שֵֽׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;
- Ezra 8:35 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֗ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Nehemiah 10 verses
- Nehemiah 5:18 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
- Nehemiah 7:10 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:15 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:16 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:18 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.
- Nehemiah 7:20 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Adin, six hundred fifty-five.
- Nehemiah 7:30 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
- Nehemiah 7:62 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:68 שֵׁ֣שֶׁת adj Cardinal number ms cs Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
- Nehemiah 7:69 ששת adj Cardinal number ms cs [their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
Esther 1 verse
Job 2 verses
- Job 5:19 בְּ/שֵׁ֣שׁ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
- Job 42:12 וְ/שֵׁ֤שֶׁת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 1 verse
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 34:14 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
- Jeremiah 52:23 וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network round about.
- Jeremiah 52:30 וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
Ezekiel 10 verses
- Ezekiel 9:2 שִׁשָּׁ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
- Ezekiel 40:5 שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:12 שֵׁשׁ וְ/שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
- Ezekiel 41:1 שֵׁשׁ וְ/שֵׁשׁ adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tent.
- Ezekiel 41:3 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:5 שֵׁ֣שׁ adj Cardinal number fs Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
- Ezekiel 41:8 שֵׁ֥שׁ adj Cardinal number fs I saw also that the house had a raised base round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
שש (shêsh) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “six.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. It turns up in 203 verses across 22 books, a common footprint. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 7:6. It clusters with ששה, ששי and ששים under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8337 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 203
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 203 distinct verses.
- 22 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 22 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #220
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 220 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 203 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Numbers 28 verses 14%
- Exodus 27 verses 13%
- 1 Chronicles 21 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 203 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 72 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 71 verses · 35%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 60 verses · 30%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Six 140×, Sixteen 12×, Were six 8×
- American Standard Version†: Six 134×, Sixteen 13×, Were six 9×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Six 91×, Sixteen 15×, And 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Six 78×, Were 26×, And 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8337 across 213† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8337 across 213† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8337 across 145† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 70 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8337 across 161† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 57 further occurrences.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שש I f.six
- 1. no other num.:
- a. bef. n.pl. 75 times: e.g. שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים Ex 21:2 (E) + 11 times, שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת 1 S 17:4 + 8 times; שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה †1 K 6:6; שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים Gn 30:20 (E) + 2 times; שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים Ex 23:12 (E) + 14 times; after n. (late) †Ex 28:2 Jos 15:59, 62 (all P), 1 Ch 4:27; 26:17; Ne 5:18; rarely n. om. Lv 24:6 (P) + (distrib. 2 S 21:20 = 1 Ch 20:6). e.g. Exodus 21:2
- b. = ordin. שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְק׳ 2 K 18:10 (Ges§ 134 o). e.g. 2 Kings 18:10
- 2. 16, c. n.f.: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, bef. נָ֑פֶשׁ Gn 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה 2 K 13:10 + 9 times, בָּנוֹת 2 Ch 13:21; after עָרִים Jos 15:41; 19:22 (P); c. n.m. שִׁשָׁה עָשָׂר, bef. אֲדָנִים Ex 26:25; 36:30 (P), also אֶלֶף, 1000, Nu 31:40 + (P); after בָּנִים 1 Ch 4:27, etc.; = ordin. 16th 1 Ch 24:14; 25:23 +, יוֹם שׁ׳ ע׳ 2 Ch 29:17. e.g. Genesis 46:18
- 3. 600 = שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת, Gn 7:6 (P) + 63 times; 6000 = שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Nu 3:34 (P) + 8 times; שׁ׳ אֶלֶף Ju 20:15 + 2 times e.g. Genesis 7:6
- 4. c. tens, שׁ׳ foll. Gn 46:26 + 13 times, precedes Nu 31:44 (P). e.g. Genesis 46:26
- 5. שׁ׳ as round no., חָמֵשׁ אוֹ־שׁ׳ 2 K 13:19, cf. Jb 5:19 Pr 6:16. e.g. 2 Kings 13:19
שש II six, v. שׁדשׁ.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. et f.six;—m. שֵׁשׁ (c. n.f.) Gn 31:41 + 120 times; f. שִׁשָּׁה (c. n.m.) 30:20 + 39 times; cstr. שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Ex 23:12 + 30 times (6 + 10 = 16 are additional);—six (Hex chiefly P):
II. n.m. id.;—עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Ct 5:15 (in fig.), Est 1:6 a, material of pavement v 6 b (v. בַּ֫הַט).—I. שֵׁשׁ, v. שׁדשׁ.
V. n.m. Ex 26:1 byssus (loan-wd. prob. from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap. DHM VOJ viii (1894), 7 Copt. šens, cf. Copt. šent, weave; v. MʿLeanEncy. Bib. linen; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.);—always abs. שׁ׳ (שׁשׁי Ez 16:13 is error):—byssus, fine Egyptian linen (בּוּץ, q.v., is later synon.), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women Ex 35:25), and the material woven from it: used for garments Gn 41:42 (E), Ez 16:10, 13 (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), Pr 31:22; for sail (in fig. of Tyre as ship) Ez 27:7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments Ex 28:5, 39(×2); 39:3, 27, 28(×2); also שׁ׳ מָשְׁזָר twisted linen 28:6, 8, 15; 39:2, 5, 8, 28, 29 + v 24 (read וְשֵׁשׁ מ׳ Sam. 𝔊 Bae); שׁ׳ of hangings, etc., in tabern. 25:4; 35:6, 23, 25, 35; 38:23, and so שׁ׳ מָשְׁזָר 26:1, 31, 36; 27:9, 16, 18; 36:8, 35, 37; 38:9, 16, 18.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive number
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שֵׁשׁ I
- (b. h.) marble, v. שַׁיִשׁ.
שֵׁשׁ II
- (b. h.) white linen. Yoma 71ᵇ דברים שנאמר בהן שש … ששה וכ׳ those things concerning which shesh is used are woven of a sixfold thread, where moshzar is added, of an eightfold thread. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי שש כיתנא הוא what evidence is there that that shesh (Ex. XXXIX, 27) means flax? Y. Kil. IX, beg. 31ᵈ (ref. to Ex. XXXIX, 28; 29, a. Ez. XLIV, 18) את דרש שש משש שש מפארי ופארי מפארי you learn the meaning of shesh (in האבנט שש משזר) from shesh (in פארי מגבעות שש), and the meaning of this shesh from פארי (in ופארי פשתים Ez. l. c.), and the meaning of this paăré from paăré (in פארי מגבעות, Ex. l. c.). Midr. Prov. to ch. XXXI, 22 זו … שהיה מרוקם בשש וארגמן that is Bathsheba of whom came Solomon who was clad in embroidered garments of white linen and purple; Yalk. ib. 964. Cant. R. to IV, 12 (ref. to Ez. XVI, 10) תחת שש ועזים as a reward for the offering of white linen and goats’ hair (Ex. XXV, 4); a. e. e.g. Exodus 39:27
שֵׁשׁ
- six. Pes. V, 1 (58ᵃ) בששה ומחצה (Y. a. Bab. ed. בשש) at six hours and a half (from sunrise). Y. ib. IV, beg. 30ᶜ משש שעות ולמעלן after six hours (noon); משש שעות ולמען before noon. Yoma 21ᵇ שש אשות הן there are six kinds of fire. Pes. 49ᵇ ש׳ דברים נאמרו וכ׳ six things have been said concerning ignorant people; a. v. fr.—Constr. m. שֵׁשֶׁת. Snh. 97ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 9ᵃ; v. שָׁנָה II; a. fr.—Pl. שִׁשִּׁים sixty. B. Kam. 58ᵇ סאה בש׳ סאין the damage to a field of one S’ah is assessed by calculation from a field of sixty S’ahs (so as to arrive at a fair estimate). Ib. בש׳ taking as a basis for calculation sixty times the quantity under dispute; ib. 59ᵃ; a. e.—Ḥull. 97ᵇ בש׳ (sub. בטל) is neutralized in a quantity sixty times as large. Ex. R. s. 1 ש׳ בכרס אחד sixty at one birth. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ top ש׳ רבוא sixty myriads. Succ. 51ᵇ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 54 distinct written forms H8337 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8337, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- ששה shâshâh H8341 to give sixth part
- ששי shishshîy H8345 sixth
- ששים shishshîym H8346 sixty
- שת shêth H8353 six
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 191 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 203 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 7:6
- Exodus 12:37
- Leviticus 12:5
- Numbers 1:21
- Deuteronomy 5:13
- Joshua 6:3
- Judges 3:31
- Ruth 3:15
- 1 Samuel 13:5
- 2 Samuel 2:11
- 1 Kings 6:6
- 2 Kings 5:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
