Shesh שֵׁשׁ

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Shesh
שֵׁשׁ
Transliterationshesh
Strong's numberH8337
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechnoun
Glosssix
Occurrences216 in 203 verses
Most frequent inNumbers (28)

Shesh (Hebrew שֵׁשׁ, Strong's H8337) is a Hebrew noun meaning “six”. It occurs 216 times in 203 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) six
1a) six (cardinal number)
1b) sixth (ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
Aramaic equivalent: shet (שֵׁת "six" H8353)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsix (187), sixteen (20), sixteenth (3), sixth (2), threescore (1)
BSBsix (87), sixteen (15), had six (4), was (3), his six (3), sixteenth (3), all six (2), about six (2), about (1), other six (1), total (1), numbered (1), and 14 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Shesh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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