Sheshay שֵׁשַׁי
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| שֵׁשַׁי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sheshay |
| Strong's number | H8344 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Sheshai |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (1) |
Sheshay (Hebrew שֵׁשַׁי, Strong's H8344) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Sheshai”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22;
son of: Anak (H6061);
brother of: Ahiman (H0289) and Talmai (H8526)
§ Sheshai = "noble"
son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan
son of: Anak (H6061);
brother of: Ahiman (H0289) and Talmai (H8526)
§ Sheshai = "noble"
son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sheshai (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sheshai (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Sheshay, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Judges
- Judges 1:10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).