Sheshakh שֵׁשַׁךְ
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| שֵׁשַׁךְ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sheshakh |
| Strong's number | H8347 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Babylon |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Sheshakh (Hebrew שֵׁשַׁךְ, Strong's H8347) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Babylon”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sheshach (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sheshach (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Sheshakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
- Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
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).