Word Study · Strong's H8348 · Hebrew
שֵׁשָׁן
Sheshan
shay-shawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shêshân
“Sheshan, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sheshan, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Sheshan.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וּלְשֵׁשָׁ֛ן1
- לְשֵׁשָׁ֛ן1
- שֵׁשָׁ֔ן1
- שֵׁשָׁ֖ן1
- שֵׁשָׁ֧ן1
How it is rendered · 3
- Sheshan3
- and [belonged] to Sheshan1
- to Sheshan1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 3
- HC/R/Npm · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:31שֵׁשָׁ֔ןsheshanproper noun (a name)The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.here: Sheshan
- 1 Chronicles 2:31שֵׁשָׁ֖ןsheshanproper noun (a name)The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.here: Sheshan
- 1 Chronicles 2:34לְשֵׁשָׁ֛ןlesheshanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.here: to Sheshan
- 1 Chronicles 2:34וּלְשֵׁשָׁ֛ןulesheshanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.here: and [belonged] to Sheshan
- 1 Chronicles 2:35שֵׁשָׁ֧ןsheshanproper noun (a name)Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.here: Sheshan