Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8333
שַׁרְשְׁרָה
sharsherahshar-sher-aw'
chain
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sharshᵉrâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8333is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8333
a chain; (architectural) probably a garland
The King James renders it: chain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sharsherah is rendered "chain". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 28:14and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
Exodus 28:14שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- chains of3
- chains2
- and chains1
- on the chains1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת2
- בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃1
- וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃1
- שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת1
- שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙1
- שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfpc
- noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1HRd/Ncfpa
Exodus
three uses
and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
- שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙sharsherotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chains of
- שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥תsharsherotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chains of
For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥תsharsherotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: chains of
1 Kings
one use
For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
- שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹתsharsherotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: chains
2 Chronicles
three uses
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
- וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃vesharsherotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and chains
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
- שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙sharsherotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: chains
- בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃basharsherotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: on the chains
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.