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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8336

שֵׁשׁ

sheshshaysh

alabaster; linen

41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shêsh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8336is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 16
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8336

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

The King James renders it: [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

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

shesh is rendered "alabaster; linen". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.

  • Thirty-three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "alabaster".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
  • The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.

The first use

Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Genesis 41:42שֵׁ֔שׁ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-three of the word's forty-one uses are in Exodus.

The other 33 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: alabaster, and linen.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
alabasterStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger…
linenStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • fine linen17
  • and fine linen15
  • the fine linen3
  • and in the fine linen2
  • marble2
  • and marble1
  • with the fine linen1

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.

שֵׁשׁsheshsixUses216

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 41, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

16 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

  • וְשֵׁ֥שׁ8
  • וְשֵׁ֣שׁ7
  • שֵׁ֣שׁ6
  • שֵׁ֔שׁ4
  • שֵׁ֑שׁ3
  • שֵׁ֥שׁ2
  • שֵׁ֖שׁ2
  • בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁ1
  • הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ1
  • הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃1
  • הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ פ1
  • וּבַשֵּׁ֖שׁ1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular19HNcmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular14HC/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HC/Rd/Ncmsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa

Genesis

one use
  • Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

    Genesis 41:42

    • שֵׁ֔שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen

Exodus

thirty-three uses
  • blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

    Exodus 25:4

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

    Exodus 26:1

    • שֵׁ֣שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

    Exodus 26:31

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

    Exodus 26:36

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

    Exodus 27:9

    • שֵׁ֣שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

    Exodus 27:16

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

    Exodus 27:18

    • שֵׁ֣שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

    Exodus 28:5

    • הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ פhasheshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the fine linen
  • They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

    Exodus 28:6

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

    Exodus 28:8

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

    Exodus 28:15

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.

    Exodus 28:39

    • שֵׁ֔שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
    • שֵׁ֑שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

    Exodus 35:6

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and fine linen
  • Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.

    Exodus 35:23

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and fine linen
  • Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.

    Exodus 35:25

    • הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃hasheshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the fine linen
  • He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.

    Exodus 35:35

    • וּבַשֵּׁ֖שׁuvasheshconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the fine linen
  • All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

    Exodus 36:8

    • שֵׁ֣שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

    Exodus 36:35

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

    Exodus 36:37

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

    Exodus 38:9

    • שֵׁ֣שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

    Exodus 38:16

    • שֵׁ֥שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

    Exodus 38:18

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

    Exodus 38:23

    • וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ סuvasheshconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the fine linen
  • Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

    Exodus 39:2

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

    Exodus 39:3

    • הַשֵּׁ֑שׁhasheshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the fine linen
  • And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:5

    • וְשֵׁ֣שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

    Exodus 39:8

    • וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and fine linen
  • For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,

    Exodus 39:27

    • שֵׁ֖שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

    Exodus 39:28

    • שֵׁ֔שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
    • שֵׁ֑שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
    • שֵׁ֥שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:29

    • שֵׁ֣שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen

Esther

two uses
  • Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

    Esther 1:6

    • שֵׁ֑שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: marble
    • וָשֵׁ֖שׁvasheshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and marble

Proverbs

one use
  • She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

    Proverbs 31:22

    • שֵׁ֖שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen

Song of Solomon

one use
  • His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

    Song of Solomon 5:15

    • שֵׁ֔שׁsheshnoun · masculine singulartagged: marble

Ezekiel

three uses
  • I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

    Ezekiel 16:10

    • בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁbasheshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the fine linen
  • So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.

    Ezekiel 16:13

    • שֵׁ֤שׁsheshinoun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen
  • Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

    Ezekiel 27:7

    • שֵׁשׁ־shesh-noun · masculine singulartagged: fine linen

The letters

Gematria 600

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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