Word Study · Strong's H8344 · Hebrew

שֵׁשַׁי

Sheshay

shay-shah'-ee

Strong's 1890 spelling: Shêshay

“Sheshai, a Canaanite”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Sheshai, a Canaanite

Rendered in the KJV as

Sheshai.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

שֵׁשַׁ֣י1
שֵׁשַׁ֤י1
שֵׁשַׁ֥י1

How it is rendered · 1

Sheshai3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)3

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HNpm · 3

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Where this word lives

Numbers1 of 3 · 33%
Joshua1 of 3 · 33%
Judges1 of 3 · 33%

Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 13:22שֵׁשַׁ֣יsheshaiproper noun (a name)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.here: Sheshai

Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 15:14שֵׁשַׁ֤יsheshaiproper noun (a name)And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.here: Sheshai

Judges1 occurrence

Judges 1:10שֵׁשַׁ֥יsheshaiproper noun (a name)Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.here: Sheshai

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