Word Study · Strong's H8347 · Hebrew
שֵׁשַׁךְ
Sheshak
shay-shak'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shêshak
“Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon
Rendered in the KJV as
Sheshach.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְ1
- שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ1
How it is rendered · 1
- Sheshach2
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)2
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- HNpl · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 25:26שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְsheshakhproper noun (a name)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.here: Sheshach
- Jeremiah 51:41שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְsheshakhproper noun (a name)How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!here: Sheshach