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Lexicon :: Strong's H8336 - šēš

Aa
שֵׁשׁ
Transliteration
šēš
Pronunciation
shaysh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2473,2379a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; or (for alliteration with H4897) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy; for H7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble:—× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H8336 in the following manner: linen (20x), fine linen 17 marble (3x), silk (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H8336 in the following manner: linen (20x), fine linen 17 marble (3x), silk (1x), variant (1x).

  1. something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen

  2. alabaster, similar stone, marble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשׁ shêsh, shaysh; or (for alliteration with H4897) שְׁשִׁי shᵉshîy; for H7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble:—× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
STRONGS H8336: Abbreviations
† II. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine id.; — עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Songs 5:15 (in figurative), Esther 1:6a, material of pavement Esther 1:6b (see בַּ֫הַט). — I. H8337 שֵׁשׁ see שׁדשׁ.

† III. שֵׁשׁ noun masculineExodus 26:1 byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHMVOJ viii (1894), 7 Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'LeanEncy.Bib. LINEN; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.); — always absolute שׁ׳ (שׁשׁי Ezekiel 16:13 is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen (בּוּץ, which see, is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women Exodus 35:25), and the material woven from it: used for garments Genesis 41:42 (E), Ezekiel 16:10, 13 (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), Proverbs 31:22; for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) Ezekiel 27:7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments Exodus 28:5, 39 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:3, 27, 28 (twice in verse); also מָשְׁזָר שׁ׳ twisted linen Exodus 28:6, 8, 15; Exodus 39:2, 5, 8, 28, 29 + Exodus 39:24 (read וְשֵׁשׁ מ׳ Sam Greek Version of the LXX Bae); שׁ׳ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle Exodus 25:4; Exodus 35:6, 23, 25, 35; Exodus 38:23, and so מָשְׁזָר שׁ׳ Exodus 26:1, 31, 36; Exodus 27:9, 16, 18; Exodus 36:8, 35, 37; Exodus 38:9, 16, 18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:42

Exodus

25:4; 26:1; 26:1; 26:31; 26:36; 27:9; 27:16; 27:18; 28:5; 28:6; 28:8; 28:15; 28:39; 35:6; 35:23; 35:25; 35:25; 35:35; 36:8; 36:35; 36:37; 38:9; 38:16; 38:18; 38:23; 39:2; 39:3; 39:5; 39:8; 39:24; 39:27; 39:28; 39:28; 39:29

Esther

1:6; 1:6

Proverbs

31:22

Song of Songs

5:15

Ezekiel

16:10; 16:13; 16:13; 27:7

H8336

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Strong's Number H8336 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשׁ (šēš),
which occurs 42 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The open space is to be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, with sides five cubits high, curtained with the best linen, with bases of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - The coat is to be made of the best linen, worked in squares; and you are to make a head-dress of linen, and a linen band worked in needlework.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:16 - All the hangings were of the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:27 - The coats for Aaron and his sons they made of the best linen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:28 - And the twisted head-dress for Aaron, and beautiful head-dresses of linen, and linen trousers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:22 - She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:10 - And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:13 - So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
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