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Lexicon :: Strong's H8347 - šēšaḵ

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שֵׁשַׁךְ
Transliteration
šēšaḵ
Pronunciation
shay-shak'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
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TWOT Reference: 2475

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8347 in the following manner: Sheshach (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8347 in the following manner: Sheshach (2x).

  1. Sheshach = "thy fine linen"

    1. another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁשַׁךְ Shêshak, shay-shak'; of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.
STRONGS H8347: Abbreviations
† שֵׁשַׁךְ proper name, of a territory = בָּבֶל (Jerome Rabb and modern; by Atbaš (בש׳ את׳), i.e. disguising name by substituting last letter of alphabet for first, next last for second, etc., compare Thes); — Jeremiah 51:41 and hence (perhaps gloss) Jeremiah 25:26 (see Gie).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Jeremiah

25:26; 51:41

H8347

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Strong's Number H8347 matches the Hebrew שֵׁשַׁךְ (šēšaḵ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon[fn] shall drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 - “How Babylon[fn] is taken,
the praise of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!
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