Quick Definition
alabaster
Strong's Definition
white, i.e. marble.
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to bleach, i.e. whiten; See H8336 (שֵׁשׁ).
TWOT Reference: 2379
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) alabaster
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁ֫יִשׁ (sha.yish) — alabaster. alabaster
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שֵׁשׁ
Stone
Collocation: אבְנֵי שַׁיִשׁ
white marble = a hard, shiny rock formed from limestone, often streaked with colors, ► used for building
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁ֫יִשׁ n.[m.] alabaster;—1 Ch 29:2 ref