H8336 - שֵׁשׁ (shêsh)

H8336 שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) shaysh

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

Derivation: or (for alliteration with H4897 (מֶשִׁי)) שְׁשִׁי; for H7893 (שַׁיִשׁ);

KJV Usage: [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

TWOT Reference: 2473,2379a

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

2) alabaster, similar stone, marble

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1039 G1040 G3035 G3461

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁשִׁי / שֵׁשׁ shêsh / sheshý̂y BDB Definition: 1) something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen 2) alabaster, similar stone, marble Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: for H7893 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2473, 2379a Total KJV Occurrences: 42

Bible Occurrences (36)

41:42

25:4 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 35:35 36:8 36:35 36:37 38:9 38:16 38:18 38:23 39:2 39:3 39:5 39:8 39:27 39:28 39:29

1:6

31:22

16:10 16:13 27:7

Genesis 41:42

Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Exodus 25:4

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn...; fine linen and goat hair;

Exodus 26:1

You are to construct the tabernacle [itself] [with] ten curtains of finely spun linen, [each] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., [and] cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it -.

Exodus 26:36

For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn..., and finely spun... linen.

Exodus 27:9

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south... side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

Exodus 27:16

The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits [long], with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn,... and finely spun... linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

Exodus 27:18

The entire courtyard [shall be] a hundred cubits long and fifty [cubits] wide, [with curtains] of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.