שֵׁשׁ

hebrewOld TestamentNoun215 occurrences22 books202 verses

Definition

masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; see H7797 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
Traditional renderings: six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שֵׁשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

215 total
  1. Numbers 2:32שֵׁשׁ־ · was 603,550
    These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
  2. Numbers 3:28וְשֵׁ֣שׁ
    The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
  3. Numbers 3:34שֵׁ֥שֶׁת · was 6,200
    The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.
  4. Numbers 4:40וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
    And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630.
  5. Numbers 7:3שֵׁשׁ־ · six
    They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
  6. Numbers 11:21שֵׁשׁ־ · 600,000 {}
    But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
  7. Numbers 26:22שִׁשָּׁ֧ה · 76,500
    These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
  8. Numbers 26:41וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
    These were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
  9. Numbers 26:51שֵׁשׁ־ · 601,730 [in all]
    These men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
  10. Numbers 31:32שֵׁשׁ־ · 675,000 {}
    …and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
  11. Numbers 31:37שֵׁ֥שׁ · of 675
    …including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
  12. Numbers 31:38שִׁשָּׁ֥ה · 36,000 {}
    …36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
  13. Numbers 31:40שִׁשָּׁ֥ה · and 16,000
    …and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
  14. Numbers 31:44שִׁשָּׁ֥ה · 36,000 {}
    …36,000 cattle,
  15. Numbers 31:46שִׁשָּׁ֥ה · and 16,000
    …and 16,000 people.
  16. Numbers 31:52שִׁשָּׁ֨ה · weighed 16,750
    All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
  17. Numbers 35:6שֵׁשׁ־ · Six
    Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
  18. Numbers 35:13שֵׁשׁ־ · six
    The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
  19. Numbers 35:15שֵׁשׁ־ · six
    These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
  20. Deuteronomy 5:13שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת · Six
    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
  21. Deuteronomy 15:12שֵׁ֣שׁ · six
    If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.
  22. Deuteronomy 15:18שֵׁ֣שׁ · his six
    Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
  23. Deuteronomy 16:8שֵׁ֥שֶׁת · For six
    For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
  24. Joshua 6:3שֵׁ֥שֶׁת · for six
    March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
  25. Joshua 6:14שֵׁ֥שֶׁת · for six
    So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
  26. Joshua 7:5וְשִׁשָּׁה֙
    And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
  27. Joshua 15:41שֵׁשׁ־ · sixteen
    Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
  28. Joshua 15:59שֵׁ֖שׁ · six
    Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon—six cities, along with their villages.
  29. Joshua 15:62שֵׁ֖שׁ · six
    Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
  30. Joshua 19:22שֵׁשׁ־ · There were sixteen
    The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.
  31. Judges 3:31שֵֽׁשׁ־ · six
    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
  32. Judges 12:7שֵׁ֣שׁ · six
    Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
  33. Judges 18:11שֵֽׁשׁ־ · So six
    So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
  34. Judges 18:16וְשֵׁשׁ־ · The six
    The six hundred Danites stood at the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
  35. Judges 18:17וְשֵׁשׁ־ · with the six
    And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
  36. Judges 20:15וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה
    On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
  37. Judges 20:47שֵׁ֥שׁ · But 600
    But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
  38. Ruth 3:15שֵׁשׁ־ · six [measures]
    And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.
  39. Ruth 3:17שֵׁשׁ־ · six
    And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
  40. 1 Samuel 13:5וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת · six
    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
  41. 1 Samuel 13:15כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ · about six
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
  42. 1 Samuel 14:2כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ · numbered about six
    Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
  43. 1 Samuel 17:4שֵׁ֥שׁ · He was six
    Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
  44. 1 Samuel 17:7שֵׁשׁ־ · [weighed] six
    The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
  45. 1 Samuel 23:13כְּשֵׁשׁ־ · about six
    Then David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
  46. 1 Samuel 27:2וְשֵׁשׁ־ · his six
    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
  47. 1 Samuel 30:9וְשֵׁשׁ־ · and his six
    So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
  48. 2 Samuel 2:11וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה · and six
    And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
  49. 2 Samuel 5:5וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה · and six
    In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
  50. 2 Samuel 6:13שִׁשָּׁ֣ה · six
    When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.