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שֵׁשׁ

sheshsixHow to read Hebrew
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. Jeremiah 34:14שֵׁ֣שׁ · you six
    Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
  2. Jeremiah 52:23וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה
    Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
  3. Jeremiah 52:30וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
    …in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
  4. Ezekiel 9:2שִׁשָּׁ֣ה · six
    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  5. Ezekiel 40:5שֵׁשׁ־ · [was] six [long]
    And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
  6. Ezekiel 40:12שֵׁשׁ־ · [were] six; וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
    In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square.
  7. Ezekiel 41:1שֵׁשׁ־ · [to be] six; וְשֵׁשׁ־
    Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
  8. Ezekiel 41:3שֵׁ֣שׁ · [was] six
    And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
  9. Ezekiel 41:5שֵׁ֣שׁ · [to be] six
    Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.
  10. Ezekiel 41:8שֵׁ֥שׁ · six
    I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
  11. Ezekiel 46:1שֵׁ֖שֶׁת · during the six
    “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
  12. Ezekiel 46:4שִׁשָּׁ֧ה · [shall] [be] six
    The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
  13. Ezekiel 46:6וְשֵׁ֧שֶׁת · six
    On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.