This is the name of the place Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel.
Definition
of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon
Traditional renderings: Sheshach.
Traditional renderings: Sheshach.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
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- Jeremiah 25:26שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְ · of Sheshach…all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
- Jeremiah 51:41שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ · SheshachHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!