The meaning of “שֵׁשׁ”
Understanding shêsh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
masculine שִׁשָּׁה shishshâh (shish-shaw'); a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ six(-teen, -teenth), sixth. - six (as an ...
שֵׁשׁ
masculine שִׁשָּׁה shishshâh (shish-shaw'); a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ six(-teen, -teenth), sixth. - six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand) - as ord. sixth 1) six 1a) six (cardinal number) 1b) sixth (ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 16:16 | “And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. ” Word: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) | |
| Deuteronomy 15:18 | “It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.” Word: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) | |
| 1 Samuel 17:7 | “And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.” Word: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 12:24 | “The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.” Word: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) | |
| Esther 2:12 | “Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)” Word: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) |