The meaning of “שִׁשִּׁים”
Understanding shishshîym reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
multiple of שֵׁשׁ sixty, three score. - sixty 1) sixty, three score
שִׁשִּׁים
multiple of שֵׁשׁ sixty, three score. - sixty 1) sixty, three score
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 5:23 | “And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:” Word: שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym) | |
| Deuteronomy 3:4 | “And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.” Word: שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym) | |
| 1 Kings 6:2 | “And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.” Word: שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym) | |
| 2 Chronicles 11:21 | “And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)” Word: שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym) | |
| Song of Solomon 6:8 | “There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.” Word: שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym) |