שֵׁשׁshêsh
שֵׁשׁ: id.
Pronunciation: shaysh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8336
Meanings
שֵׁשׁ: byssus (Exodus 26:1; Ezekiel 16:13; Exodus 35:25; Genesis 41:42; Ezekiel 16:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 41 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothing and hung a gold chain around his neck.
- Exodus 25:4 blue, purple, and scarlet thread; fine linen and goat hair for cloth;
- Exodus 26:1 “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- Exodus 26:31 “For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
- Exodus 26:36 “Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
- Exodus 27:9 “Then make the courtyard for the Tabernacle, enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side, make the curtains 150 feet long.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).