Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8337: שֵׁשׁ

shêsh · pronounced shaysh · “six”

Definition

six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth

KJV translates it as: six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

Word origin: masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare H7797 (שׂוּשׂ)

Extended definition

1) six
1a) six (cardinal number)
1b) sixth (ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers
Aramaic equivalent: shet (שֵׁת "six" H8353)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8337 is translated

  • six ×161
  • six- ×23
  • the six ×10
  • was six ×8
  • were six ×7
  • six of ×2
  • are six ×1
  • were six- ×1
  • six sons ×1
  • six things ×1
  • will be six ×1

Bible verses with H8337 (shêsh)

Shêsh appears in 203 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 7:6

    And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

  • Genesis 8:13

    And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

  • Genesis 16:16

    And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

  • Genesis 30:20

    And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

  • Genesis 46:18

    These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

  • Genesis 46:26

    All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

  • Exodus 12:37

    And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

  • Exodus 14:7

    And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

  • Exodus 16:26

    Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

  • Exodus 20:9

    Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

  • Exodus 20:11

    For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Exodus 21:2

    If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • Exodus 23:10

    And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

  • Exodus 23:12

    Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

  • Exodus 24:16

    And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

  • Exodus 25:32

    And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

  • Exodus 25:33

    Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

  • Exodus 25:35

    And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

  • Exodus 26:9

    And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

  • Exodus 26:22

    And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

  • Exodus 26:25

    And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

  • Exodus 28:10

    Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

  • Exodus 31:15

    Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

All 203 references

Words derived from H8337