H8344: שֵׁשַׁי
Shêshay · pronounced shay-shah'-ee · “Sheshai”
Definition
Sheshai, a Canaanite
KJV translates it as: Sheshai.
Word origin: probably for H8343 (שָׁשַׁי);
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22;
son of: Anak (H6061);
brother of: Ahiman (H0289) and Talmai (H8526)
§ Sheshai = "noble"
son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan
son of: Anak (H6061);
brother of: Ahiman (H0289) and Talmai (H8526)
§ Sheshai = "noble"
son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8344 is translated
- sheshai ×3
Bible verses with H8344 (Shêshay)
Shêshay appears in 3 verses.
- Numbers 13:22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Joshua 15:14
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.