H8347: שֵׁשַׁךְ
Shêshak · pronounced shay-shak' · “Babylon”
Definition
Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon
KJV translates it as: Sheshach.
Word origin: of foreign derivation;
Extended definition
Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8347 is translated
- sheshach ×2
Bible verses with H8347 (Shêshak)
Shêshak appears in 2 verses.
- Jeremiah 25:26
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
- Jeremiah 51:41
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!