שֵׁשׁ shesh
Hebrew word for “linen” · Strong’s H8336 · used 41 times in 37 verses
Meaning
something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen
Senses in the lexicon
- linen (38)
- alabaster (3)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shesh in context, with how often each is used:
- fine linen 38
- marble 3
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 39 (7), Exodus 28 (5), Exodus 35 (4), Exodus 38 (4), Exodus 26 (3), Exodus 27 (3), Exodus 36 (3), Ezekiel 16 (2), Genesis 41 (1), Exodus 25 (1)
Forms
- שׁשׁ 19
- ושׁשׁ 16
- השׁשׁ 3
- ובשׁשׁ 2
- בשׁשׁ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַרְגָּמָן argaman “purple” 26
- תְּכֵלֶת tekhelet “blue” 25
- שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 23
- תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 23
- שָׁזַר shazar “to twist” 20
- מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 17
- רָקַם raqam “to weave” 8
- חָשַׁב chashav “to devise” 10
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 11
- חָצֵר chatser “court” 6
- קֶלַע qela “curtain” 4
- מָסָךְ masakh “covering” 4
Key verses
The verses using shesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
- Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou…
- Exodus 26:31 — And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 26:36 — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 27:9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits…
- Exodus 35:25 — And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of…
- Exodus 35:35 — Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in…
- Exodus 36:8 — And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with…
- Exodus 38:9 — And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
- Song of Solomon 5:15 — His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
- Ezekiel 16:10 — I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
- Ezekiel 16:13 — Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and…
See all 37 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.