שֵׁשׁ shesh

Hebrew word for “six” · Strong’s H8337 · used 216 times in 203 verses

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Meaning

1) six; 1a) six (cardinal number);

How it is translated

Glosses given for shesh in context, with how often each is used:

• six 185
• six- 24
• about six 4
• six sons 1
• six things 1
• will be six 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 2 (12), Nehemiah 7 (9), Numbers 31 (7), Numbers 2 (6), 1 Kings 10 (5), Numbers 1 (4), 2 Chronicles 9 (4), Ezekiel 41 (4), Exodus 25 (3), Exodus 26 (3)

Forms

• שׁשׁ 84
• ושׁשׁ 43
• שׁשׁה 29
• שׁשׁת 21
• ושׁשׁה 19
• ושׁשׁת 6
• כשׁשׁ 4
• לשׁשׁת 4
• בשׁשׁ 3
• השׁשׁה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 81
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 48
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 33
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 36
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 27
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 24
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 29
• חֲמִשִּׁים chamishshim “fifty” 20
• שְׁלֹשִׁים sheloshim “thirty” 19
• שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 21
• אֶחָד echad “one” 24
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 18

Key verses

The verses using shesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 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 35:2 — Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put…
• Leviticus 23:3 — Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your…
• Numbers 1:46 — Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
• 1 Samuel 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on…
• 2 Kings 5:5 — And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six…
• Job 5:19 — He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• Job 42:12 — So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen,…
• Proverbs 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
• Isaiah 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
• Jeremiah 34:14 — At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him…

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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.