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shesh H8337

שֵׁשׁ (shesh) means “six” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שֵׁשׁ Hebrew · H8337 216 tagged occurrences in 203 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaysh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8337

שֵׁשׁ · shesh · six

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare H7797 (שׂוּשׂ) six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth

KJV glosses: six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

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How translators render H8337

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
six 40
for six 17
sixteen 8
and six 6
and 5
the six 5
had six 4
and sixteen 3
in all 3
was 3
was sixteen 3
about six 2
for all six 2
his six 2
in six 2
the sixteenth 2
there were sixteen 2
to be six 2
with six 2
a total of 1
and he reigned sixteen 1
and his six 1
and six toes on each foot 1
and the other six 1
but 1
during the six 1
for another six 1
for the six 1
had sixteen 1
having six 1
he was six 1
in noahs six 1
in the sixth 1
numbered 1
numbered about six 1
of 1
on the sixteenth 1
shall be six 1
six in all 1
six measures 1
six things that 1
so six 1
there were six 1
these six 1
totaled 1
was six 1
was six long 1
weighed 1
weighed six 1
were six 1
with about 1
with the six 1
you from six 1
you six 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
six 82
and six 56
sixteen 17
for six 4
had six 4
was six 4
about six 3
thee six 3
these six 3
and sixteen 2
by themselves and six 2
of six 2
of the same according to the six 2
the six 2
the sixteenth 2
there on the one side and on the other upon the six 2
with the six 2
and behold six 1
and in the sixteenth 1
and it came to pass in the six 1
and sixth 1
and the six 1
but six 1
had sixteen 1
he and the six 1
him six 1
in the six 1
in the sixth 1
it six 1
of them threescore and sixteen 1
on this side and six 1
or six 1
so in the six 1
so throughout the six 1
thee in six 1
threescore 1
to six 1
was sixteen 1
were six 1
with him about six 1

Verses containing H8337

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  1. Genesis 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

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  2. Genesis 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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  3. Genesis 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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  4. Genesis 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

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  5. Genesis 30:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

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  6. Genesis 31:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

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  7. Genesis 46:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.

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  8. Genesis 46:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.

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  9. Exodus 12:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

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  10. Exodus 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.

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  11. Exodus 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

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  12. Exodus 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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  13. Exodus 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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  14. Exodus 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

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  15. Exodus 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

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  16. Exodus 23:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

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  17. Exodus 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

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  18. Exodus 25:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

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  19. Exodus 25:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

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  20. Exodus 25:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

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  21. Exodus 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.

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  22. Exodus 26:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

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  23. Exodus 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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  24. Exodus 28:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.

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  25. Exodus 31:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

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  26. Exodus 31:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

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  27. Exodus 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

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  28. Exodus 35:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.

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  29. Exodus 36:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

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  30. Exodus 36:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

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  31. Exodus 36:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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  32. Exodus 37:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.

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  33. Exodus 37:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

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  34. Exodus 37:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

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  35. Exodus 38:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

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  36. Leviticus 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

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  37. Leviticus 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

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  38. Leviticus 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

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  39. Leviticus 25:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

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  40. Numbers 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

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  41. Numbers 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

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  42. Numbers 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

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  43. Numbers 1:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And all those counted totaled 603,550.

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  44. Numbers 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and his division numbers 74,600.

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  45. Numbers 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

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  46. Numbers 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and his division numbers 46,500.

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  47. Numbers 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and his division numbers 45,650.

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  48. Numbers 2:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”

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  49. Numbers 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.

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  50. Numbers 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600. They were responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

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