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she.shakh H8347

שֵׁשַׁךְ (she.shakh) means “Babylon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שֵׁשַׁךְ Hebrew · H8347 2 tagged occurrences in 2 verses

Pronunciation guide: shay-shak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8347

שֵׁשַׁךְ · she.shakh · Babylon

Sheshach = "thy fine linen" another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach' Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon

KJV glosses: Sheshach.

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How translators render H8347

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of sheshach 1
sheshach 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
how is sheshach 1
of sheshach 1

Verses containing H8347

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  1. Jeremiah 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

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  2. Jeremiah 51:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

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Sources and text

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