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שֵׁשׁ H8336
H8336 is the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ, transliterated shêsh and said shaysh. The King James Version most often renders it linen.
What it means
bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble.
Where it comes from
or (for alliteration with H4897 (מֶשִׁי)) שְׁשִׁי; for H7893 (שַׁיִשׁ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 33 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
Verses using שֵׁשׁ
All 30 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 41:42 · KJV
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 25:4 · KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 26:1 · KJV
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 make them.
Exodus 26:31 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 long for one side:
Exodus 27:16 · KJV
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 27:18 · KJV
The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 28:6 · KJV
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 28:15 · KJV
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exodus 28:39 · KJV
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
Exodus 35:6 · KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 35:23 · KJV
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.
Exodus 35:35 · KJV
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 purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 36:8 · KJV
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 cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Exodus 36:35 · KJV
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Exodus 36:37 · KJV
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Exodus 38:9 · KJV
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
Exodus 38:18 · KJV
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Exodus 39:3 · KJV
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Exodus 39:5 · KJV
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:27 · KJV
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
Exodus 39:28 · KJV
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Exodus 39:29 · KJV
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Esther 1:6 · KJV
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Proverbs 31:22 · KJV
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Song of Solomon 5:15 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Ezekiel 27:7 · KJV
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8336 mean?
H8336 is the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ (shêsh), meaning bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble.
How is H8336 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it linen (15 times), fine linen (14 times), marble (2 times), silk (1 time), about with fine linen (1 time).
How many times does H8336 appear in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) is tagged in 30 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8336 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or (for alliteration with H4897 (מֶשִׁי)) שְׁשִׁי; for H7893 (שַׁיִשׁ).
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