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שִׁשִּׁים H8346
H8346 is the Hebrew word שִׁשִּׁים, transliterated shishshîym and said shish-sheem'. The King James Version most often renders it threescore.
What it means
sixty.
Where it comes from
multiple of H8337 (שֵׁשׁ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 55 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: sixty, three score.
Verses using שִׁשִּׁים
The first 40 of 52 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 5:15 · KJV
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Genesis 5:18 · KJV
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Genesis 5:20 · KJV
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Genesis 5:21 · KJV
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis 5:23 · KJV
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Genesis 5:27 · KJV
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
Genesis 25:26 · KJV
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Genesis 46:26 · KJV
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Leviticus 12:5 · KJV
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
Leviticus 27:3 · KJV
And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 27:7 · KJV
And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Numbers 1:39 · KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers 2:26 · KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers 3:50 · KJV
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers 7:88 · KJV
And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
Numbers 26:25 · KJV
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 26:27 · KJV
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:43 · KJV
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 31:34 · KJV
And threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers 31:39 · KJV
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
Deuteronomy 3:4 · KJV
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Joshua 13:30 · KJV
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
2 Samuel 2:31 · KJV
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
1 Kings 4:13 · KJV
The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
1 Kings 4:22 · KJV
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
1 Kings 6:2 · KJV
And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
1 Kings 10:14 · KJV
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
2 Kings 25:19 · KJV
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
1 Chronicles 2:21 · KJV
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
1 Chronicles 2:23 · KJV
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 5:18 · KJV
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles 9:13 · KJV
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
1 Chronicles 16:38 · KJV
And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
1 Chronicles 26:8 · KJV
All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
2 Chronicles 3:3 · KJV
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
2 Chronicles 9:13 · KJV
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
2 Chronicles 11:21 · KJV
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
2 Chronicles 12:3 · KJV
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
Ezra 2:13 · KJV
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
Ezra 8:10 · KJV
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8346 mean?
H8346 is the Hebrew word שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym), meaning sixty.
How is H8346 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it threescore (40 times), sixty (10 times), even unto sixty (1 time), if it be from sixty (1 time), thereof was threescore (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8346 appear in the Bible?
שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym) is tagged in 52 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8346 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: multiple of H8337 (שֵׁשׁ).
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