Shêsh — H8336

Definition

masculine noun

bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble

1. something bleached white, byssus, linen, fine linen
2. alabaster, similar stone, marble

Usually translated as

linen, marble, blue, silk, fine

Origin

or (for alliteration with H4897) shᵉshîy; for H7893

• Meshîy (H4897)
• Shayish (H7893)

Greek equivalents

• býssinos (G1039)
• býssos (G1040)
• líthinos (G3035)
• myriás (G3461)

Occurrences

Shêsh occurs 41 times in 37 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (30), Esther (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Ezekiel (3)

• Genesis 41:42 — And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen (שֵׁ֔שׁ), and put a gold chain about his neck;
• Exodus 25:4 — And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ), and goats’ hair,
• Exodus 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen (שֵׁ֣שׁ), and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
• Exodus 26:31 — And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ) of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
• Exodus 26:36 — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ), wrought with needlework.
• Exodus 27:9 — 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 (שֵׁ֣שׁ) of an hundred cubits long for one side:
• Exodus 27:16 — And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ), wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
• Exodus 27:18 — 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 (שֵׁ֣שׁ), and their sockets of brass.
• Exodus 28:5 — And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen (הַשֵּֽׁשׁ).
• Exodus 28:6 — And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ), with cunning work.
• Exodus 28:8 — And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ).
• Exodus 28:15 — 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 (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ), shalt thou make it.
• Exodus 28:39 — And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen (שֵׁ֔שׁ), and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
• Exodus 28:39 — And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen (שֵׁ֑שׁ), and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
• Exodus 35:6 — And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ), and goats’ hair,
• Exodus 35:23 — And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ), and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.
• Exodus 35:25 — And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen (הַשֵּֽׁשׁ).
• Exodus 35:35 — 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 (וּבַשֵּׁ֖שׁ), and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
• Exodus 36:8 — And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen (שֵׁ֣שׁ), and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
• Exodus 36:35 — And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ): with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
• Exodus 36:37 — And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ), of needlework;
• Exodus 38:9 — And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen (שֵׁ֣שׁ), an hundred cubits:
• Exodus 38:16 — All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen (שֵׁ֥שׁ).
• Exodus 38:18 — And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ): and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
• Exodus 38:23 — And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen (וּבַשֵּֽׁשׁ).
• Exodus 39:2 — And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ).
• Exodus 39:3 — 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 (הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ), with cunning work.
• Exodus 39:5 — 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 (וְשֵׁ֣שׁ); as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Exodus 39:8 — And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen (וְשֵׁ֥שׁ).
• Exodus 39:27 — And they made coats of fine linen (שֵׁ֖שׁ) of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
• Exodus 39:28 — And a mitre of fine linen (שֵׁ֔שׁ), and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
• Exodus 39:28 — And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen (שֵׁ֑שׁ), and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
• Exodus 39:28 — And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen (שֵׁ֥שׁ),
• Exodus 39:29 — And a girdle of fine twined linen (שֵׁ֣שׁ), and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Esther 1:6 — Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble (שֵׁ֑שׁ): the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
• Esther 1:6 — 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 (וָשֵׁ֖שׁ), and white, and black, marble.
• Proverbs 31:22 — She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk (שֵׁ֖שׁ) and purple.
• Song of Songs 5:15 — His legs are as pillars of marble (שֵׁ֔שׁ), set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
• Ezekiel 16:10 — I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen (בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁ), and I covered thee with silk.
• Ezekiel 16:13 — Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen (שֵׁ֤שׁ), 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 — Fine linen (שֵׁשׁ) 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.