Shêshak — H8347

Definition

locative proper noun

Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon

1. Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
2. another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'

Usually translated as

Sheshach

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Shêshak occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 25:26 — And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach (שֵׁשַׁ֖ךְ) shall drink after them.
• Jeremiah 51:41 — How is Sheshach (שֵׁשַׁ֔ךְ) taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!