Shittîyn — H8361

Definition

adjective

sixty

1. sixty, threescore

Usually translated as

threescore

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8346 (compare H8353)

• Shishshîym (H8346)
• Shêth (H8353)

Occurrences

Shittîyn occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Daniel (2)

• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore (שִׁתִּ֔ין) cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore (שִׁתִּֽין) cubits;
• Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore (שִׁתִּ֔ין) cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
• Daniel 5:31 — And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore (שִׁתִּ֥ין) and two years old.