H8336 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh)

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Strong's H8336 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh)

Pronunciation: shaysh

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: or (for alliteration with מֶשִׁי (meshîy) [H4897]) שְׁשִׁי (shᵉshîy); for שַׁיִשׁ (shayish) [H7893];

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

KJV Renderings: [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

Senses

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

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G1039 βύσσινος býssinos from G1040 made of linen (neuter a linen cloth) fine linen
G1040 βύσσος býssos of Hebrew origin (H948) white linen fine linen
G3035 λίθινος líthinos from G3037 stony, i.e. made of stone of stone
G3461 μυριάς myriás from G3463 a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number ten thousand
H4897 מֶשִׁי meshîy from מָשָׁה (mâshâh) H4871 silk (as drawn from the cocoon) silk
H7893 שַׁיִשׁ shayish from an unused root meaning to bleach, i.e. whiten; See שֵׁשׁ (shêsh) H8336. white, i.e. marble. marble

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.