Word

שֵׁשׁ

shêsh · H8336 · Hebrew · 41 occurrences

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A word for 2 things

Flax (linen)Plants for weaving and building104 verses
LinenCloth manufacture89 verses

Meanings

white alabaster

A white calcite alabaster stone used for the decoration of buildings and regarded as valuable and beautiful

Examples
Esther 1:6 There were curtains of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones.
Song of Solomon 5:15 “His thighs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon, Choice as the cedars.
fine linen

A high quality woven material made from the stems of the flax plant, used for cloth and clothes, worn by the rich and by priests and used in building the tabernacle

Examples
Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put the gold necklace around his neck.
Exodus 25:4 violet, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair,
Exodus 26:31 “You shall also make a veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

20 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁזַרspun 20

Named alongside itApposition

9 occurrences in 3 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 7
מַטְוֶהyarn 1
מָסָךְscreen 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מָצָאto find 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2
לָקַחto take, to receive 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אַמָּהcubit 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

לְבוּשׁclothing 1
מַלְבּוּשׁclothing 1
קֶלַעhangings, curtain, sling 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

6 occurrences in 5 groups

עַמּוּדpillar 2
מִצְנֶפֶתturban 1
רִצְפָּהpavement 1
תָּוֶךְmiddle 1
בֶּגֶדgarment, clothes 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

βύσσος býssos · G1040 · fine linen: βύσσος (býssos, G1040) is the standard Greek rendering of שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8336) in its 'fine linen' sense.
βύσσινος býssinos · G1039 · cloth of fine linen: βύσσινος (býssinos, G1039) βύσσινος specifically denotes material made from fine linen, directly corresponding to שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8336)'s primary sense as fine (twined) linen fabric, representing the standard Greek rendering of this Hebrew textile term in LXX translation tradition.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Quantity002001001046: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8336) is a common noun meaning "fine linen" (also, elsewhere, "marble" in some occurrences). The quotation "clothed him in garments of fine linen" at Genesis 41:42 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Quantity" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8337) (the cardinal number "six") and שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, H8346) ("sixty") in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Frequency002001003009: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8336) is a common noun meaning "fine linen" (also, elsewhere, "marble" in some occurrences). The quotation "clothed him in garments of fine linen" at Genesis 41:42 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Frequency" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8337) (the cardinal number "six") and שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, H8346) ("sixty") in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Stone001002005016: שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8336) is a common noun meaning "fine linen" (also, elsewhere, "marble" in some occurrences). The quotation "clothed him in garments of fine linen" at Genesis 41:42 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Stone" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, H8337) (the cardinal number "six") and שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, H8346) ("sixty") in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Cloth001002005003: This noun denotes fine linen, as in Genesis 41:42's account of Pharaoh clothing Joseph in garments of fine linen.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

מָשָׁה mâshâh · H4871 · to draw out · 3×שֵׁשׁshêsh · H8336מֶשִׁי meshîy · H4897 · expensive cloth · 2×שַׁיִשׁ shayish · H7893 · white marble · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8336. shesh II. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine id.; — שׁ ׳עַמּוּדֵי Son 5:15 (in figurative), Est…

H8336. shesh
II. שֵׁשׁ noun masculine id.; — שׁ ׳עַמּוּדֵי Son 5:15 (in figurative), Est 1:6a, material of pavement Est 1:6b (see בַּ֫הַט). — I. שֵׁשׁ see שׁדשׁ.
III. שֵׁשׁ noun masculineExo 26:1 byssus (loan-word probably from Egyptian šen-suten Reinischap.DHMVOJ viii (1894), 7 Coptic šens, compare Coptic šent, weave; see M'LeanEncy.Bib. LINEN; on spinning, weaving, and wearing of linen in Egypt ErmanAegypten 594 ff.; Eng. Trans. 448 f.); — always absolute ׳שׁ (שׁשׁי Eze 16:13 is error): — byssus, fine Egyptian linen ( בּוּץ, q. v., is later synonym), i.e. the linen thread (spun by women Exo 35:25), and the material woven from it: used for garments Gen 41:42 (E), Eze 16:10, Eze 16:13 (שׁשׁי, read שׁשׁ), Pro 31:22; for sail (in figurative of Tyre as ship) Eze 27:7 (brought from Egypt); elsewhere P, of priestly vestments Exo 28:5, Exo 28:39 (twice in verse); Exo 39:3, Exo 39:27, Exo 39:28 (twice in verse); also ׳שׁ מָשְׁזָר twisted linen Exo 28:6, Exo 28:8, Exo 28:15; Exo 39:2, Exo 39:5, Exo 39:8, Exo 39:28, Exo 39:29 + Exo 39:24 (read ᵐ5 ⅏ מ ׳וְשֵׁשׁ Bae); ׳שׁ of hangings, etc., in tabernacle Exo 25:4; Exo 35:6, Exo 35:23, Exo 35:25, Exo 35:35; Exo 38:23, and so ׳שׁ מָשְׁזָר Exo 26:1, Exo 26:31, Exo 26:36; Exo 27:9, Exo 27:16, Exo 27:18; Exo 36:8, Exo 36:35, Exo 36:37; Exo 38:9, Exo 38:16, Exo 38:18.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Cloth38 occurrences Stone3 occurrences Quantity0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0