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שֵׁשׁ
shêsh · Hebrew · Strong's H8337 · 215 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew words as “teenth”
What it means
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare H7797 (שׂוּשׂ)
How the KJV renders it
sixteen, teenth, sixth
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“sixth”
also renders héktos (G1623)
Questions this word decides
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
Where it appears
215 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 3:4 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 3:22 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 4:27 HAcfsa1 Chronicles 7:2 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 7:4 HC/Acmsa1 Chronicles 7:40 HC/Acmsa1 Chronicles 8:38 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 9:6 HAcfsa1 Chronicles 9:9 HC/Acmsa1 Chronicles 9:44 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 12:24 HAcmsc1 Chronicles 12:26 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 12:35 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 20:6 HAcfsa1 Chronicles 21:25 HAcfsa1 Chronicles 23:4 HAcmsc1 Chronicles 24:4 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 24:14 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 25:3 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 25:23 HR/Acmsa1 Chronicles 26:17 HAcmsa1 Kings 6:6 HAcfsa1 Kings 10:14 HAcfsa1 Kings 10:16 HAcfsa1 Kings 10:19 HAcfsa1 Kings 10:20 HAcfsa1 Kings 10:29 HR/Acfsa1 Kings 11:16 HAcmsc1 Kings 16:8 HC/Acfsa1 Kings 16:23 HAcfsa1 Samuel 13:5 HC/Acmsc1 Samuel 13:15 HR/Acfsa1 Samuel 14:2 HR/Acfsa1 Samuel 17:4 HAcfsa1 Samuel 17:7 HAcfsa1 Samuel 23:13 HR/Acfsa1 Samuel 27:2 HC/Acfsa1 Samuel 30:9 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 1:17 HR/Acfsa2 Chronicles 2:2 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 2:17 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 2:18 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 3:8 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 9:13 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 9:15 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 9:18 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 9:19 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 13:21 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 16:1 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 22:12 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 26:1 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 26:3 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 26:12 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 27:1 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 27:8 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 28:1 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 29:17 HAcmsa2 Chronicles 29:33 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 35:8 HC/Acfsa2 Kings 5:5 HC/Acmsc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.