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Sheshai

שֵׁשַׁיStrong’s H8344

sheshay (she-shay)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Sheshay is the Hebrew word usually translated “sheshai”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)”
Numbers 13:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22
How it's translated
  • sheshai 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 1
  • Joshua 1
  • Judges 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

שֵׁשַׁי sheshay · Sheshai

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22; son of: Anak (H6061); brother of: Ahiman (H0289) and Talmai (H8526) § Sheshai = "noble" son of Anak, one of the giants in the land of Canaan

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.