Babylon
שֵׁשַׁךְStrong’s H8347sheshakh (she-shakh)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheshakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “sheshach”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.”
Meaning
- Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
How it's translated
- sheshach 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
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Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שֵׁשַׁךְ sheshakh · Babylon
Sheshach = "thy fine linen" another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach' Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
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.