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2 Chronicles 9:18
“And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8337 · Hebrew
- Definition
- six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
- Derivation
- masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare H7797 (שׂוּשׂ)
- KJV renderings
- six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שֵׁ֣שׁ — cardinal number, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 215 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:6Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:13Genesis 16:16Genesis 30:20
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֵׁשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.