שַׁיִשׁ
shayish · shah'-yish
white, i.e. marble.
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to bleach, i.e. whiten; See H8336 (שֵׁשׁ).
white, i.e. marble.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
To consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁיִשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and marble1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.