שִׁישַׁק
Shîyshaq · shee-shak'
Shishak, an Egyptian king
Lexicon
Derivation: or שׁוּשַׁק; of Egyptian derivation;
Shishak, an Egyptian king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shishak.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁישַׁק 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of shishak3 · 43%
- unto shishak1 · 14%
- that shishak1 · 14%
- shishak1 · 14%
- so shishak1 · 14%
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.