שֵׁשָׁן
Shêshân · shay-shawn'
Sheshan, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps for H7799 (שׁוּשַׁן); lily;
Sheshan, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sheshan.
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
- 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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֵׁשָׁן 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and sheshan2 · 40%
- sheshan1 · 20%
- of sheshan1 · 20%
- now sheshan1 · 20%
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.