What does שֵׁשׁ · קָנֶה mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · קָנֶה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth".
Hebrew · H8337, H7070
שִׁשָּׁה קָנִים
Six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth · a reed (as erect ); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft , tube , stem , the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
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שֵׁשׁ H8337 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
קָנֶה H7070 a reed (as erect ); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft , tube , stem , the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Pronunciation qāneh
Flexible hollow plant structure that becomes measuring rod; literalness shifts to precision and standardization
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What does שִׁשָּׁה קָנִים (shishah qanim) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · קָנֶה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8337, H7070?
H8337, H7070 is connected to 277 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
Strong's H8337, H7070
Lexical occurrences 277 verses Source Gloss
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שִׁשָּׁה קָנִים is built from this root:
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