What does שֵׁשׁ · שָׁנֶה mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · שָׁנֶה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth".
Hebrew · H8337, H8141
שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים
Six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth · a year (as a revolution of time)
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שֵׁשׁ H8337 six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
שָׁנֶה H8141 a year (as a revolution of time)
Pronunciation shanim
Cyclical time unit marking natural revolutions; foundational for age, covenant seasons, and divine chronology
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What does שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים (shesh shanim) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁשׁ · שָׁנֶה 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, H8141?
H8337, H8141 is connected to 1,095 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, H8141
Lexical occurrences 1,095 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
שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain