Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁשׁ‎ shêsh (shaysh) six H:N
masculine שִׁשָּׁה shishshâh (shish-shaw'); a primitive number; compare ‎שׂוּשׂ‎

six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

1) six
1a) six (cardinal number)
1b) sixth (ordinal number)
1c) in combination with other numbers

Usage: 55 forms in 216 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
שֶׁשׁ six Prov.6.16
שֵׁשׁ֙ six 2Kgs.13.19
שֵׁשׁ six Gen.7.11 • Exod.14.7 • Num.1.46 • Num.2.32 • Num.7.3 • Num.11.21 • Num.26.51 • Num.31.32 • Num.35.6 • Num.35.13 • Num.35.15 • Ruth.3.15 • Ruth.3.17 • 1Sam.17.7 • 2Sam.15.18 • 1Kgs.10.16 • 1Kgs.16.23 • 1Chr.9.6 • 1Chr.20.6 • Ezra.2.69 • Neh.5.18 • Ezek.40.5 • Ezek.40.12 • Ezek.41.1
six- Josh.15.41 • Josh.19.22
שֵׁ֨שׁ six- 2Kgs.15.2 • 2Chr.26.3
שֵׁ֧שׁ six 1Kgs.10.19 • Isa.6.2
שֵׁ֧שֶׁת six 1Kgs.11.16 • 1Chr.12.24
שֵׁ֥שׁ six Gen.7.6 • Exod.21.2 • Num.31.37 • Judg.20.47 • 1Sam.17.4 • 1Kgs.10.14 • 1Kgs.10.20 • 1Chr.21.25 • 2Chr.3.8 • 2Chr.9.13 • 2Chr.9.19 • Ezra.2.10 • Ezra.2.11 • Ezra.2.13 • Ezra.2.26 • Ezra.2.60 • Neh.7.10 • Neh.7.15 • Neh.7.16 • Neh.7.18 • Neh.7.20 • Neh.7.30 • Neh.7.62 • Isa.6.2 • Ezek.41.8
six of Exod.26.9 • Exod.36.16
six- Gen.46.18 • 2Kgs.13.10 • 2Kgs.14.21 • 2Chr.26.1
שֵׁ֥שֶׁת six Exod.16.26 • Num.3.34 • Deut.16.8 • Josh.6.3 • Josh.6.14 • 1Chr.23.4
שֵׁ֤שׁ six Lev.25.3 • 1Kgs.6.6 • 2Chr.9.15
שֵׁ֤שֶׁת six Exod.23.12 • Exod.34.21
שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת six Exod.20.9 • Deut.5.13
שֵׁ֣שׁ six Lev.24.6 • Deut.15.12 • Deut.15.18 • Judg.12.7 • 2Sam.21.20 • 2Kgs.11.3 • 2Chr.22.12 • 2Chr.29.33 • Jer.34.14 • Ezek.41.3 • Ezek.41.5
שֵׁ֣שֶׁת six Exod.24.16 • Exod.31.15 • Exod.31.17 • Exod.35.2 • Lev.23.3 • Ezra.2.67 • Neh.7.69
שֵׁ֖שׁ six Josh.15.59 • Josh.15.62 • 2Kgs.18.10
שֵׁ֖שֶׁת six Ezek.46.1
שֵׁ֔שׁ six 1Chr.4.27
שֵֽׁשׁ six Judg.3.31 • Judg.18.11 • Ezra.8.26
שֵֽׁשֶׁת six Exod.20.11
שִׁשָּׁה֙ six Exod.28.10 • 1Chr.3.4
שִׁשָּׁה֒ six 1Chr.26.17
שִׁשָּׁ֨ה six- Num.31.52
שִׁשָּׁ֧ה six Num.1.21 • Num.2.11 • Num.26.22 • Ezek.46.4
שִׁשָּׁ֥ה six Exod.26.22 • Exod.36.27 • Num.31.38 • Num.31.44 • 2Kgs.15.8
six- Exod.26.25 • Exod.36.30 • Num.31.40 • Num.31.46 • 1Chr.24.14 • 2Chr.29.17
שִׁשָּׁ֤ה six Esth.2.12
six- 1Chr.4.27
שִׁשָּׁ֣ה six Gen.30.20 • 2Sam.6.13 • 1Chr.8.38 • 1Chr.9.44 • Ezek.9.2
six- 1Chr.24.4
שִׁשָּׁ֗ה six 1Chr.25.3
שִׁשָּֽׁה six 1Chr.3.22
לְשֵׁשׁ to six Exod.38.26
לְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת for six Exod.25.33 • Exod.37.19
לְשֵׁ֙שֶׁת֙ for six Exod.25.35 • Exod.37.21
לְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה for six- 1Chr.25.23
כְּשֵׁשׁ about six Exod.12.37 • 1Sam.23.13
כְּשֵׁ֥שׁ about six 1Sam.13.15 • 1Sam.14.2
וָשֵׁשׁ֙ and six 1Kgs.16.8 • 1Chr.20.6 • 2Chr.16.1
וָשֵׁ֗שׁ and six 2Sam.21.20
וָשֵׁ֖שׁ and six 1Kgs.10.14 • 2Chr.9.13
וָשֵֽׁשׁ and six Gen.46.26
וְשֵׁשׁ and six Ezek.41.1
and six Gen.8.13 • Judg.18.16 • Judg.18.17 • 1Sam.27.2 • 1Sam.30.9
and six- 2Kgs.15.33 • 2Kgs.16.2 • 2Chr.27.1 • 2Chr.27.8 • 2Chr.28.1
וְשֵׁ֧שֶׁת and six Ezek.46.6
וְשֵׁ֥שׁ and six Gen.31.41 • Exod.23.10 • Lev.25.3 • Num.1.25 • Num.1.27 • Num.2.4 • Num.2.15 • Num.4.40 • Num.26.41 • 1Chr.7.2 • 1Chr.12.26 • 1Chr.12.35 • 2Chr.2.2 • 2Chr.2.17 • 2Chr.26.12 • Ezra.2.35 • Jer.52.30 • Ezek.40.12
and six- 2Chr.13.21
וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת and six 1Sam.13.5 • 2Kgs.5.5 • Job.42.12
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ and six Gen.16.16 • Num.2.31 • Num.3.28 • 2Chr.2.18 • 2Chr.9.18 • 2Chr.35.8
וְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת and six Lev.12.5
וְשֵֽׁשֶׁת and six Num.2.9
וְשִׁשָּׁה֙ and six Josh.7.5
וְשִׁשָּׁה and six Neh.7.68
וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה and six Judg.20.15 • 2Sam.2.11
וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה and six Esth.2.12
וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה and six Exod.25.32 • Exod.37.18 • 2Sam.5.5 • 1Chr.3.4
וְשִׁשָּׁ֗ה and six Ezra.8.35
וְשִׁשָּׁ֖ה and six 1Chr.7.4 • 1Chr.7.40 • Jer.52.23
וְשִׁשָּׁ֑ה and six 1Chr.9.9 • Ezra.2.66
וְשִׁשָּֽׁה and six Ezra.2.13 • Ezra.2.14 • Ezra.2.22 • Ezra.2.30
הַשִּׁשָּׁ֧ה the six Exod.28.10
בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ for six 1Kgs.10.29 • 2Chr.1.17
in six Job.5.19

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֵׁשׁ‎, ‎שִׁשָּׁה‎216 noun masculine and feminine six; —

masculine ‎שֵׁשׁ‎ (c. noun feminine) Gen 31:41 + 120 t.; feminine ‎שִׁשָּׁה‎ (with noun masculine) Gen 30:20 + 39 t.; construct ‎שֵׁ֫שֶׁת‎ Exod 23:12 + 30 t. (6 + 10 = 16 are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P):

1. no other number:
a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g. ‎שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים‎ Exod 21:2 (E) + 11 t., ‎שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת‎ 1Sam 17:4 + 8 t.; ‎שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה‎ 1Kgs 6:6 ‎שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים‎ Gen 30:20 (E) + 2 t.; ‎שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים‎ Exod 23:12 (E) + 14 t.; after noun (late) Exod 28:2; Josh 15:59; Josh 15:62 (all P), 1Chr 4:27; 1Chr 26:17; Neh 5:18 rarely noun omitted Lev 24:6 (P) + (distributive 2Sam 21:20 = 1Chr 20:6).
b. = ordinal ‎׳‎‎שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְק‎ 2Kgs 18:10 (Ges«GKC:134o»§ 134o).

2. 16, c noun feminine: ‎שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה‎, before ‎נָ֑פֶשׁ‎ Gen 46:18 (P), ‎שָׁנָה‎ 2Kgs 13:10 + 9 t., ‎בָּנוֺת‎ 2Chr 13:21 after ‎עָרִים‎ Josh 15:41; Josh 19:22 (P); with noun masculine ‎שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר‎, before ‎אֲדָנִים‎ Exod 26:25; Exod 36:30 (P), also ‎אֶלֶף‎, 1000, Num 31:40 + (P); after ‎בָּנִים‎ 1Chr 4:27, etc.; = ordinal 16th 1Chr 24:14; 1Chr 25:23 +, ‎׳‎‎ע ‎‎׳‎‎יוֺם שׁ‎ 2Chr 29:27.

3. 600 = ‎שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת‎, Gen 7:6 (P) + 63 t.; 6000 = ‎שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים‎ Num 3:34 (P) + 8 t.; ‎אֶלֶף‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Judg 20:15 + 2 t.

4. c. tens, ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ following Gen 46:26 + 13 t., precedes Num 31:44 (P).

5. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ as round number, ‎׳‎‎חָמֵשׁ אוֺשֿׁ‎ 2Kgs 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Prov 6:16.

‎שׁדת‎ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew ‎שׁדשׁ‎, ‎שֵׁשׁ‎).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Genesis 7:6 · 30:20 · 31:41 · 46:18 · 46:26
Exodus 21:2 · 23:12 · 26:25 · 28:2 · 36:30
Leviticus 24:6
Numbers 3:34 · 31:40 · 31:44
Joshua 15:41 · 15:59 · 15:62 · 19:22
Judges 20:15
1 Samuel 17:4
2 Samuel 21:20
1 Kings 6:6
2 Kings 13:10 · 13:19 · 18:10
1 Chronicles 4:27 · 20:6 · 24:14 · 25:23 · 26:17
2 Chronicles 13:21 · 29:27
Nehemiah 5:18
Job 5:19
Proverbs 6:16