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Shashai — the meaning of the Hebrew name שָׁשַׁי

שָׁשַׁי

Shâshay · pronounced shaw-shah'-ee · Strong's H8343 · a man

Shashai means whitish.

Built from

שֵׁשׁ shêsh (perhaps from, H8336) — bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

perhaps from H8336; whitish; Shashai, an Israelite.

First appearance

Ezra 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, (KJV)

Every verse that names Shashai

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Ezra

Ezra 10:40

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