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Sheshai — the meaning of the Hebrew name שֵׁשַׁי

שֵׁשַׁי

Shêshay · pronounced shay-shah'-ee · Strong's H8344 · a man

Sheshai means Sheshai, a Canaanite.

Built from

שָׁשַׁי Shâshay (probably for, H8343) — whitish open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

probably for H8343; Sheshai, a Canaanite.

First appearance

Num 13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) (KJV)

Every verse that names Sheshai

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Numbers, Joshua, Judges

Num 13:22Josh 15:14Judg 1:10

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