Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8347

שֵׁשַׁךְ

she.shakh · “Babylon

Used 2 times across 1 book

Definition
Sheshach = "thy fine linen"
another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'
Another name of ba.vel (בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל "Babylon" H0894)
Where it appears
Jeremiah
2
In the text
Jeremiah 25:26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.Jeremiah 51:41How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

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