שָׁחִיס
shachis · aftergrowth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7823 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shachis (שָׁחִיס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “aftergrowth”.
What springs up by itself in the second year from what sprouted the year before, without sowing (2 Kings 19:29; Isaiah 37:30).
How to say it
sha·chis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What sprouts on its own the second year, unsown.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 19:29
And this shall be for you the sign: this year you will eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 37:30
And this shall be for you the sign: this year you will eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.