שַׁרְשְׁרָה
sharshra · chain
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8333 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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sharshra (שַׁרְשְׁרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “chain”.
Small chain.
How to say it
sharsh·ra
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
- A cord of metal links, as an ornament of the temple or the breastpiece.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 28:14
and two chains of pure gold; twisted you shall make them, of corded work, and you shall fasten the corded chains to the settings.
- Exodus 39:15
And they made on the breastpiece chains, twisted, a work of cord, of pure gold.
- 1 Kings 7:17
There were nets, the work of network, and cords, the work of chains, for the capitals that were on the head of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the second capital.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5
The great house he covered with cypress wood, and covered it with good gold, and put on it palm trees and chains.
- 2 Chronicles 3:16
He made chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains.
And 2 more times.