שֵׁשַׁךְ
sheshach · Sheshach
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8347 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sheshach (שֵׁשַׁךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sheshach”.
A code name for Babylon.
How to say it
she·shach
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.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 25:26
and all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the earth that are on the face of the ground; and the king of Sheshach will drink after them.
- Jeremiah 51:41
How Sheshach is captured, and the praise of all the earth is seized! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!