What does שִׁשִּׁים · יוֹם · שֵׁשׁ mean in the Bible?
שִׁשִּׁים · יוֹם · שֵׁשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sixty".
Hebrew · H8346, H3117, H8337
שִׁשִּׁים יוֹם וְשֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים
Sixty · a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) · six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
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שִׁשִּׁיםH8346sixty
יוֹםH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Pronunciationyôm
Fundamental unit of time marked by daylight, extending metaphorically to ages, epochs, and eschatological periods.
Open lexicon entry →שֵׁשׁH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth
What does שִׁשִּׁים יוֹם וְשֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים (šiššîm yôm wĕšēšeṯ yāmîm) mean in the Bible?
שִׁשִּׁים · יוֹם · שֵׁשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sixty".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8346, H3117, H8337?
H8346, H3117, H8337 is connected to 2,578 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sixty
Strong'sH8346, H3117, H8337
Lexical occurrences2,578 versesSource Gloss
sixty
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שִׁשִּׁים יוֹם וְשֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים is built from this root: