H8347

ששך

ששך

shashak

Proper locative noun · Of foreign derivation

Of foreign derivation; Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon:—Sheshach.

Outline

Sheshach = "thy fine linen"

another name for Babylon apparently taken from the goddess 'Shach'

Usages

Jeremiah 25:26

And 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.

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Jeremiah 51:41

How 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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