Strong H8344שֵׁשַׁי
Sheshai
- Transliteration
- shêshay
- Pronunciation
- shay-shah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Probably for H8343; {Sheshai} a Canaanite: - Sheshai.
Meaning of the name
Sheshai = "noble"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Sheshai
Anakite giant defeated by Caleb
Sheshai, one of the Anakite giants, was defeated by Caleb during the conquest of Canaan.
In the Bible
Strong H8344 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sheshai3
First verses
- Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Judges 1:10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.