Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7894 - שִׁישָׁא Shisha (father of Solomon's scribes)

Original Word:	שִׁישָׁא
Transliteration:	Shisha
Definition:	father of Solomon's scribes
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(shee-shaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Shisha

From the same as shayish; whiteness; Shisha, an Israelite -- Shisha.

see HEBREW shayish

Englishman's Concordance

Shisha=“Jehovah contends”
1) father of Elihoreph and Ahiah, the royal secretaries in the reign of Solomon
1a) apparently the same as ‘Shavsha’ who held the same position under David
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H7893

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שִׁישָׁאproper name, masculineSolomon's time, 1 Kings 4:3, Σαβα, Σεισα, ᵐ5^LΣαφατ; compare שְׂרָיָה.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7894. שִׁישָׁא (Shisha) — 1 Occurrence
1 Kings 4:3
HEB:וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה בְּנֵ֥י שִׁישָׁ֖א סֹפְרִ֑ים יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט
NAS: the sons of Shisha [were] secretaries;
KJV: the sons of Shisha, scribes;
INT: and Ahijah the sons of Shisha scribes Jehoshaphat

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