Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8333 - שַׁרְשְׁרָה sharsherah

Original Word:	שַׁרְשְׁרָה
Transliteration:	sharsherah
Phonetic Spelling:	(shar-sher-aw')
Definition:	chain
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

chain

From sharash (compare sharshah); a chain; (arch.) Probably a garland -- chain.

see HEBREW sharash

see HEBREW sharshah

Englishman's Concordance

1) chain
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8327 [compare H8331]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2470

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שַׁרְשְׁרָה] noun feminine (in spite of following suffix masculine Exodus 28:14, Ges^{§ 135o} Albr^{ZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96}) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu, chain, fetter; Mishna שַׁרְשָׁרוֺת, Talmud שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac

, chain or rope of palm-leaves, etc., but also Late Hebrew שַׁלְשֶׁלֶתchain, ᵑ7שֵׁישְׁלָא, Syriac

[whence Arabic

, see Ethiopic

], (connection with ׳שַׁר denied by Nö^{B88W 56 Anm. 9})); — plural שַׁרְשְׁרוֺת, absolute 1 Kings 7:17 +, רֹת- absolute 2 Chronicles 3:15, construct Exodus 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁתExodus 28:22 (either abbreviated or textual error); — chains of gold, like wreaths, attached to ephod Exodus 28:14 (twice in verse); Exodus 28:22; Exodus 39:15; ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1 Kings 7:17 (׳גְּדִלִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁ), "" 2 Chronicles 3:15,16 (twice in verse).

שׁרשׁ (apparently √ of following; Di^{Job 40:16} Buhl and others think=שׁרשׁר, √ שׁרר, compare שֹׁר, etc., Ethiopic nerve, muscle, whence שֹׁרֶשׁ as root-fibre, but word very ancient, and this der,quite unproven; Schw^{ZMG iii (1898), 140 f.} compare Arabic ( by dissimilation), thorn-bush, hard, rough, rugged (of ground), ill-natured, cross; hence שֹׁרֶשׁ, from tough, gnarled root-fibres; Late Hebrew and Phoenician שרש, Assyrian šuršu, all root, Sabean שרס (see Arabic above) root, foundation Hom^{Chr 124}, אשרסfoundation DHM^{AMG xxix (1875), 606}; xxxvii (1883), 415; Aramaic שׁוֺרְשָׁא, root).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8333. שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת (sharsherah) — 7 Occurrences

Exodus 28:14
HEB: וּשְׁתֵּ֤י שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב טָה֔וֹר
NAS: and two chains of pure gold;
KJV: And two chains [of] pure gold
INT: and two chains gold of pure

Exodus 28:14
HEB:וְנָתַתָּ֛ה אֶת־ שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת הָעֲבֹתֹ֖ת עַל־
NAS: the corded chains on the filigree
KJV: the wreathen chains to the ouches.
INT: cordage shall put chains the corded on

Exodus 39:15
HEB:עַל־ הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
NAS: on the breastpiece chains like cords,
KJV: upon the breastplate chains at the ends,
INT: on the breastpiece chains of twisted work

1 Kings 7:17
HEB:גְּדִלִים֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר
KJV: and wreaths of chain work,
INT: and twisted work of chain the capitals which

2 Chronicles 3:5
HEB:עָלָ֛יו תִּמֹרִ֖ים וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃
NAS: it with palm trees and chains.
KJV: and set thereon palm trees and chains.
INT: with palm and chains

2 Chronicles 3:16
HEB: וַיַּ֤עַשׂ שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙ בַּדְּבִ֔יר וַיִּתֵּ֖ן
NAS: He made chains in the inner sanctuary
KJV: And he made chains, [as] in the oracle,
INT: made chains the inner and placed

2 Chronicles 3:16
HEB:מֵאָ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֖ן בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃
NAS: and placed [them] on the chains.
KJV: and put [them] on the chains.
INT: hundred and placed the chains

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