Strong's Lexicon

H8333

H8333 — שַׁרשְׁרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewsharahrahnoun femOccurrences: 7TWOT: 2470

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8333
Word:שַׁרשְׁרָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H8327
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:7
Transliteration:sharahrah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shar-sher-aw'
Meaning:1. a chain 2. (arch.) probably a garland
KJV Renderings:chain.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9056

[שַׁרְשְׁרָה] noun feminine (in spite of following suffix masculine Exod 28:14, Ges«GKC:135o»§ 135o AlbrZAW xv (1895), 316, xvi (1896), 96) chain (Assyrian šaršarratu , chain, fetter; Mishna שַׁרְשָׁרוֺת, Talmud שַׁרְשׁוּרָא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5756], chain or rope of palm-leaves, etc., but also Late Hebrew שַׁלְשֶׁלֶת chain, ᵑ7 שֵׁישְׁלָא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5757] [whence Arabic [untranscribed source text 5758], see Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5759]], (connection with ׳ שַׁר denied by B88W 56 Anm. 9)); — plural שַׁרְשְׁרוֺת, absolute 1Kgs 7:17 +, רֹת- absolute 2Chr 3:15, construct Exod 28:14 +, שַׁרְשֹׁת Exod 28:22 (either abbreviated or textual error); — chains of gold, like wreaths, attached to ephod Exod 28:14 (twice in verse); Exod 28:22; Exod 39:15 ornaments on pillars at porch of temple 1Kgs 7:17 (׳ גְּדִלִים מַעֲשֵׂה שׁ), || 2Chr 3:15; 2Chr 3:16 (twice in verse).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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