Sheshach

bag of flax or linen

Sheshach

(from the goddess Shach , reduplicated) is a term which occurs only in (Jeremiah 25:26; 51:41) where it is evidently used as a synonym for either Babylon or Babylonia.

Sheshach

A poetical name for Babylon, signifying, as some judge, house or court of the prince, Jeremiah 25:26; 51:41.

(Jeremiah 25:26), supposed to be equivalent to Babel (Babylon), according to a secret (cabalistic) mode of writing among the Jews of unknown antiquity, which consisted in substituting the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet for the first, the last but one for the second, and so on. Thus the letters sh, sh, ch become b, b, l, i.e., Babel. This is supposed to be confirmed by a reference to Jeremiah 51:41, where Sheshach and Babylon are in parallel clauses. There seems to be no reason to doubt that Babylon is here intended by this name. (see Streane's Jeremiah, l.c.) SHESHACH

she'-shak (sheshakh, as if "humiliation"; compare shakhakh, "to crouch"): The general explanation is that this is "a cypherform of `Babel' (Babylon)" which is the word given as equivalent to "Sheshach" by the Targum (Jeremiah 25:26; Jeremiah 51:41; the Septuagint omits in both passages). By the device known as Atbas 'atbas, i.e. disguising a name by substituting the last letter of the alphabet for the first, the letter next to the last for the second, etc., sh-sh-k is substituted for babhel. This theory has not failed of opposition. Delitzsch holds that "Sheshach" represents Sis-ku-KI of an old Babylonian regal register, which may have stood for a part of the city of Babylon. (For a refutation of this interpretation see Schrader, KAT2, 415; COT, II, 108 f.) Lauth, too, takes "Sheshach" to be a Hebraization of Siska, a Babylonian district. Winckler and Sayce read Uru-azagga. Finally, Cheyne and a number of critics hold that the word has crept into the text, being "a conceit of later editors."

See further JEREMIAH, 6.

Horace J. Wolf

8347. Sheshak -- a name for Bab.
... a name for Bab. Transliteration: Sheshak Phonetic Spelling: (shay-shak') Short
Definition: Sheshach. ... NASB Word Usage Sheshach (1), Sheshak (1). Sheshach. ...
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Tiberias.
... when any dies here (in Babylon), they lament him there (at Tiberias) after this
manner, The hearse of a famous man deceased in Sheshach (Babylon): whose name ...
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The Unseen Watcher
... As in vision God had revealed to them the events of the future, they had exclaimed:
"How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! ...
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Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
... To wit, All the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth. 'And
Sheshach shall drink after them' (verse 26). But what was Sheshach? ...
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Sheshach (2 Occurrences)
... This is supposed to be confirmed by a reference to Jeremiah 51:41, where Sheshach
and Babylon are in parallel clauses. ... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHESHACH. ...
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Sheshai (3 Occurrences)

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Sheshak (1 Occurrence)
... Jeremiah 51:41 How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the
whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations. ...
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She's (1 Occurrence)

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Drinketh (33 Occurrences)
... north, The near and the far off, one unto another, And all the kingdoms of the earth,
That 'are' on the face of the ground, And king Sheshach drinketh after ...
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Surprised (46 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 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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Jeremiah (141 Occurrences)
... In 25:26 the words, "and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them," are
likewise considered spurious. Sheshach is rightly regarded ...
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Astonishment (51 Occurrences)
... inhabitant. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). Jeremiah 51:41 How is Sheshach
taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! ...
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Kingdoms (65 Occurrences)
... of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world,
which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink ...
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Horror (51 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV NIV). Jeremiah 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole
earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! ...
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