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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שִׁישַׁק

שִׁישַׁק

H7895

Transliteration: Shîyshaq

Pronunciation: shee-shak'

Definition: Shishak


Original: שׁוּשׁק שׁישׁק o

Transliteration: shı̂yshaq shûshaq

Phonetic: shee-shak'

BDB Definition:

Shishak = "greedy of fine linen"
  1. king of Egypt, Sheshonk I, 1st king of the Bubastite 22nd dynasty; ruled in Egypt during the reigns of Solomon and Rehoboam and attacked the southern kingdom under Rehoboam and apparently made it tributary

Origin: of Egyptian derivation

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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