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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"- 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