# שֵׁשַׁךְ (sheshakh)

Israeli respelling: she-shakh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8347. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

Sheshak, a symbolic name of Babylon

King James renderings: Sheshach.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sheshakh-h8347

## Occurrences

- [Jeremiah 25:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/26) — And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: an…
- [Jeremiah 51:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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!