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He is one of the three Anakim brothers encountered by the Israelites during their exploration and conquest of the Promised Land.<br><br><b>Scriptural Citations:</b> <br>· <a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a> : "They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)"<br>· <a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a> : "And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak."<br><br><b>Historical and Cultural Context:</b> <br>Sheshai is identified as one of the Anakim, a race of giants mentioned in the Old Testament. The Anakim were known for their formidable size and strength, and they inhabited the region of Hebron in Canaan. The presence of the Anakim, including Sheshai, was a significant concern for the Israelite spies sent by Moses to scout the land, as recorded in <a href="/bsb/numbers/13.htm">Numbers 13</a>. The report of these giants instilled fear among the Israelites, contributing to their initial reluctance to enter the Promised Land.<br><br><b>Role in the Conquest of Canaan:</b> <br>Sheshai, along with his brothers Ahiman and Talmai, was eventually driven out by Caleb, one of the faithful spies who trusted in God's promise to give the land to Israel. Caleb's conquest of Hebron, as recorded in <a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a>, demonstrates the fulfillment of God's promise to the Israelites and serves as a testament to Caleb's faith and courage. The expulsion of Sheshai and his brothers marked a significant victory in the Israelite campaign to claim the land of Canaan.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b> <br>The account of Sheshai and the Anakim highlights themes of faith, obedience, and divine intervention. Despite the intimidating presence of giants in the land, Caleb's reliance on God's promise exemplifies the power of faith over fear. The narrative underscores the importance of trusting in God's provision and the assurance that He will fulfill His promises, regardless of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.<br><br><b>Legacy:</b> <br>Sheshai's mention in the biblical narrative serves as a reminder of the challenges faced by the Israelites in their journey to possess the land God had promised them. His defeat by Caleb is celebrated as a victory of faith and divine support, reinforcing the message that God's people can overcome any adversary through trust and obedience to His will.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Sheshai</span><p>six; mercy; flax<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Sheshai</span><p>(<i>noble</i>), one of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron. (<a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a>) (B.C. 1445.)<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Whitish, one of the sons of Anak (<a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a>). When the Israelites obtained possession of the country the sons of Anak were expelled and slain (<a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a>; <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHESHAI</span><p>she'-shi (sheshay): One of the sons of Anak, perhaps an old Hebronite clan name. (Sayce combines the name with Sasu, the root sh-c-h, the Egyptian name for the Syrian Bedouins.) The clan lived in Hebron at the time of the conquest and was expelled by Caleb (<a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a>, Codex Vaticanus Sessei; Codex Alexandrinus Semei; <a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a>, Codex Vaticanus Sousei; Codex Alexandrinus Sousai; <a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a>, Codex Vaticanus Sessei; Codex Alexandrinus Geththi).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8344.htm"><span class="l">8344. Sheshay -- a son of Anak</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8343, 8344. Sheshay. 8345 . a son of Anak. Transliteration: Sheshay Phonetic<br> Spelling: (shay-shah'-ee) Short Definition: <b>Sheshai</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Sheshai</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8344.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/afraid_of_giants.htm"><span class="l">Afraid of Giants</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hamath.22. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,<br> <b>Sheshai</b>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/afraid of giants.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/caleba_green_old_age.htm"><span class="l">Caleb --A Green Old Age</span></a> <br><b>...</b> What were the three Anak chiefs, with their barbarous names, <b>Sheshai</b>, and Ahiman,<br> and Talmai, and their giant stature, to the onset of a warrior faith like that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/caleba green old age.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iiithe_hebrews_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is related how one of their subdivisions, of which Caleb was the eponymous hero,<br> had driven from Hebron the three sons of Anak"<b>Sheshai</b>, Ahiman, and Talmai <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sheshai.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sheshai</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>SHESHAI</b>. she'-shi (sheshay): One of the sons of Anak, perhaps an old Hebronite<br> clan name. <b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Sheshai</b> (3 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sheshai.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahiman.htm"><span class="l">Ahiman (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joshua 15:14 Judges 1:20). The three names (Ahiman, <b>Sheshai</b>, Talmai) also<br> occur together in Judges 1:10. The word Anak in the Hebrew <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahiman.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/talmai.htm"><span class="l">Talmai (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Talmai (6 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;<br> and Ahiman, <b>Sheshai</b>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/talmai.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/she'shai.htm"><span class="l">She'shai (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br>She'shai. <b>Sheshai</b>, She'shai. Sheshak . <b>...</b> Joshua 15:14 And Caleb drove out thence<br> the three sons of Anak, <b>Sheshai</b>, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/she'shai.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/anak.htm"><span class="l">Anak (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Anak (8 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;<br> and Ahiman, <b>Sheshai</b>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/anak.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahi'man.htm"><span class="l">Ahi'man (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ahi'man (4 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 And they went up into the South, and came<br> unto Hebron; and Ahiman, <b>Sheshai</b>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahi'man.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sheshach.htm"><span class="l">Sheshach (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sheshach.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/caleb.htm"><span class="l">Caleb (39 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Joshua 15:14 Caleb drove out the<br> three sons of Anak: <b>Sheshai</b>, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/caleb.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hebron.htm"><span class="l">Hebron (71 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman,<br><b>Sheshai</b>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hebron.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zo'an.htm"><span class="l">Zo'an (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Zo'an (7 Occurrences). Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron;<br> and Ahiman, <b>Sheshai</b>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zo'an.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Caleb-in-the-Bible.html">Who is Caleb in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sheshai (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a></span><br />They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, <span class="boldtext">Sheshai</span>, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a></span><br />Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: <span class="boldtext">Sheshai</span>, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-10.htm">Judges 1:10</a></span><br />Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck <span class="boldtext">Sheshai</span>, and Ahiman, and Talmai.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sheshai.htm">Sheshai</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/sheshai--a_son_of_anak.htm">Sheshai: A Son of Anak</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sheshai.htm">Sheshai (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kir'iath-ar'ba.htm">Kir'iath-ar'ba (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ahi'man.htm">Ahi'man (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sheshak.htm">Sheshak (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/formerly.htm">Formerly (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/defeated.htm">Defeated (88 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/s/sheshach--a_symbolical_name,_apparently_applied_to_the_city_of_babylon.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Sheshach: A Symbolical Name, Apparently Applied to the City of Babylon"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Sheshach: A Symbolical Name, Apparently Applied to the City of Babylon" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/she'shai.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="She'shai"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="She'shai" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>