Sheshai

Anakite giant defeated by Caleb

A written article for Sheshai is still to come. Below and alongside: where Sheshai appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1600 BC
    1400 BC
  • Sheshai
    1490 BC to 1443 BC

Original word

  • שֵׁשַׁי sheshai
    H8344
Relationships
Father: Anak Brother: Ahiman Brother: Talmai
Citations
“Sheshai.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Sheshai appears in Scripture

Numbers 13

וַיַּֽעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב וַיָּבֹא עַד-חֶבְרוֹן וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָֽעֲנָק וְחֶבְרוֹן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה לִפְנֵי צֹעַן מִצְרָֽיִם׃
22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Joshua 15

וַיֹּרֶשׁ מִשָּׁם כָּלֵב אֶת-שְׁלוֹשָׁה בְּנֵי הָֽעֲנָק אֶת-שֵׁשַׁי וְאֶת-אֲחִימַן וְאֶת-תַּלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָֽעֲנָֽק׃
14
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Judges 1

וַיֵּלֶךְ יְהוּדָה אֶל-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶבְרוֹן וְשֵׁם-חֶבְרוֹן לְפָנִים קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-שֵׁשַׁי וְאֶת-אֲחִימַן וְאֶת-תַּלְמָֽי׃
10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.