Sheshai

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Sheshai . A clan resident in Hebron, driven thence by Caleb (  Numbers 13:22 ,   Joshua 15:14 ,   Judges 1:10 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the Anakim chiefs driven from Hebron by Caleb and slain by the Israelites.  Numbers 13:22;  Joshua 15:14;  Judges 1:10 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of Anak's three sons at Hebron, driven out and slain by Caleb leading Judah ( Numbers 13:22;  Joshua 15:14;  Judges 1:10).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 15:14 Judges 1:10Anakim Anak

Smith's Bible Dictionary

She'sha-i. (Noble). One of the three sons, of Anak, who dwelt in Hebron.  Numbers 13:22. (B.C. 1445).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 13:22 Joshua 15:14 Judges 1:10

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shē´shı̄ ( שׁשיּ , shēshay ): One of the sons of Anak, perhaps an old Hebronite clan name. (Sayce combines the name with Šasu , the root שסה , the Egyptian name for the Syrian Bedouins.) The clan lived in Hebron at the time of the conquest and was expelled by Caleb (  Numbers 13:22 , Codex Vaticanus Σεσσεί , Sesseı́  ; Codex Alexandrinus Σεμεί , Semeı́  ;  Joshua 15:14 , Codex Vaticanus Σουσεί , Souseı́  ; Codex Alexandrinus Σουσαί , Sousaı́  ;  Judges 1:10 , Codex Vaticanus Σεσσεί , Sesseı́  ; Codex Alexandrinus Γεθθί , Geththı́ ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Sheshay', שֵׁשִׁי , Schitish [ Gesen. ] or Noble [Furst]; Sept. Σεσσί , v.r. Σουί , Σουσαί , Σεμεί , etc.), the second named of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron, ( Numbers 13:22), and were driven thence and slain by Caleb at the head of the children of Judah ( Joshua 15:14;  Judges 1:10). B.C. 1612.