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† II. שֵׁשׁ n.m. id.;—עַמּוּדֵי שׁ׳ Ct 5:15 (in fig.), Est 1:6 a, material of pavement v 6 b (v. בַּ֫הַט).—I. שֵׁשׁ, v. שׁדשׁ.

μάρμᾰρος, ὁ, a crystalline rock, which sparkles (μαρμαίρει) in the light, μάρμαρος ὀκριόεις Refs 8th c.BC+: as adjective, πέτρος μ. ὀκριόεις Refs 8th c.BC+ __II later, marble, μάρμαρον ἢ λίθον λευκήν Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 work in marble, i.e. tombstone, τυκτὴ μ. Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II.3 chips made by cutting marble (masculine), Refs 1st c.AD+

† שַׁ֫יִשׁ n.[m.] alabaster (foreign word? NH id.; Aramaic שַׁיְשָׁא, ܫܺܝܫܳܐ, perhaps Assyrian šaššu);—אַבְנֵי־שׁ׳ 1 Ch 29:2 (material of temple); cf. PatrickHast.DB Marble.