1. Shishak (Egyptian pharaoh) — The proper noun Shishak (Hebrew שִׁישַׁק), referring to the Egyptian pharaoh (identified with Shoshenq I) who invaded Judah during the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 12). All 8 occurrences refer to the same historical person. The single ketiv-variant occurrence (S140079) is an orthographic variant of the same name, not a distinct referent. Multilingual evidence is uniform: eng 'Shishak / [ketiv],' spa 'Sisac / [Shushaq],' hin शीशक, arb شيشق, kor 시샥 / 시삭, swa Shishaki. The minor spelling variations across translations confirm a single person. 8×
AR["(شِيشَقُ)","[شيشق]","شيشَقَ","شيشَقُ","شِيشَقَ"]·ben["(শীশক)","[শুশক]","শীশক","শীশকের"]·DE["Schischak","Shishak","[ketiv]"]·EN["Shishak","[ketiv]"]·FR["Schischak","Shishak","[ketiv]"]·heb["שושק","שישק"]·HI["(शीशक)","[शीशक]","का-राजा","शीशक"]·ID["(Sisak)","Sisak","[Susak]"]·IT["Scishak","Shishak","[ketiv]"]·jav["Sisak"]·KO["(시삭이)","[시삭]","시샥-의","시샥-이","시샥에게"]·PT["(Shishak)","Shishaq","Sisaque","[Shushak]"]·RU["[кетив:Шушак]","Шишак","Шишака","Шишаку"]·ES["(Shishaq)","Sisac","[Shushaq]"]·SW["Shishaki"]·TR["Şişak","Şişak'ın"]·urd["شیشق","شیشق-کے"]
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† שִׁישַׁק n.pr.m. king of Egypt, Solomon’s time (10th cent. b.c.), 1 K 11:40; 14:25 Qr (Kt שושק), = 2 Ch 12:2; 2 Ch 12:9, שִׁישָׁ֑ק v 5(×2), 7; = Šešonḳ I, first king of 22nd dynasty, BlauZMG xv (1861), 233 ff. SteindBAS i. 351; = Sošenḳ WMMAs. u. Eur. 166 ff.; Ency. Bib. Shishak; cf. GriffithHast.DB Shishak.