How to Pronounce Shishak
SHEE-shak
Shishak is pronounced SHEE-shak (ˈʃaɪʃæk): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: SHYE-shak.
What does Shishak mean?
Shishak means “present of the bag; of the pot; of the thigh”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Shishak?
Shishak was a king of Egypt who sheltered Jeroboam when he fled from Solomon (1 Kings 11:40). In the fifth year of King Rehoboam he invaded Judah and came up against Jerusalem, carrying away the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, including the shields of gold Solomon had made (2 Chronicles 12:9).
Also pronounced
SHYE-shak
Found in Scripture
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