Bible Person

Sheshai

Meaning: six; mercy; flax · Male · 3 cross references

Sheshai is one of the Anakim associated with Hebron and later driven out in Israel's conquest traditions. He belongs to the cluster of formidable figures that make the land appear intimidating to the spies and then to later generations of fighters. First appears in Num 13:22.1

AI summary: Sheshai matters because the cross references place him first in the fearful reconnaissance of the land and later in the memory of conquest. His name helps concentrate the contrast between faithless intimidation and eventual inheritance under God's promise. Taken together, the material presents Sheshai as an Anakite figure whose remembered strength becomes part of the drama of promise, fear, and conquest.1