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(Heb. Shavsha', ùִׁåְùָׁà , nobility [Furst]; Sept. ÓïõóÜ v.r. Óïýò , and even É᾿çóïῦò ), the royal secretary in the reign of David (1Ch_18:16). He is apparently the same with SERAIAH (2Sa_8:17), who is called ÓåéóÜ by Josephus (Ant. 7, 5, 4), w and ÓáóÜ in the Vat. MS. of the Sept. Shisha is the reading of two MSS. and of the Targum in 1Ch_18:16. In 2Sa_20:25 he is called SHEVA, and in 1Ki_4:3 SHISHA.