שֵׁשׁ (šēš) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning alabaster. It appears
42 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8336).
Also rendered
byssus
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2473)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2473)byssus; bleached, white; fine linen, marble, silk
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שֵׁשׁnoun, masculine: byssus
byssus, fine Egyptian linen
Strong's H8336שֵׁשׁ: bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble KJV:× blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.