- Original: שׁישׁ - Transliteration: Shayish - Phonetic: shah'-yish - Definition: 1. alabaster - Origin: from an unused root meaning to bleach, i.e. whiten - TWOT entry: 2379 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to bleach that is whiten; white that is marble: - marble. See H8336 . Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • marble, 1 1 Chronicles 29:2