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Lexicon :: Strong's H8147 - šᵊnayim

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שְׁנַיִם
Transliteration
šᵊnayim
Pronunciation
shen-ah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, dual masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2421a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 768x

The KJV translates Strong's H8147 in the following manner: two (533x), twelve (with H6240) (105x), both (69x), twelfth (with H6240) (21x), second (10x), twain (7x), both of them (5x), twice (5x), double (5x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 768x
The KJV translates Strong's H8147 in the following manner: two (533x), twelve (with H6240) (105x), both (69x), twelfth (with H6240) (21x), second (10x), twain (7x), both of them (5x), twice (5x), double (5x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. two

    1. two (the cardinal number)

      1. two, both, double, twice

    2. second (the ordinal number)

    3. in combination with other numbers

    4. both (a dual number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
STRONGS H8147: Abbreviations
שְׁנַ֫יִם, שְׁתַּיִם (PhilippiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note): 768 noun masculine and feminine dual two (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician אשנם (and שנ׳ second), Punic שנם Lzb380; Arabic bdb104101; Sabean תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, bdb104102 (תִּנְיָנָא, bdb104103second); Nabataean תרין, Palmyrene feminine תרתן, תרתיא, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etymology see √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21-98); — masculine (with masculine noun) שְׁנַיִם Amos 3:3 +; construct שְׁנֵי Isaiah 7:16 +, suffix שְׁנֵיהֶם Genesis 2:25 +, etc.; feminine (with feminine noun) שְׁתַּיִם Amos 4:8 +; construct שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Isaiah 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Judges 16:28 (see GFM); suffixes see below (2+10= 12, see below); Hexateuch chiefly P; — two:
1. no other number:
a. usually construct before plural noun (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Genesis 24:22 + 19 times + 2 Samuel 23:20 || 1 Chronicles 11:22 (insert בְּנֵי Greek Version of the LXX Th modern, otherwise RSSemitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19 132 times, 1 Samuel 10:4 insert כִּכְּרוֺת Klo HPS Bu Now; Leviticus 16:21 read dual יָדָיו Qr, + Judges 16:28 (see above) + שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה Isaiah 47:9 both these things; before singular noun, שְׁנֵי Exodus 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); suffix שְׁנֵיתֶם the two of them Genesis 2:25 + 62 times, + Proverbs 24:22 (> their years Syriac Version Targum De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Genesis 31:37 + 2 times, שְׁנֵיכֶם † Genesis 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135 o) † Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן † 1 Samuel 25:43; Ezekiel 23:13.
b. absolute
(1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 times), before plural noun Judges 11:37 + 26 times; after plural noun 2 Samuel 1:1; Exodus 29:1+ 21 times (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) Genesis 46:27; Numbers 7:17 + 11 times Numbers 17; noun omitted Genesis 7:2; Genesis 44:27 + 26 times; שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distributive Genesis 7:9 +; לִשׁ׳ cut in two 2 Kings 3:25; Jeremiah 34:18; = double amount † Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:8 (E); שׁ׳ פִּי † Deuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ † 2 Kings 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ †Zechariah 3:18;
(2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 times) before plural noun 1 Kings 3:16 + 16 times; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2 Chronicles 24:3 + 9 times; noun omitted, = two things † Isaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice † 2 Kings 6:10; Job 40:5; Psalm 62:12 (or as Proverbs 30:7), בִּשׁ׳ Job 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 Kings 15:25 + 9 times, etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 Kings 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Amos 4:8, וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם פַּעַם Nehemiah 13:20, compare Jeremiah 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָּחָה = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kings 6:10.
2. twelve: with noun masculine שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Genesis 42:13 + 87 times, לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Exodus 28:21 + 4 times; with noun feminine שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Exodus 24:4 + 34 times, שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה † Ezekiel 32:1, 17; Ezekiel 33:21; before plural noun Genesis 17:20; Exodus 15:27 +; after plural noun Numbers 7:84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun Exodus 28:21 +, Genesis 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, יוֺם בְּיוֺם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Numbers 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 32:1 +, etc.
3. with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 Samuel 8:5; Judges 10:3 + 56 times; 2+10 (etc.) Numbers 1:35 (P), 2 Chronicles 22:2 + 18 times (Köii. 1. 215 ff. Ges§ 97 f.); 200+2+30, 1 Kings 20:15; 50+2 as ordinal 2 Kings 15:27 + 2 times; compare 2 + 20, 1 Chronicles 24:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:25; 2:25; 4:1; 4:19; 4:19; 7:2; 7:9; 14:4; 17:20; 24:22; 27:45; 31:37; 42:13; 44:27; 46:27

Exodus

15:27; 16:22; 22:3; 22:6; 22:8; 24:4; 28:21; 28:21; 29:1

Leviticus

16:21

Numbers

1:35; 7:17; 7:78; 7:84; 17

Deuteronomy

21:17

Judges

10:3; 11:37; 16:28; 16:28

Ruth

1:19; 4:11

1 Samuel

10:4; 25:43

2 Samuel

1:1; 8:5; 23:20

1 Kings

3:16; 15:25; 17:12; 20:15

2 Kings

2:9; 3:25; 6:10; 6:10; 9:32; 15:27

1 Chronicles

11:22; 24:17

2 Chronicles

22:2; 24:3

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

13:20

Job

13:20; 33:14; 40:5

Psalms

62:12

Proverbs

24:22; 30:7; 30:7

Isaiah

7:16; 7:21; 17:6; 47:9; 51:19

Jeremiah

3:14; 34:18

Ezekiel

23:13; 32:1; 32:1; 32:17; 33:21

Amos

3:3; 4:8; 4:8

H8147

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Strong's Number H8147 matches the Hebrew שְׁנַיִם (šᵊnayim),
which occurs 769 times in 646 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 13 / 13 (Eze 21:19–Zec 13:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two H8147 ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain H8147 shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two H8147 ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:2 - Son of man, there were two H8147 women, the daughters of one mother:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:13 - Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both H8147 one way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1 - In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth H8147 day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1 - And it came to pass in the twelfth H8147 year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - It came to pass also in the twelfth H8147 year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - And it came to pass in the twelfth H8147 year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:10 - Because thou hast said, These two H8147 nations and these two H8147 countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:22 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two H8147 nations, neither shall they be divided into two H8147 kingdoms any more at all:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two H8147 cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - And in the porch of the gate were two H8147 tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two H8147 tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two H8147 tables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two H8147 cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:18 - And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two H8147 faces;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two H8147 cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23 - And the temple and the sanctuary had two H8147 doors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:24 - And the doors had two H8147 leaves apiece, two H8147 turning leaves; two H8147 leaves for the one door, and two H8147 leaves for the other door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two H8147 cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:16 - And the altar shall be twelve H8147 cubits long, twelve H8147 broad, square in the four squares thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve H8147 tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - And in the second H8147 year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two H8147 horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two H8147 weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - And after threescore and two H8147 weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - And both H8147 these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, H8147 the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two H8147 furrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:3 - Can two H8147 walk together, except they be agreed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two H8147 legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - So two H8147 or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore H8147 thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - In the second H8147 year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:15 - In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second H8147 year of Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:10 - In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second H8147 year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:1 - In the eighth month, in the second H8147 year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:7 - Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second H8147 year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - And two H8147 olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two H8147 olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two H8147 olive branches which through the two H8147 golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14 - Then said he, These are the two H8147 anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two H8147 women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 - And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two H8147 mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two H8147 staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two H8147 parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

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