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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.
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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 7 / 13 (Jdg 20:21–2Sa 13:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:21 - And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two H8147 thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - And the congregation sent thither twelve H8147 thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two H8147 sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two H8147 sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:3 - And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two H8147 sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5 - And Mahlon and Chilion died also both H8147 of them; and the woman was left of her two H8147 sons and her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two H8147 daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - And Naomi said unto her two H8147 daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So they two H8147 went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two H8147 did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:2 - And he had two H8147 wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two H8147 sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two H8147 daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:34 - And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two H8147 sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both H8147 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both H8147 the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two H8147 sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - And the ark of God was taken; and the two H8147 sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two H8147 sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both H8147 the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:7 - Now therefore make a new cart, and take two H8147 milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:10 - And the men did so; and took two H8147 milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both H8147 of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two H8147 men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:4 - And they will salute thee, and give thee two H8147 loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two H8147 of them were not left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:1 - Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two H8147 years over Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - And both H8147 of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 - Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two H8147 daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:11 - And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both H8147 of them into the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both H8147 of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:18 - And they two H8147 made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two H8147 bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43 - David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both H8147 of them his wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two H8147 wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two H8147 men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - And David's two H8147 wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 - And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two H8147 clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two H8147 wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two H8147 days in Ziklag;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - So David went up thither, and his two H8147 wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two H8147 years. But the house of Judah followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - Then there arose and went over by number twelve H8147 of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve H8147 of the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - And Saul's son had two H8147 men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two H8147 lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two H8147 and twenty thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both H8147 his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve H8147 thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two H8147 men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple H8147 of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

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