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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 3 / 13 (Exo 30:4–Lev 20:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - “You shall make two H8147 gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two H8147 side walls—on [fn]opposite H8147 sides—and [fn]they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:18 -

When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two H8147 tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

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Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain. And the two H8147 tablets of the testimony were in his hand, tablets which were written on both H8147 [fn]sides; they were written on one side and the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 -

Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Carve out for yourself two H8147 stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4 - So he carved out two H8147 stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had commanded him, and he took two H8147 stone tablets in his hand.

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Now it happened when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two H8147 tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:22 - There were two H8147 tenons for each board, [fn]fitted to one another; thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:24 - and he made forty bases of silver under the twenty boards; two H8147 bases under one board for its two H8147 tenons and two H8147 bases under another board for its two H8147 tenons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:26 - and their forty bases of silver; two H8147 bases under one board and two H8147 bases under another board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:28 - And he made two H8147 boards for the corners of the [fn]tabernacle at the [fn]rear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - And they were [fn]separated beneath, but were together at their completion at the [fn]top, [fn]at the first ring; thus he did with both H8147 of them for the two H8147 corners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - And there were eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases, two H8147 bases under every board.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:3 - He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two H8147 rings on one side of it, and two H8147 rings on the [fn]other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - He made two H8147 cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work [fn]at the two H8147 ends of the mercy seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - one cherub [fn]at the one end and one cherub [fn]at the other end; from one piece he made the mercy seat with the cherubim [fn]at its two H8147 ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - and a [fn]bulb was under the first pair H8147 of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the second pair H8147 of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the third pair H8147 of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:27 - He made two H8147 golden rings for it under its molding, on its two H8147 sides—on opposite H8147 sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:4 - They made joining shoulder pieces for [fn]the ephod; it was joined at its two H8147 upper ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve H8147, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve H8147 tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:16 - They made two H8147 gold filigree settings and two H8147 gold rings, and put the two H8147 rings on the two H8147 ends of the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:17 - Then they put the two H8147 gold cords in the two H8147 rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - They put the other two H8147 ends of the two H8147 cords on the two H8147 filigree settings and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - They made two H8147 gold rings and placed them on the two H8147 ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge which was next to the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - Furthermore, they made two H8147 gold rings and placed them on the bottom of the two H8147 shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it, close to the place where it joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4 - and the two H8147 kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10 - and the two H8147 kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15 - and the two H8147 kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9 - and the two H8147 kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys

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‘But if [fn]he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to Yahweh his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two H8147 turtledoves or two H8147 young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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‘But if his [fn]means are insufficient for two H8147 turtledoves or two H8147 young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not place oil on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - and the two H8147 kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:2 - “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two H8147 rams and the basket of unleavened bread,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:16 - He also took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, and the two H8147 kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:25 - And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, and the two H8147 kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two H8147 turtledoves or two H8147 young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give a command to take two H8147 live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.

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“Now on the eighth day he shall take two H8147 male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an [fn]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one [fn]log of oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two H8147 turtledoves or two H8147 young pigeons which [fn]are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two H8147 birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two H8147 turtledoves or two H8147 young pigeons and come before Yahweh to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - ‘Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two H8147 turtledoves or two H8147 young pigeons and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:1 -

Now Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two H8147 sons of Aaron, when they came near the presence of Yahweh and died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:5 - “And he shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two H8147 male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:7 - “And he shall take the two H8147 goats and present them before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:8 - “And Aaron shall cast lots for the two H8147 goats, one lot for Yahweh and the other lot for the [fn]scapegoat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - “Then Aaron shall lay both H8147 of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions [fn]in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it out into the wilderness by the hand of a man ready to do this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - ‘If there is a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both H8147 of them shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - ‘If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both H8147 of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed [fn]perversion. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both H8147 of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - ‘If there is a man who lies with a [fn]menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; thus both H8147 of them shall be cut off from among their people.

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