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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, שְׁנֵיכֶםGenesis 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135 o) † Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן1 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 amountExodus 22:3; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:8 (E); שׁ׳ פִּיDeuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ2 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 thingsIsaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice2 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 עֶשְׂרֵהEzekiel 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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 12 / 13 (Est 3:7–Eze 15:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 -

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth H8147 year of King Ahasuerus, [fn]Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth H8147 month, that is the month Adar.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to annihilate, kill, and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth H8147 month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two H8147 of the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to [fn]attack King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth H8147 month (that is, the month Adar).
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 -

Now in the twelfth H8147 month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth [fn]day, when the king’s command and edict were to be put into effect, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it turned out to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained mastery over those who hated them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews established and [fn]made a custom for themselves, their [fn]descendants, and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that [fn]they would not fail to celebrate these two H8147 days according to their [fn]regulation and according to their appointed time annually.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 -

“There is no arbitrator between us,

Who can place his hand upon us both H8147.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:20 -

“Only two H8147 things H8147 I ask that You do not do to me,

Then I will not hide from Your face:

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 -

“Indeed God speaks once,

Or twice H8147, yet no one notices it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:5 -

“I have spoken once, and I will not reply;

Or twice H8147, and I will add nothing more.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 -

It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two H8147 friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Shushan Eduth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, to teach; [fn]when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

God, You have rejected us. You have [fn]broken us;

You have been angry; restore us!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:11 -

God has spoken [fn]once;

[fn]Twice H8147 I have heard this:

That power belongs to God;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 -

One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous,

Both H8147 of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 -

[fn]Differing weights and differing measures,

Both H8147 of them are abominable to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:12 -

The hearing ear and the seeing eye,

The LORD has made both H8147 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:22 -

For their disaster will rise suddenly,

And who knows the ruin that can come from both H8147 of them?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,

But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both H8147 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:13 -

The poor person and the oppressor [fn]have this in common:

The LORD gives light to the eyes of both H8147.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 -

Two H8147 things H8147 I have asked of You;

Do not refuse me before I die:

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15 -

The leech has two H8147 daughters:

“Giveand “Give.”

There are three things that will not be satisfied,

Four that will not say, “Enough”:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:3 - But better off than both H8147 of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two H8147 are better than one because they have a good return for their labor;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two H8147 lie down together they [fn]keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if [fn]one can overpower him who is alone, two H8147 can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 -

Sow your seed in the morning and do not [fn]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [fn]one or the other will succeed, or whether both H8147 of them alike will be good.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:5 -

“Your two H8147 breasts are like two H8147 fawns,

Twins of a gazelle

That graze among the lilies.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:3 -

“Your two H8147 breasts are like two H8147 fawns,

Twins of a gazelle.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:31 -

The strong man will become like [fn]flax fiber,

And his work a spark.

So they shall both H8147 burn together

And there will be no one to extinguish them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two H8147 each covered his face, and with two H8147 each covered his feet, and with two H8147 each flew.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two H8147 stumps of smoldering logs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before the boy knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two H8147 kings you dread will be abandoned.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:21 -

Now on that day a person may keep alive only a heifer and a pair H8147 of sheep;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 -

“Then He will become a sanctuary;

But to both H8147 houses of Israel, He will be a stone of stumbling and a rock [fn]of offense,

And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 -

Yet gleanings will be left in it like the [fn]shaking of an olive tree,

Two H8147 or three olives on the topmost branch,

Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree,

Declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9 -

“But these two H8147 things H8147 will come on you suddenly in one day:

Loss of children and widowhood.

They will come on you in full measure

In spite of your many sorceries,

In spite of the great power of your spells.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 -

These two H8147 things H8147 have happened to you;

Who will mourn for you?

The devastation and destruction, famine and sword;

How shall I comfort you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

“For My people have committed two H8147 evils:

They have abandoned Me,

The fountain of living waters,

To carve out for themselves cisterns,

Broken cisterns

That do not hold water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:14 -

‘Return, you faithless sons,’ declares the LORD;

‘For I am a master to you,

And I will take you, one from a city and two H8147 from a family,

And bring you to Zion.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 -

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me: behold, two H8147 baskets of figs placed before the temple of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:24 - “Have you not observed what these people have asserted, saying, ‘The two H8147 families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them’? So they despise My people as no longer being a nation [fn]in their sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:18 - ‘I will give the people who have violated My covenant, who have not fulfilled the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two H8147 and passed between its parts
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:12 -

The nations have heard of your shame,

And the earth is full of your cry of distress;

For one warrior has stumbled over [fn]another,

And both H8147 of them have fallen down together.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:20 - The two H8147 pillars, the one [fn]sea, and the twelve H8147 bronze bulls that were under [fn]the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD—the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was [fn]eighteen cubits, and [fn]it was twelve H8147 cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:29 - in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 H8147 persons from Jerusalem;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 -

Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth H8147 month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that [fn]Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, [fn]showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two H8147 touching another being, and two H8147 covering their bodies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two H8147 wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - “If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both H8147 of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then good for [fn]anything?

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