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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 45 times in 41 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:5 - And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:28 - and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12 - the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17 - the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:10 - the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:11 - the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:12 - the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:13 - the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:14 - the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:15 - the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:16 - the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17 - the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:18 - the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:19 - the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21 - for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:22 - for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23 - for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24 - for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25 - for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:26 - for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:27 - for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28 - for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:29 - for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 - for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31 - for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:18 - For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15 - The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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