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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 768 times in 646 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 13 (Gen 1:16–Gen 42:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25 - And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And Mathusala lived after his begetting Lamech [fn]eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - And Lamech lived an hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by [fn]pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15 - went in to Noe into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one, Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Jektan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:20 - And Ragau lived an hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my [fn]roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - And Lot went up out of Segor, and dwelt in the mountain, he and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Segor; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36 - And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - And Abraam rose up in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a whole-burnt-offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - And Abraam took the wood of the whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the [fn]knife, and the two went together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - And Abraam said, God will provide himself a sheep for a whole-burnt-offering, my son. And both having gone together,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ismael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, and one people shall excel the other, and the [fn]elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - and rage depart from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; and I will send and fetch thee thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found them not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - and that thou hast searched all the furniture of my house? what hast thou found of all the furniture of thine house? set it here between thy relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - (LXX 32:8) And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - (LXX 32:11) Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - (LXX 32:23) And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob [fn]lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And they both [fn]had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Chanaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father to-day, but the other one is not.

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