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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 Box 1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg[fn] (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - He was the most renowned[fn] of the thirty[fn] and became their commander, but he did not attain to the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:22 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man[fn] of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:28 - Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers’ house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17 - the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - to the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21 - to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25 - to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28 - to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:29 - to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 - to the twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31 - to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - On the east there were six each day,[fn] on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:18 - And for the colonnade[fn] on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:15 - Twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were 24,000.
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