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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 769 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 - Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:8

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - “Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - “You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15 - And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:20 - Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 - Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36 - Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 - So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore he called that place Beersheba,[fn] because the two of them swore an oath there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.” So the two of them went together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD said to her:

“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than the other,
And the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - “Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - “until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, into Leah’s tent, and into the two maids’ tents, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - “Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream, both of them, each man’s dream in one night and each man’s dream with its own interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - And they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”

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