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Lexicon :: Strong's H8152 - šinʿār

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שִׁנְעָר
Transliteration
šinʿār
Pronunciation
shin-awr'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2424

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁנְעָר Shinʻâr, shin-awr'; probably of foreign derivation; Shinar, a plain in Babylonia:—Shinar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H8152 in the following manner: Shinar (7x), Babylonish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H8152 in the following manner: Shinar (7x), Babylonish (1x).

  1. Shinar = "country of two rivers"

    1. the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁנְעָר Shinʻâr, shin-awr'; probably of foreign derivation; Shinar, a plain in Babylonia:—Shinar.
STRONGS H8152: Abbreviations
† שִׁנְעָר proper name, of a location Shinar = Babylonia (= Babylonian Šumêr according to COTGenesis 11:1 and others, > denied by HalRev. Crit. 1883, 44 JenZK ii(1885), 419; Egyptian Sangar (WMMAs.u.Eur.279), Tel Amarna Šanḫar (WklTelAm. 25) identification with שׁ׳ by MeyEgyptiaca 63; compare, further, PinchesHast. DB SHINAR); — אֶרֶץ שׁ׳ Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:2; Zechariah 5:11; Daniel 1:2; מֶלֶךְשֿׁ׳ (Amraphel) Genesis 14:2, 9; שׁ׳ alone Isaiah 11:11 (as place of diaspora); אַדֶּרֶת שׁ׳ Joshua 7:21; Greek Version of the LXX usually Σεν(ν)ααρ; Zechariah 5:11 (ἐν γῆ) Βαβυλῶνος.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:10; 11:1; 11:2; 14:2; 14:9

Joshua

7:21

Isaiah

11:11

Daniel

1:2

Zechariah

5:11; 5:11

H8152

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8152 matches the Hebrew שִׁנְעָר (šinʿār),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations,[fn] Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - “When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - And he said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar;[fn] when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”
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