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Lexicon :: Strong's H8147 - šᵊnayim

Aa
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 9 / 13 (1Ki 20:15–1Ch 11:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: H8147 and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:16 - And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two H8147 kings that helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two H8147 little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:10 - And set two H8147 men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:13 - And there came in two H8147 men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two H8147 captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14 - Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two H8147 captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:17 - So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second H8147 year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:6 - And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two H8147 went on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 - And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two H8147 stood by Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:8 - And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two H8147 went over on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:9 - And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double H8147 portion of thy spirit be upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both H8147 asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:12 - And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two H8147 pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two H8147 she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two H8147 children of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 - Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve H8147 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two H8147 sons to be bondmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, H8147 and prayed unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two H8147 young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two H8147 changes of garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two H8147 bags, with two H8147 changes of garments, and laid them upon two H8147 of his servants; and they bare them before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:10 - And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 - They took therefore two H8147 chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:17 - Thirty and two H8147 years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:25 - In the twelfth H8147 year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - Two and H8147 twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two H8147 or three eunuchs.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:4 - But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two H8147 kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two H8147 heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and H8147 forty men; neither left he any of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:7 - And two H8147 parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:1 - In the second H8147 year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and H8147 fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 - In the two H8147 and H8147 fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:32 - In the second H8147 year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:1 - In the twelfth H8147 year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two H8147 calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve H8147 years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:5 - And he built altars for all the host of heaven in H8147 the two H8147 courts of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12 - Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both H8147 his ears shall tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 - Amon was twenty and two H8147 years old when he began to reign, and H8147 he reigned two H8147 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in H8147 the two H8147 courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The two H8147 pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth H8147 month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - And unto Eber were born two H8147 sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:5 - And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two H8147 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, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve H8147 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 Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and H8147 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 the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two H8147 thousand and thirty and four.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. H8147 These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; H8147 for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

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