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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 6 / 13 (Deu 21:15–Jdg 19:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 - “If a man has two H8147 wives, the one loved and the other [fn]unloved, and both the loved and the [fn]unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the [fn]unloved,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the [fn]unloved, by giving him a double H8147 portion of all that [fn]he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - “If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both H8147 of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - then you shall bring them both H8147 out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them [fn]to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - “You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a [fn]dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both H8147 of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 - “How could one chase a thousand,
And two H8147 put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had given them up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two H8147 men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and [fn]lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - But the woman had taken the two H8147 men and hidden them, and she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - “For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the [fn]Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two H8147 kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you [fn]utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - Then the two H8147 men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they related to him all that had happened to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12 - “Now then, take for yourselves twelve H8147 men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - “Take for yourselves twelve H8147 men from the people, one man from each tribe,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve H8147 stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - So Joshua called the twelve H8147 men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve H8147 stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and put them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Then Joshua set up twelve H8147 stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20 - [fn]Those twelve H8147 stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22 - Joshua said to the two H8147 men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25 - All who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000 H8147—all the [fn]people of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - and all that He did to the two H8147 kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance of the two H8147 tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons of Joseph were two H8147 tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:60 - Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two H8147 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve H8147 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:15 - Included also were Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve H8147 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30 - Included also were Ummah, and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two H8147 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The sons of Merari according to their families [fn]received twelve H8147 cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - and [fn]Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two H8147 tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve H8147 cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - ‘Then I sent the hornet before you and it [fn]drove out the two H8147 kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword or your bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:16 - Ehud made himself a sword which had two H8147 edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his cloak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - “Now therefore [fn]come, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 H8147 people returned, but 10,000 remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured the two H8147 leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two H8147 kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole [fn]army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:44 - Then Abimelech and the [fn]company who was with him dashed forward and stood in the entrance of the city gate; the other two H8147 [fn]companies then dashed against all who were in the field and [fn]slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:3 - After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two H8147 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two H8147 months, that I may [fn]go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:38 - Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two H8147 months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - At the end of two H8147 months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she [fn]had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then they would say to him, “Say now, ‘Shibboleth.’” But he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not [fn]pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,000 H8147 of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two H8147 tails.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - So they said to [fn]him, “No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you.” Then they bound him with two H8147 new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - Now Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two H8147 posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord [fn]GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two H8147 eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Samson grasped the two H8147 middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:6 - So both H8147 of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - On the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl’s father said, “Please sustain [fn]yourself, and wait until [fn]afternoon”; so both H8147 of them ate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:29 - When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve H8147 pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

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