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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, שְׁנֵיכֶםGenesis 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135 o) † Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן1 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 amountExodus 22:3; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:8 (E); שׁ׳ פִּיDeuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ2 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 thingsIsaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice2 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 עֶשְׂרֵהEzekiel 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God H430 made H6213 the two H8147 great H1419 lights H3974, the greater H1419 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the day H3117, and the lesser H6996 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the night H3915; He made the stars H3556 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25 - And the man H120 and his wife H802 were both H8147 naked H6174, but they were H954 not ashamed H954.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - Then the eyes H5869 of both H8147 of them were opened H6491, and they knew H3045 that they were naked H5903; and they sewed H8609 fig H8384 leaves H5929 together H8609 and made H6213 themselves H1992 waist H2290 coverings H2290.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - Lamech H3929 took H3947 two H8147 wives H802 for himself: the name H8034 of the one H259 was Adah H5711, and the name H8034 of the other H8145, Zillah H6741.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Seth H8352 were 912 H8672 H3967 H8147 H6240 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 -

Now Jared H3382 lived H2421 162 H3967 H8346 H8147 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Enoch H2585.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Jared H3382 were 962 H8672 H3967 H8346 H8147 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Then Methuselah H4968 lived H2421 782 H7651 H3967 H8084 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Lamech H3929, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 -

Now Lamech H3929 lived H2421 182 H3967 H8084 years H8141, and fathered H3205 a son H1121.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - “And of every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416 of all H3605 flesh H1320, you shall bring H935 two H8147 of every H3605 kind into the ark H8392, to keep H2421 them alive H2421 with you; they shall be male H2145 and female H5347.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - “Of the birds H5775 according to their kind H4327, and of the animals H929 according to their kind H4327, of every H3605 crawling H7431 thing H7431 of the ground H127 according to its kind H4327, two H8147 of every H3605 kind will come H935 to you to keep H2421 them alive H2421.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - “You shall take H3947 [fn]with you [fn]seven H7651 pairs H7651 of every H3605 clean H2889 animal H929, a male H376 and his female H802; and two H8147 of the animals H929 that are not clean H2889, a male H376 and his female H802;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - they all went H935 into the ark H8392 to Noah H5146 [fn]by twos H8147, male H2145 and female H5347, as God H430 had commanded H6680 Noah H5146.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15 - So they went H935 into the ark H8392 to Noah H5146, by twos H8147 of all H3605 flesh H1320 in which H834 there was the breath H7307 of life H2416.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - Ham H2526, the father H1 of Canaan H3667, saw H7200 the nakedness H6172 of his father H1, and told H5046 his two H8147 brothers H251 outside H2351.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - But Shem H8035 and Japheth H3315 took H3947 a garment H8071 and laid H7760 it on both H8147 their shoulders H7926 and walked H1980 backward H322 and covered H3680 the nakedness H6172 of their father H1; and their faces H6440 were [fn]turned H322 away H322, so that they did not see H7200 their father’s H1 nakedness H6172.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - Two H8147 sons H1121 were born H3205 to Eber H5677; the name H8034 of the one H259 was [fn]Peleg H6389, for in his days H3117 the earth H776 was divided H6385; and his brother’s H251 name H8034 was Joktan H3355.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:20 -

Reu H7466 lived H2421 thirty-two H7970 H8147 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Serug H8286;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - For twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141 they had served H5647 Chedorlaomer H3540, but in the thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 they rebelled H4775.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael H3458, I have heard H8085 you; behold H2009, I will bless H1288 him, and make H6509 him fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235 him exceedingly H3966. He shall father H3205 twelve H8147 H6240 princes H5387, and I will make H5414 him into a great H1419 nation H1471.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 -

Now the two H8147 angels H4397 came H935 to Sodom H5467 in the evening H6153 as Lot H3876 was sitting H3427 at the gate H8179 of Sodom H5467. When Lot H3876 saw H7200 them, he stood H6965 up H6965 to meet H7122 them and [fn]bowed H2331 down H2331 with his face H639 to the ground H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “Now H4994 look H2009, I have two H8147 daughters H1323 who H834 have not [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with any man H376; please H4994 let me bring H3318 them out H3318 to you, and do H6213 to them [fn]whatever H2896 H5869 you like H2896 H5869; only H7534 do not do H6213 anything H1697 to these H411 men H376, because H3588 H5921 H3651 they have come H935 under the [fn]shelter H6738 of my roof H6982.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 -

When H3644 morning H7837 dawned H5927, the angels H4397 urged H213 Lot H3876, saying H559, “Up, take H3947 your wife H802 and your two H8147 daughters H1323 who are H4672 here H4672, or H6435 you will be swept H5595 away H5595 in the [fn]punishment H5771 of the city H5892.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - But he hesitated H4102. So the men H376 grasped H2388 his hand H3027 and the hand H3027 of his wife H802 and the [fn]hands H3027 of his two H8147 daughters H1323, because the compassion H2551 of the LORD H3068 was upon him; and they brought H3318 him out H3318 and put H5117 him outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:30 -

Now Lot H3876 went H5927 up H5927 from Zoar H6820 with his two H8147 daughters H1323 and stayed H3427 in the [fn]mountains H2022, because H3588 he was H3372 afraid H3372 to stay H3427 in Zoar H6820; and he stayed H3427 in a cave H4631, he and his two H8147 daughters H1323.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36 - And so both H8147 of the daughters H1323 of Lot H3876 conceived H2029 by their father H1.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:27 -

So Abraham H85 took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and gave H5414 them to Abimelech H40, and the two H8147 of them made H3772 a covenant H1285.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 that place H4725 [fn]Beersheba H884, because H3588 there H8033 the two H8147 of them took H7650 an H7650 oath H7650.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - So Abraham H85 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and saddled H2280 his donkey H2543, and took H3947 two H8147 of his young H5288 men H5288 with him and his son H1121 Isaac H3327; and he split H1234 wood H6086 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930, and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to the place H4725 of which H834 God H430 had told H559 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - And Abraham H85 took H3947 the wood H6086 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and laid H7760 it on his son H1121 Isaac H3327, and he took H3947 in his hand H3027 the fire H784 and the knife H3979. So the two H8147 of them walked H1980 on together H3162.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - Abraham H85 said H559, “God H430 will [fn]provide H7200 for Himself the lamb H7716 for the burnt H5930 offering H5930, my son H1121.” So the two H8147 of them walked H1980 on together H3162.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 -

When H834 the camels H1581 had finished H3615 drinking H8354, the man H376 took H3947 a gold H2091 ring H5141 weighing H4948 a [fn]half-shekel H1235, and two H8147 bracelets H6781 for her [fn]wrists H3027 weighing H4948 ten H6235 shekels in gold H2091,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Ishmael H3458 and these H428 are their names H8034, by their villages H2691, and by their camps H2918; twelve H8147 H6240 princes H5387 according to their [fn]tribes H523.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 to her,

“Two H8147 nations H1471 are in your womb H990;

And two H8147 peoples H3816 will be separated H6504 from your body H4578;

And one people H3816 will be H553 stronger H553 than H4480 the other H3816;

And the older H7227 will serve H5647 the younger H6810.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - “Go H1980 now H4994 to the flock H6629 and [fn]bring H3947 me two H8147 choice H2896 [fn]young H1423 H5795 goats H1423 H5795 from there H8033, so that I may prepare H6213 them as a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for your father H1, such H834 as H834 he loves H157.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - until H5704 your brother’s H251 anger H639 [fn]against H4480 you subsides H7725 and he forgets H7911 what H834 you did H6213 to him. Then I will send H7971 word and get H3947 you from there H8033. Why H4100 should I lose H7921 you both H8147 in one H259 day H3117?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban H3837 had two H8147 daughters H1323; the name H8034 of the older H1419 was Leah H3812, and the name H8034 of the younger H6996 was Rachel H7354.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 -

So Laban H3837 went H935 into Jacob’s H3290 tent H168, and into Leah’s H3812 tent H168, and into the tent H168 of the two H8147 slave H519 women H519, but he did not find H4672 them. Then he went H3318 out H3318 of Leah’s H3812 tent H168 and entered H935 Rachel’s H7354 tent H168.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though H3588 you have searched H4959 through H4959 all H3605 my property H3627, what H4100 have you found H4672 of all H3605 your household H1004 property H3627? Set H7760 it here H3541 in front H5048 of my relatives H251 and your relatives H251, so that they may decide H3198 between H996 the two H8147 of us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - “For these H2088 twenty H6242 years H8141 I have been in your house H1004; I served H5647 you fourteen H702 H6240 years H8141 for your two H8147 daughters H1323, and six H8337 years H8141 for your flock H6629, and you changed H2498 my wages H4909 ten H6235 times H4489.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob H3290 was H3372 greatly H3966 afraid H3372 and distressed H6887; and he divided H2673 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and the flocks H6629, the herds H1241, and the camels H1581, into two H8147 companies H4264;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - [fn]I am H6994 unworthy H6994 of all H3605 the [fn]favor H2617 and of all H3605 the [fn]faithfulness H571, which H834 You have shown H6213 to Your servant H5650; for with only my staff H4731 I crossed H5674 this H2088 Jordan H3383, and now H6258 I have become H1961 two H8147 companies H4264.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 -

Now he got H6965 up H6965 that same H1931 night H3915 and took H3947 his two H8147 wives H802, his two H8147 female H8198 slaves H8198, and his eleven H259 H6240 children H3206, and crossed H5674 the shallow H4569 place H4569 of the Jabbok H2999.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 -

Then Jacob H3290 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, Esau H6215 was coming H935, and four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 with him. So he divided H2673 the children H3206 [fn]among H5921 Leah H3812 and Rachel H7354, and the two H8147 slave H8198 women H8198.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob’s H3290 sons H1121—Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah’s H1783 brothers H251—each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 undetected H983, and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 -

And it came H1961 about H1961, while Israel H3478 was living H7931 in that land H776, that Reuben H7205 went H1980 and slept H7901 with his father’s H1 concubine H6370 Bilhah H1090, and Israel H3478 heard H8085 about it.

Now there were twelve H8147 H6240 sons H1121 of Jacob H3290

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharaoh H6547 was H7107 furious H7107 with his two H8147 officials H5631, the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the chief H8269 baker H644.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the cupbearer H4945 and the baker H644 for the king H4428 of Egypt H4714, who H834 were confined H631 in the prison H1004 H5470, both H8147 had H2492 a dream H2472 the same H259 night H3915, each H376 man H376 with his own dream H2472 and each H376 dream H2472 with its own interpretation H6623.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 -

Now before H2962 the year H8141 of famine H7458 came H935, two H8147 sons H1121 were born H3205 to Joseph H3130, whom H834 Asenath H621, the daughter H1323 of Potiphera H6319, priest H3548 of [fn]On H204, bore H3205 to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - But they said H559, “Your servants H5650 are twelve H8147 H6240 brothers H251 in all, the sons H1121 of one H259 man H376 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, the youngest H6996 is with our father H1 today H3117, and one H259 is no H369 longer H369 alive.”

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan