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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 13 / 13 (Eze 21:19–Zec 13:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - “As for you, son of man, [fn]make two H8147 ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both H8147 of them will go out of one land. And [fn]make a signpost; [fn]make it at the head of the way to the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - “For the king of Babylon stands at the [fn]parting of the way, at the head of the two H8147 ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the [fn]household idols, he looks at the liver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:2 - “Son of man, there were two H8147 women, the daughters of one mother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:13 - “I saw that she had defiled herself; they both H8147 took [fn]the same way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1 - In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth H8147 of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1 - In the twelfth H8147 year, in the twelfth H8147 month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - In the twelfth H8147 year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - Now in the twelfth H8147 year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the [fn]refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been [fn]taken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:10 - “Because you have said, ‘These two H8147 nations and these two H8147 lands will be mine, and we will possess [fn]them,’ although the LORD was there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:22 - and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two H8147 nations and no longer be divided into two H8147 kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two H8147 cubits. And the porch of the gate was [fn]faced inward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:39 - In the porch of the gate were two H8147 tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - On the outer [fn]side, [fn]as one went up to the [fn]gateway toward the north, were two H8147 tables; and on the other [fn]side of the porch of the gate were two H8147 tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went [fn]inside and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two H8147 cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:18 - It was [fn]carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two H8147 faces,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two H8147 cubits; its corners, its [fn]base and its [fn]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:23 - The nave and the sanctuary each had a double H8147 door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:24 - Each of the doors had two H8147 leaves, two H8147 [fn]swinging leaves; two H8147 leaves for one door and two H8147 leaves for the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - “From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two H8147 cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width [fn]one cubit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:16 - “Now the [fn]altar hearth shall be twelve H8147 cubits long by twelve H8147 wide, square in its four sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “This shall be the boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve H8147 tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two H8147 portions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - Now in the second H8147 year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar [fn]had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep [fn]left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - I saw him come beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two H8147 horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from his [fn]power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a [fn]decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [fn]Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two H8147 weeks; it will be built again, with [fn]plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - “Then after the sixty-two H8147 weeks the [fn]Messiah will be cut off and have [fn]nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And [fn]its end will come with a flood; even to the end [fn]there will be war; desolations are determined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - “As for both H8147 kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two H8147 others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:10 - When it is My desire, I will [fn]chastise them;
And the peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound for their double H8147 guilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:3 - Do two H8147 men walk together unless they have made an [fn]appointment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus says the LORD,
“Just as the shepherd [fn]snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple H8147 of legs or a piece of an ear,
So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be [fn]snatched away—
With the corner of a bed and the [fn]cover of a couch!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - “So two H8147 or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water,
But would not be satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 H8147 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - In the second H8147 year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:15 - on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second H8147 year of Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:10 - On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second H8147 year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:1 - In the eighth month of the second H8147 year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:7 - On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second H8147 year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows:

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - also two H8147 olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - Then I said to him, “What are these two H8147 olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - And I answered the second time and said to him, “What are the two H8147 olive [fn]branches which are beside the two H8147 golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14 - Then he said, “These are the two H8147 [fn]anointed ones who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two H8147 women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 - Now I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between the two H8147 mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - “Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the LORD, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two H8147 [fn]offices.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:7 - So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, [fn]hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two H8147 staffs: the one I called [fn]Favor and the other I called [fn]Union; so I pastured the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:8 - “It will come about in all the land,”
Declares the LORD,
“That two H8147 parts in it will be cut off and perish;
But the third will be left in it.

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