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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.
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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 - 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 as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, 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 spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,[fn] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,[fn] from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands 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 vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”
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