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Lexicon :: Strong's H8152 - šinʿār

Aa
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 BoxGen 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - And the beginning H7225 of his kingdom H4467 was [fn]Babel H894, Erech H751, Accad H390, and Calneh H3641, in the land H776 of Shinar H8152.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:2 - And it came H1961 about H1961, as they journeyed H5265 [fn]east H6924, that they found H4672 a plain H1237 in the land H776 of Shinar H8152 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 -

And it came H1961 about H1961 in the days H3117 of Amraphel H569 king H4428 of Shinar H8152, Arioch H746 king H4428 of Ellasar H495, Chedorlaomer H3540 king H4428 of Elam H5867, and Tidal H8413 king H4428 of [fn]Goiim H1471,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against H854 Chedorlaomer H3540 king H4428 of Elam H5867, Tidal H8413 king H4428 of [fn]Goiim H1471, Amraphel H569 king H4428 of Shinar H8152, and Arioch H746 king H4428 of Ellasar H495—four H702 kings H4428 against H854 five H2568.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw H7200 among the spoils H7998 a beautiful H2896 robe H155 from Shinar H8152, two hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver H3701, and a bar H3956 of gold H2091 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 in weight H4948, then I wanted H2530 them and took H3947 them; and behold H2009, they are hidden H2934 in the ground H776 inside H8432 my tent H168, with the silver H3701 underneath H8478.”

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Then it will happen H1961 on that day H3117 that the Lord H136

Will again H3254 recover H7069 with His hand H3027 the second H8145 time H8145

The remnant H7605 of His people H5971 who H834 will remain H7604,

From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, Cush H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,

And from the [fn]islands H339 of the sea H3220.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - And the Lord H136 handed H5414 H3027 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 over H5414 to him, along with some H4480 H7117 of the vessels H3627 of the house H1004 of God H430; and he brought H935 them to the land H776 of Shinar H8152, to the house H1004 of his [fn]god H430, and he brought H935 the vessels H3627 into the treasury H1004 H214 of his [fn]god H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - Then he said H559 to me, “To build H1129 a [fn]temple H1004 for her in the land H776 of Shinar H8152; and when it is prepared H3559, she will be set H5117 there H8033 on her own pedestal H4350.”
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