שִׁנְעָר
Shinʻâr
Meaning “Shinar”
BDB Shinar = "country of two rivers"; the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea
8 verses
5 books · rare Hebrew Bible
First appears: Genesis 10:10
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שִׁנְעָר 5 books
- Genesis 10:10 שִׁנְעָֽר The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Joshua 7:21 שִׁנְעָר֩ when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
- Isaiah 11:11 וּ/מִ/שִּׁנְעָר֙ It shall happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Daniel 1:2 שִׁנְעָ֖ר The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
- Zechariah 5:11 שִׁנְעָ֑ר He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."
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