שְׁנַ֫יִם
two
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Dual, Construct 275 times (36%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Dual, Absolute 241 times (31%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Dual, Construct 142 times (18%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Dual, Absolute 110 times (14%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 768 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Numbers 77 verses
- Numbers 15:6 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil:
- Numbers 17:2 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write you every man's name on his rod.
- Numbers 17:6 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
- Numbers 22:22 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 25:8 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
- Numbers 26:14 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 26:34 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 26:37 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
- Numbers 28:3 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
- Numbers 28:9 שְׁנֵֽי וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs On the Sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, and the drink-offering of it:
- Numbers 28:11 שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ adj Cardinal number md In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 28:12 וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;
- Numbers 28:19 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 28:20 וּ/שְׁנֵ֧י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three tenth parts shall you offer for a bull, and two tenth parts for the ram;
- Numbers 28:27 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md but you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;
- Numbers 28:28 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
- Numbers 29:3 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram,
- Numbers 29:9 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
- Numbers 29:13 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
- Numbers 29:14 שְׁנֵ֤י לִ/שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
- Numbers 29:17 שְׁנֵ֥ים שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:20 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:23 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:26 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:29 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:32 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 31:5 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- Numbers 31:33 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md and seventy-two thousand oxen,
- Numbers 31:35 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
- Numbers 31:38 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md The oxen were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh's tribute was seventy-two.
- Numbers 31:40 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh's tribute was thirty-two persons.
- Numbers 33:9 שְׁתֵּ֣ים adj Cardinal number fd They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.
- Numbers 34:15 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
- Numbers 35:6 וּ/שְׁתַּ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
Deuteronomy 22 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:23 שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
- Deuteronomy 3:8 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon;
- Deuteronomy 3:21 לִ/שְׁנֵי֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
- Deuteronomy 4:13 שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
- Deuteronomy 4:47 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs They took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
- Deuteronomy 5:22 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 9:10 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs Yahweh delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
- Deuteronomy 9:11 שְׁנֵ֛י adj Cardinal number md cs It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
- Deuteronomy 9:15 וּ/שְׁנֵי֙ שְׁתֵּ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number fd cs So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
- Deuteronomy 9:17 בִּ/שְׁנֵ֣י שְׁתֵּ֣י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number fd cs I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 10:1 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs At that time Yahweh said to me, Hew you two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
- Deuteronomy 10:3 שְׁנֵי וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tables in my hand.
- Deuteronomy 14:6 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two, [and] chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.
- Deuteronomy 17:6 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 19:15 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
- Deuteronomy 19:17 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
- Deuteronomy 21:15 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
- Deuteronomy 21:17 שְׁנַ֔יִם adj Cardinal number md but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
- Deuteronomy 22:22 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 22:24 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֜ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
- Deuteronomy 23:18 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 32:30 וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md How should one chase a thousand, Two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, Yahweh had delivered them up?
Joshua 26 verses
- Joshua 2:1 שְׁנַֽיִם adj Cardinal number md Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
- Joshua 2:4 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs The woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know whence they were:
- Joshua 2:10 לִ/שְׁנֵי֩ prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
- Joshua 2:23 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
- Joshua 3:12 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
- Joshua 4:2 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- Joshua 4:3 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd and command you them, saying, Take hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you shall lodge this night.
- Joshua 4:4 שְׁנֵ֤ים adj Cardinal number md Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
- Joshua 4:8 שְׁתֵּֽי adj Cardinal number fd cs The children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
- Joshua 4:9 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֧ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
- Joshua 4:20 שְׁתֵּ֨ים adj Cardinal number fd Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
- Joshua 6:22 וְ/לִ/שְׁנַ֨יִם conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number md Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.
- Joshua 8:25 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
- Joshua 9:10 לִ/שְׁנֵי֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 14:3 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
- Joshua 14:4 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their cattle and for their substance.
- Joshua 15:60 שְׁתַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number fd Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 18:24 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd and Chephar Ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
- Joshua 19:15 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- Joshua 19:30 וּ/שְׁתַּ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
- Joshua 21:7 שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- Joshua 21:16 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- Joshua 21:25 שְׁתָּֽיִם adj Cardinal number fd Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
- Joshua 21:27 שְׁתָּֽיִם adj Cardinal number fd To the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
- Joshua 21:40 שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd All [these were] the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
- Joshua 24:12 שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
Judges 20 verses
- Judges 3:16 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
- Judges 7:3 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead. There returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
- Judges 7:25 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
- Judges 8:12 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the host.
- Judges 9:44 וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.
- Judges 10:3 וּ/שְׁתַּ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd After him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
- Judges 11:37 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
- Judges 11:38 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs He said, Go. He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
- Judges 11:39 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,
- Judges 12:6 וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
- Judges 15:4 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
- Judges 15:13 בִּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number md They spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
- Judges 16:3 וּ/בִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
- Judges 16:28 מִ/שְּׁתֵ֥י prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
- Judges 16:29 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
- Judges 19:6 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֛ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp So they sat down, and ate and drink, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
- Judges 19:8 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
- Judges 19:29 לִ/שְׁנֵ֥ים prep + Adjective Cardinal number md When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
- Judges 20:21 שְׁנַ֨יִם adj Cardinal number md The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men.
- Judges 21:10 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
Ruth 8 verses
- Ruth 1:1 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
- Ruth 1:2 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Ruth 1:3 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
- Ruth 1:5 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם מִ/שְּׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
- Ruth 1:7 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs She went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- Ruth 1:8 לִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
- Ruth 1:19 שְׁתֵּי/הֶ֔ם adj Cardinal number fd cs + sfx pers 3mp So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?
- Ruth 4:11 שְׁתֵּי/הֶם֙ adj Cardinal number fd cs + sfx pers 3mp All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
1 Samuel 28 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:2 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 1 Samuel 1:3 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
- 1 Samuel 2:21 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 2:34 שְׁנֵ֣י שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
- 1 Samuel 3:11 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
- 1 Samuel 4:4 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Hosts, who sits [above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 4:11 וּ/שְׁנֵ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
- 1 Samuel 4:17 שְׁנֵ֨י adj Cardinal number md cs He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 5:4 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cattle, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cattle to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
- 1 Samuel 6:10 שְׁתֵּ֤י adj Cardinal number fd cs The men did so, and took two milk cattle, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
- 1 Samuel 9:26 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֛ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp They arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send you away. Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
- 1 Samuel 10:2 שְׁנֵ֨י adj Cardinal number md cs When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:4 שְׁתֵּי adj Cardinal number fd cs and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive of their hand.
- 1 Samuel 11:11 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
- 1 Samuel 13:1 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 14:11 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
- 1 Samuel 14:49 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
- 1 Samuel 18:21 בִּ/שְׁתַּ֛יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.
- 1 Samuel 20:11 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. They went out both of them into the field.
- 1 Samuel 23:18 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֛ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp They two made a covenant before Yahweh: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
- 1 Samuel 25:18 וּ/שְׁנַ֣יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 25:43 שְׁתֵּי/הֶ֥ן adj Cardinal number fd cs + sfx pers 3fp David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
- 1 Samuel 27:3 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
- 1 Samuel 28:8 וּ/שְׁנֵ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.
- 1 Samuel 30:5 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
- 1 Samuel 30:12 וּ/שְׁנֵ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
- 1 Samuel 30:18 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
2 Samuel 19 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:1 שְׁנָֽיִם adj Cardinal number md It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
- 2 Samuel 2:2 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 וּ/שְׁתַּ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
- 2 Samuel 2:15 שְׁנֵ֧ים וּ/שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- 2 Samuel 4:2 וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 8:2 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
- 2 Samuel 8:5 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 9:13 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.
- 2 Samuel 10:6 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 12:1 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 13:6 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let her sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.
- 2 Samuel 14:6 שְׁנֵ֣י שְׁנֵי/הֶם֙ adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.
- 2 Samuel 15:27 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 15:36 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.
- 2 Samuel 17:1 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- 2 Samuel 17:18 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֨ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp But a boy saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
- 2 Samuel 18:24 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
- 2 Samuel 21:8 שְׁ֠נֵי adj Cardinal number md cs But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
- 2 Samuel 23:20 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
1 Kings 48 verses
- 1 Kings 2:5 לִ/שְׁנֵֽי prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:32 בִּ/שְׁנֵֽי prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Kings 2:39 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.
- 1 Kings 3:16 שְׁתַּ֛יִם adj Cardinal number fd Then there came two women who were prostitutes, to the king, and stood before him.
- 1 Kings 3:18 שְׁתַּֽיִם adj Cardinal number fd It happened the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
- 1 Kings 3:25 לִ/שְׁנָ֑יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md The king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- 1 Kings 4:7 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- 1 Kings 4:26 וּ/שְׁנֵים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- 1 Kings 5:12 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
- 1 Kings 5:14 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
- 1 Kings 6:23 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:25 לִ/שְׁנֵ֥י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs The other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
- 1 Kings 6:32 וּ/שְׁתֵּי֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs So [he made] two doors of olive-wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees.
- 1 Kings 6:34 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֥י שְׁנֵ֨י וּ/שְׁנֵ֧י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
- 1 Kings 7:15 שְׁנֵ֥י שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number fd For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
- 1 Kings 7:16 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֨י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:18 וּ/שְׁנֵי֩ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:20 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs There were capitals above also on the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about on the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:24 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 1 Kings 7:25 שְׁנֵ֧י adj Cardinal number md cs It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
- 1 Kings 7:41 שְׁנַ֔יִם שְׁתָּ֑יִם שְׁתַּ֔יִם שְׁתֵּי֙ adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number fd cs the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
- 1 Kings 7:42 לִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁנֵֽי שְׁתֵּי֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs adj Cardinal number fd cs and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
- 1 Kings 7:44 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
- 1 Kings 8:9 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:63 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 9:10 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house
- 1 Kings 10:19 וּ/שְׁנַ֣יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
- 1 Kings 10:20 וּ/שְׁנֵ֧ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
- 1 Kings 10:26 וּ/שְׁנֵים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 11:29 וּ/שְׁנֵי/הֶ֥ם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
- 1 Kings 11:30 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
- 1 Kings 12:28 שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 14:20 וּ/שְׁתַּ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:25 שְׁתַּ֔יִם adj Cardinal number fd Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
- 1 Kings 16:23 שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, [and reigned] twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:29 וּ/שְׁתַּ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
- 1 Kings 17:12 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
- 1 Kings 18:21 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.
- 1 Kings 18:23 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.
- 1 Kings 18:31 שְׁתֵּ֤ים adj Cardinal number fd Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, Israel shall be your name.
- 1 Kings 19:19 שְׁנֵים בִּ/שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md prep + Adjective Cardinal number md So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
- 1 Kings 20:1 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kings 20:15 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
About this entry
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At its core, שנים (shᵉnayim) means “two.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Spanning 645 verses in 31 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:16. Sharing its root, it stands alongside שני, תנין and תרין. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8147 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 645
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 645 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #63
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 63 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 645 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 645 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 256 verses · 40%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 240 verses · 37%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 149 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Two 430×, Both 54×, Twelve 51×
- American Standard Version: Two 396×, Twelve 70×, Both 47×
- Berean Standard Bible: Two 342×, Twelve 57×, Both 48×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Two 393×, Two of them 51×, Two of 39×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8147 across 754 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 86 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 15 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8147 across 749 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 112 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8147 across 603 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 159 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8147 across 706 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 120 further occurrences.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. no other num.:
- a. usually cstr. before n.pl. (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Gn 24:22 + 194 times + 2 S 23:20 ‖ 1 Ch 11:22 (ins. בְּנֵי 𝔊 Th mod., otherwise RSSem. i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19 + 132 times, 1 S 10:4 ins. כִּכְּרוֹת Klo HPS Bu Now; Lv 16:21 read du. יָדָיו Qr, + Ju 16:28 (v. supr.) + שְׁתֵּי־אֵלֶּה Is 47:9 both these thing; before n.sg., שְׁנֵי Ex 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); sf. שְׁנֵיהֶם the two of them Gn 2:25 + 62 times, + Pr 24:22 (> their years 𝔖 𝔗 De al.; prob. crpt., v. Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Gn 31:37 + 2 times, שְׁנֵיכֶם †Gn 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (msf.! Ges§ 135 o) †Ru 1:19; 4:11, יהֶן—ֵ †1 S 25:43; Ez 23:13. e.g. Genesis 24:22
- b. abs. (1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 times), before n.pl. Ju 11:37 + 26 times; after n.pl. 2 S 1:1; Ex 29:1 + 21 times (usually P Chr), n.sg. (coll.) Gn 46:27 Nu 7:17 + 11 times Nu 17; n. om. Gn 7:2; 44:27 + 26 times; שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distrib. Gn 7:9 +; לִשׁ׳ cut in two †2 K 3:25; Je 34:18; = double amount †Ex 22:3, 6, 8 (E); פִּי שׁ׳ †Dt 21:17 two-thirds, + בְּרוּחֲךָ †2 K 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ †Zc 13:8; (2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 times), bef. n.pl.; 1 K 3:16 + 16 times; after n.pl. (usually P and late) 2 Ch 24:3 + 9 times; n. om., = two things †Is 51:19 Jb 13:20 Pr 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice †2 K 6:10 Jb 40:5 ψ 62:12 (or as Pr 30:7), בִּשׁ׳ Jb 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (v. De); as ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 K 15:25 + 9 times, etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 K 17:12 a few sticks (Germ. ‘ein paar’), cf. 2 K 9:32 Is 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Am 4:8, פַּעַם וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם Ne 13:20, cf. Je 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָחָה = a small no.; Ezr 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 K 6:10. e.g. Judges 11:37
- 2. twelve: c. n.m. שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Gn 42:13 + 87 times, לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Ex 28:21 + 4 times; c. n.f. שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Ex 24:4 + 34 times, שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה †Ez 32:1, 17; 33:21; before n.pl. Gn 17:20; Ex 15:27 +; after n.pl. Nu 7:84(×2) +; before n.sg. Ex 28:21 +, Gn 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ord., בְּיוֹם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר יוֹם Nu 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ez 32:1 +, etc. e.g. Genesis 42:13
- 3. with large num.: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 S 8:5; Ju 10:3 + 56 times; 2 + 10 (etc.) Nu 1:35 (P), 2 Ch 22:2 + 18 times (Köii. 1, 215 ff. Ges§ 97 f.); 200 + 2 + 30, 1 K 20:15; 50 + 2 as ord. 2 K 15:27 + 2 times; cf. 2 + 20, 1 Ch 24:17. e.g. 2 Samuel 8:5
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
(PhilipiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note)768 n.m. et f.du. two (NH id.; Ph. אשנם (and שני second), Pun. שנם Lzb380; Arabic اِثنَانِ; Sab. תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, ܬܪܶܝܢ (תִּנְיָנָא, ܬܶܢܝܳܢܳܐ second); Nab. תרין, Palm. f. תרתן, תרתיא, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etym v. √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21–98);—m. (c. n.m.) שְׁנַיִם Am 3:3 +; cstr. שְׁנֵי Is 7:16 +, sf. שְׁנֵיהֶם Gn 2:25 +, etc.; f. (c. n.f.) שְׁתַּיִם Am 4:8 +; cstr. שְׁתֵּי Gn 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Is 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Ju 16:28 (v. GFM); sfs. v. infr. (2 + 10 = 12, v. infr.); Hex chiefly P:—two:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שני (shênîy) (H8145) — second.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁנִי
- (b. h.) scarlet; תולעת ש׳, v. תֹּולֵעָה.—Pl. שָׁנִים. Sabb. 89ᵇ (ref. to Is. I, 18) כשנים כשני מיבעי ליה וכ׳ kasshanim? it ought to read kasshani (as scarlet) &c.; Yalk. Is. 256; a. e., v. שָׁנָה II. e.g. Isaiah 1:18
שְׁנַיִם
- (b. h.) two. Ber. 8ᵃ ש׳ מקרא ואחד תרגום reading the Scriptural portion of the week twice, and the Targum once. Ib. שיעור ש׳ פתחים a distance of two gates. Zeb. V, 4, v. מַתָּנָה. Sabb. I, 1 ש׳ שהן ארבע two ways of transfer from place to place, which become four (by rabbinical addition). Ib. שְׁנֵיהֶם פטורין both of them are free. Snh. V, 3 בש׳ בחדש on the second day of the month. Ib. בש׳ שעות in the second hour of the day. Men. III, 3. Ib. 6; a. v. fr.—שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר, שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה twelve. Nidd. 69ᵇ. Ab. Zar. 3ᵇ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 182 distinct written forms H8147 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 122 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8147, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Derived from this word
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 611 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 645 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:16
- Exodus 2:13
- Leviticus 3:4
- Numbers 1:35
- Deuteronomy 1:23
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 3:16
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 1:2
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 1:14
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
