שְׁנַ֫יִם
two
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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.
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1 Chronicles 38 verses
- 1 Chronicles 25:31 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 26:8 וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.
- 1 Chronicles 26:17 שְׁנַ֥יִם שְׁנָֽיִם adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
- 1 Chronicles 26:18 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
- 1 Chronicles 27:15 הַ/שְּׁנֵ֤ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֣ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number md prep + Adjective Cardinal number md The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
2 Chronicles 22 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:14 וּ/שְׁנֵים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 שְׁנַ֔יִם adj Cardinal number md In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 שְׁנַ֔יִם adj Cardinal number md Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 שְׁנַ֤יִם adj Cardinal number md Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 2 Chronicles 4:4 שְׁנֵ֧ים adj Cardinal number md 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:12 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 bowls, and the two capitals which 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,
- 2 Chronicles 4:13 לִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י שְׁנַ֨יִם שְׁתֵּי֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:15 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 9:18 וּ/שְׁנַ֣יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
- 2 Chronicles 9:19 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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 וּ/שְׁנֵים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 21:5 וּ/שְׁתַּ֛יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 21:19 שְׁנַ֗יִם adj Cardinal number md It happened, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 21:20 וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 22:2 וּ/שְׁתַּ֤יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
- 2 Chronicles 24:3 שְׁתָּ֑יִם adj Cardinal number fd Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3 וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:1 שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:21 וּ/שְׁתַּ֛יִם וּ/שְׁתַּ֣יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 וּ/בִ/שְׁתֵּ֧ים conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.
Ezra 17 verses
- Ezra 2:3 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
- Ezra 2:4 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
- Ezra 2:6 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
- Ezra 2:10 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
- Ezra 2:12 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
- Ezra 2:18 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
- Ezra 2:24 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
- Ezra 2:27 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
- Ezra 2:29 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
- Ezra 2:37 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
- Ezra 2:58 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
- Ezra 2:60 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
- Ezra 8:24 שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
- Ezra 8:27 שְׁנַ֔יִם adj Cardinal number md and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
- Ezra 8:31 בִּ/שְׁנֵ֤ים prep + Adjective Cardinal number md Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.
- Ezra 8:35 שְׁנֵים שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- Ezra 10:13 לִ/שְׁנַ֔יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
Nehemiah 18 verses
- Nehemiah 5:14 וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number fd Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
- Nehemiah 6:15 וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
- Nehemiah 7:8 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 7:9 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 7:10 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Arah, six hundred fifty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:17 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:24 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md The children of Hariph, one hundred twelve.
- Nehemiah 7:28 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The men of Beth Azmaveth, forty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:31 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:33 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The men of the other Nebo, fifty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:40 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
- Nehemiah 7:60 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
- Nehemiah 7:62 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty-two.
- Nehemiah 11:12 וּ/שְׁנָ֑יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
- Nehemiah 11:13 וּ/שְׁנָ֑יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md and his brothers, chiefs of fathers' [houses], two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
- Nehemiah 11:19 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
- Nehemiah 13:6 וּ/שְׁתַּ֜יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,
- Nehemiah 13:20 וּ/שְׁתָּֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
Esther 5 verses
- Esther 2:12 שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her as prescribed for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
- Esther 3:7 שְׁתֵּ֣ים שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number md In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
- Esther 3:13 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 8:12 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md on one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
- Esther 9:1 וּ/בִ/שְׁנֵים֩ conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number md Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them, (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over those who hated them),
Job 3 verses
- Job 13:20 שְׁ֭תַּיִם adj Cardinal number fd "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face:
- Job 33:14 וּ֝/בִ/שְׁתַּ֗יִם conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.
- Job 40:5 וּ֝/שְׁתַּ֗יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
Psalms 2 verses
Proverbs 1 verse
Ecclesiastes 3 verses
- Ecclesiastes 4:9 הַ/שְּׁנַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number md Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
- Ecclesiastes 4:11 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
- Ecclesiastes 4:12 הַ/שְּׁנַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number md If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 6:2 בִּ/שְׁתַּ֣יִם וּ/בִ/שְׁתַּ֛יִם וּ/בִ/שְׁתַּ֥יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
- Isaiah 17:6 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 51:19 שְׁתַּ֤יִם adj Cardinal number fd These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?
Jeremiah 7 verses
- Jeremiah 2:13 שְׁתַּ֥יִם adj Cardinal number fd For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
- Jeremiah 3:14 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Return, backsliding children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
- Jeremiah 34:18 לִ/שְׁנַ֔יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it;
- Jeremiah 52:20 שְׁנַ֗יִם שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Jeremiah 52:21 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
- Jeremiah 52:29 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
- Jeremiah 52:31 בִּ/שְׁנֵ֤ים prep + Adjective Cardinal number md It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;
Ezekiel 15 verses
- Ezekiel 1:11 שְׁ֚תַּיִם וּ/שְׁתַּ֣יִם adj Cardinal number fd conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Their faces and their wings were separate above; two [wings] of everyone were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
- Ezekiel 1:23 שְׁתַּ֤יִם שְׁתַּ֤יִם adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number fd Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: everyone had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
- Ezekiel 21:19 שְׁנַ֣יִם שְׁנֵי/הֶ֑ם adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
- Ezekiel 23:2 שְׁתַּ֣יִם adj Cardinal number fd Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
- Ezekiel 29:1 בִּ/שְׁנֵ֥ים prep + Adjective Cardinal number md In the tenth year, in the tenth [month], in the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 40:9 שְׁתַּ֣יִם adj Cardinal number fd Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
- Ezekiel 40:39 שְׁנַ֤יִם וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md conj + Adjective Cardinal number md In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to kill thereon the burnt offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering.
- Ezekiel 40:40 שְׁנַ֖יִם שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md On the [one] side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.
- Ezekiel 41:3 שְׁתַּ֣יִם adj Cardinal number fd Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:18 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
- Ezekiel 41:22 שְׁתַּֽיִם adj Cardinal number fd The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length of it two cubits; and the corners of it, and the length of it, and the walls of it, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 41:23 וּ/שְׁתַּ֧יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
- Ezekiel 41:24 וּ/שְׁתַּ֥יִם שְׁ֚תַּיִם שְׁ֚תַּיִם וּ/שְׁתֵּ֥י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number fd conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs The doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves: two [leaves] for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
- Ezekiel 43:14 שְׁתַּ֣יִם adj Cardinal number fd From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
- Ezekiel 43:16 שְׁתֵּ֤ים בִּ/שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd The altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it.
Daniel 4 verses
- Daniel 2:1 שְׁתַּ֗יִם adj Cardinal number fd In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- Daniel 9:25 וּ/שְׁנַ֗יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.
- Daniel 9:26 וּ/שְׁנַ֔יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end of it shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
- Daniel 12:5 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
Amos 2 verses
Jonah 1 verse
Haggai 3 verses
- Haggai 1:1 שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ adj Cardinal number fd In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
- Haggai 1:15 שְׁתַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number fd in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
- Haggai 2:10 שְׁתַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number fd In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 1:1 שְׁתַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number fd In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 1:7 שְׁתַּ֖יִם adj Cardinal number fd On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 4:3 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."
- Zechariah 5:9 שְׁתַּ֨יִם adj Cardinal number fd Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
- Zechariah 13:8 שְׁנַ֣יִם adj Cardinal number md It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, Two parts in it will be cut off and die; But the third will be left in it.
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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.
Derives from
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
