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.
Page 3 of 4 — showing verses 401–600 of 645 distinct verses where H8147 appears, across 31 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Kings 48 verses
- 1 Kings 20:16 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
- 1 Kings 20:27 כִּ/שְׁנֵי֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
- 1 Kings 21:10 שְׁנַ֨יִם adj Cardinal number md and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:13 שְׁנֵ֨י adj Cardinal number md cs The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
- 1 Kings 22:31 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
2 Kings 37 verses
- 2 Kings 1:14 שְׁנֵ֞י adj Cardinal number md cs Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 1:17 שְׁתַּ֔יִם adj Cardinal number fd So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 2 Kings 2:6 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They two went on.
- 2 Kings 2:7 וּ/שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
- 2 Kings 2:8 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.
- 2 Kings 2:9 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you. Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.
- 2 Kings 2:11 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֑ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2 Kings 2:12 לִ/שְׁנַ֥יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it! He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
- 2 Kings 2:24 שְׁתַּ֤יִם וּ/שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number fd conj + Adjective Cardinal number md cs He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.
- 2 Kings 3:1 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
- 2 Kings 4:1 שְׁנֵ֧י adj Cardinal number md cs Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear Yahweh: and the creditor is come to take to him my two children to be bondservants.
- 2 Kings 4:33 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֑ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 5:22 שְׁנֵֽי וּ/שְׁתֵּ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs He said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.
- 2 Kings 5:23 בִּ/שְׁנֵ֣י וּ/שְׁתֵּי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs adj Cardinal number md cs Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they bore them before him.
- 2 Kings 6:10 שְׁתָּֽיִם adj Cardinal number fd The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
- 2 Kings 7:14 שְׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md cs They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 2 Kings 8:17 וּ/שְׁתַּ֛יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 8:25 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
- 2 Kings 8:26 וּ/שְׁתַּ֤יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:32 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md He lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? There looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
- 2 Kings 10:4 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings didn't stand before him: how then shall we stand?
- 2 Kings 10:8 שְׁנֵ֧י adj Cardinal number md cs There came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. He said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
- 2 Kings 10:14 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md He said, Take them alive. They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
- 2 Kings 11:7 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֤י conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs The two companies of you, even all who go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Yahweh about the king.
- 2 Kings 14:1 שְׁתַּ֔יִם adj Cardinal number fd In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 15:2 וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 15:27 וּ/שְׁתַּ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] twenty years.
- 2 Kings 15:32 שְׁתַּ֔יִם adj Cardinal number fd In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 17:1 שְׁתֵּ֣ים adj Cardinal number fd In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, [and reigned] nine years.
- 2 Kings 17:16 שנים שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md cs They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 21:1 שְׁתֵּ֨ים adj Cardinal number fd Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
- 2 Kings 21:5 בִּ/שְׁתֵּ֖י prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 21:12 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
- 2 Kings 21:19 וּ/שְׁתַּ֤יִם 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: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
- 2 Kings 23:12 בִּ/שְׁתֵּ֛י prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, and beat [them] down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Kings 25:16 שְׁנַ֗יִם adj Cardinal number md The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- 2 Kings 25:27 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, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
1 Chronicles 41 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:19 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:5 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:63 שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7 וּ/שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number md The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
- 1 Chronicles 9:22 וּ/שְׁנֵ֣ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
- 1 Chronicles 11:21 בַ/שְּׁנַ֨יִם֙ prep det + Adjective Cardinal number md Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he didn't attain to the [first] three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22 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 Chronicles 12:28 וּ/שְׁנָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.
- 1 Chronicles 15:10 וּ/שְׁנֵ֥ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number md of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.
- 1 Chronicles 18:5 וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number md When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 19:7 שְׁנַיִם֩ adj Cardinal number md So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
- 1 Chronicles 24:12 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
- 1 Chronicles 24:17 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
- 1 Chronicles 25:9 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:10 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:11 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:12 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:13 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:14 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:15 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:16 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:17 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:18 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:19 הַ/שְּׁנֵ֤ים שְׁנֵ֥ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:20 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:21 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:22 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:23 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:24 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:25 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:26 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:27 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:28 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:29 לִ/שְׁנַ֤יִם שְׁנֵ֥ים prep + Adjective Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:30 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 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 24 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 5:10 שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number md cs There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [there] at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
- 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 33:5 בִּ/שְׁתֵּ֖י prep + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 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 22 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 7:71 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
- 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 12:31 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
- Nehemiah 12:40 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
- 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 9 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 2:21 שְׁנֵֽי adj Cardinal number md cs In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 2:23 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp When inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
- 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 6:2 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those who kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
- 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),
- Esther 9:27 שְׁנֵ֤י adj Cardinal number md cs the Jews ordained, and took on them, and on their seed, and on all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing of it, and according to the appointed time of it, every year;
Job 5 verses
- Job 9:33 שְׁנֵֽי/נוּ adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 1cp There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both.
- 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."
- Job 42:7 וּ/בִ/שְׁנֵ֣י conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
Psalms 2 verses
Proverbs 8 verses
- Proverbs 17:15 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Proverbs 20:10 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Proverbs 20:12 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
- Proverbs 24:22 שְׁ֝נֵי/הֶ֗ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp For their calamity will rise suddenly; The destruction from them both--who knows?
- Proverbs 27:3 מִ/שְּׁנֵי/הֶֽם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
- Proverbs 29:13 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֣ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.
- Proverbs 30:7 שְׁ֭תַּיִם adj Cardinal number fd "Two things I have asked of you; Don't deny me before I die:
- Proverbs 30:15 שְׁתֵּ֥י adj Cardinal number fd cs "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'
Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 מִ/שְּׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֥ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:5 שְׁנֵ֥י כִּ/שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Your two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 7:3 שְׁנֵ֥י כִּ/שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Your two breasts are like two fawns, That are twins of a roe.
Isaiah 9 verses
- Isaiah 1:31 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֛ם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp The strong will be like tinder, And his work like a spark. They will both burn together, And no one will quench them."
- 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 7:4 מִ/שְּׁנֵ֨י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 7:16 שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number md cs For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
- Isaiah 7:21 וּ/שְׁתֵּי conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd cs It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
- Isaiah 8:14 לִ/שְׁנֵ֨י prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- 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 47:9 שְׁתֵּי adj Cardinal number fd cs but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
- 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 10 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 24:1 שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number md cs Yahweh shown me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 33:24 שְׁתֵּ֣י adj Cardinal number fd cs Don't you consider what this people has spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
- 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 46:12 שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
- 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 24 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 15:4 שְׁנֵ֨י adj Cardinal number md cs Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
- 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.
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).
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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.
