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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Genesis 20 verses
- Genesis 5:8 שְׁתֵּ֤ים adj Cardinal number fd All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:18 שְׁתַּ֧יִם adj Cardinal number fd Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.
- Genesis 5:20 שְׁתַּ֤יִם adj Cardinal number fd All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:26 שְׁתַּ֤יִם adj Cardinal number fd Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:28 שְׁתַּ֧יִם adj Cardinal number fd Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,
- Genesis 6:19 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
- Genesis 6:20 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md Of the birds after their kind, of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
- Genesis 7:2 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:9 שְׁנַ֨יִם שְׁנַ֜יִם adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md went by pairs to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:15 שְׁנַ֤יִם שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md They went to Noah into the ark, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
- Genesis 11:20 שְׁתַּ֥יִם adj Cardinal number fd Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
- Genesis 14:4 שְׁתֵּ֤ים adj Cardinal number fd Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.
- Genesis 17:20 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 25:16 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
- Genesis 35:22 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
- Genesis 42:13 שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
- Genesis 42:32 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'
- Genesis 44:27 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:
- Genesis 46:27 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
- Genesis 49:28 שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
Exodus 10 verses
- Exodus 15:27 שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
- Exodus 22:4 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:7 שְׁנָֽיִם adj Cardinal number md "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
- Exodus 22:9 שְׁנֵי/הֶ֑ם שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md cs + sfx pers 3mp adj Cardinal number md For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
- Exodus 24:4 וּ/שְׁתֵּ֤ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֥ים conj + Adjective Cardinal number fd prep + Adjective Cardinal number md Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 25:18 שְׁנַ֥יִם מִ/שְּׁנֵ֖י adj Cardinal number md prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
- Exodus 28:21 שְׁתֵּ֥ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֥י adj Cardinal number fd prep + Adjective Cardinal number md cs The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 29:1 שְׁנַ֖יִם adj Cardinal number md "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
- Exodus 29:38 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md "Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
- Exodus 39:14 שְׁתֵּ֥ים לִ/שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd prep + Adjective Cardinal number md The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Leviticus 4 verses
- Leviticus 23:17 שְׁ֚תַּיִם שְׁנֵ֣י adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number md cs You shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:18 שְׁנָ֑יִם adj Cardinal number md You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. Yhey shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 24:5 שְׁתֵּ֥ים שְׁנֵי֙ adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number md cs "You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
- Leviticus 24:6 שְׁתַּ֥יִם adj Cardinal number fd You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.
Numbers 47 verses
- Numbers 1:35 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 1:39 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 1:44 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.
- Numbers 2:21 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md His division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 2:26 שְׁנַ֧יִם adj Cardinal number md His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 3:39 שְׁנַ֥יִם adj Cardinal number md All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
- Numbers 3:43 שְׁנַ֤יִם adj Cardinal number md All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
- Numbers 7:17 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 7:23 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
- Numbers 7:29 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 7:35 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 7:41 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 7:47 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
- Numbers 7:53 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 7:59 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 7:65 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 7:71 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 7:77 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
- Numbers 7:78 שְׁנֵ֣ים adj Cardinal number md On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
- Numbers 7:83 שְׁנַיִם֒ adj Cardinal number md and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
- Numbers 7:84 שְׁתֵּ֣ים שְׁנֵ֣ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number fd This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
- Numbers 7:86 שְׁתֵּים adj Cardinal number fd the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
- Numbers 7:87 שְׁנֵ֧ים שְׁנֵים שְׁנֵ֥ים שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md adj Cardinal number md all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their meal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;
- Numbers 13:23 בִּ/שְׁנָ֑יִם prep + Adjective Cardinal number md They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
- 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 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 28:11 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 28:19 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 28:27 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 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 29:17 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 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 4 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 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 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 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 16 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 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 4:9 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 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 21:25 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.
Judges 9 verses
- 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 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 11:39 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 15:13 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 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.
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 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 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 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.
2 Samuel 6 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 2:10 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 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 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 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:
1 Kings 27 verses
- 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 5:14 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 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 7:41 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 7:44 שְׁנֵים adj Cardinal number md and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
- 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 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 11:30 שְׁנֵ֥ים adj Cardinal number md Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
- 1 Kings 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 18:23 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.
- 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 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 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 21 verses
- 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 2:9 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 2:12 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 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 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 10:14 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 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 21:19 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 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 38 verses
- 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 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:
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.
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.
