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Strong's #8147: shnayim (pronounced shen-ah'-yim)

dual of 8145; feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:--both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ּׁ / ׁ

shenayim / shettayim

1) two

1a) two (the cardinal number)

1a1) two, both, double, twice

1b) second (the ordinal number)

1c) in combination with other numbers

1d) both (a dual number)

Part of Speech: noun masculine or feminine dual; adjective

Relation: dual of H8145



Usage:

This word is used 767 times:

1 Kings 7:15: "For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits"
1 Kings 7:15: "cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits"
1 Kings 7:16: "And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops"
1 Kings 7:18: "And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one"
1 Kings 7:20: "And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against"
1 Kings 7:24: "the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast."
1 Kings 7:25: "It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,"
1 Kings 7:41: " The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two"
1 Kings 7:41: "that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover"
1 Kings 7:41: "the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two"
1 Kings 7:41: "networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon"
1 Kings 7:42: "And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates"
1 Kings 7:42: "pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network,"
1 Kings 7:42: "network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon"
1 Kings 7:44: "And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;"
1 Kings 8:9: "There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses"
1 Kings 8:63: "which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred"
1 Kings 9:10: "when Solomon had built the two houses, the house"
1 Kings 10:19: "on either side on the place of the seat, and two"
1 Kings 10:20: " And twelve lions stood there on the one side"
1 Kings 10:26: "and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed"
1 Kings 11:29: "and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:"
1 Kings 11:30: "that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:"
1 Kings 12:28: "Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto"
1 Kings 14:20: "which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with"
1 Kings 15:25: "began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah,"
1 Kings 16:23: "to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years"
1 Kings 16:29: "Israel in Samaria twenty and two years."
1 Kings 17:12: "and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in"
1 Kings 18:21: "How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD"
1 Kings 18:23: "Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay"
1 Kings 18:31: "And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons"
1 Kings 19:19: "the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before"
1 Kings 19:19: "with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah"
1 Kings 20:1: "of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings"
1 Kings 20:15: "and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all"
1 Kings 20:16: "he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped"
1 Kings 20:27: "of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled"
1 Kings 21:10: "And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying,"
1 Kings 21:13: "And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men"
1 Kings 22:31: "his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying,"
2 Kings 1:14: "from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties"
2 Kings 1:17: "And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat"
2 Kings 2:6: "liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on."
2 Kings 2:7: "went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood"
2 Kings 2:8: "and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground."
2 Kings 2:9: "from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be"
2 Kings 2:11: "and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind"
2 Kings 2:12: "and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces."
2 Kings 2:24: "them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tore"









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