Definition
from H8138; properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
Traditional renderings: again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).
Traditional renderings: again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שֵׁנִי:
- δεύτεροςdeuteros“secondly”98%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
156 total
- Numbers 2:16וּשְׁנִיִּ֖ם · secondThe total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
- Numbers 7:18הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · On the secondOn the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.
- Numbers 8:8שֵׁנִ֥י · a secondThen have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
- Numbers 9:1הַשֵּׁנִ֜ית · of the secondIn the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
- Numbers 9:11הַשֵּׁנִ֜י · of the secondSuch people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
- Numbers 10:6שֵׁנִ֔ית · a second timeWhen you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
- Numbers 10:11הַשֵּׁנִ֛ית · of the second; הַשֵּׁנִ֖י · of the secondOn the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
- Numbers 11:26הַשֵּׁנִ֨י · and the otherTwo men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
- Numbers 28:4הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · and the otherOffer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,
- Numbers 28:8הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · the secondAnd offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Numbers 29:17הַשֵּׁנִ֗י · On the secondOn the second day you are to present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
- Joshua 5:2שֵׁנִֽית׃At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
- Joshua 6:14הַשֵּׁנִי֙ · So on the secondSo on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
- Joshua 10:32הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · it on the secondAnd the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
- Joshua 19:1הַשֵּׁנִי֙ · The secondThe second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah
- Judges 6:25הַשֵּׁנִ֖י · and a secondOn that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
- Judges 6:26הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · the secondThen build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
- Judges 6:28הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · and the secondWhen the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
- Judges 20:24הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ · On the secondOn the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
- Judges 20:25הַשֵּׁנִי֒That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Ruth 1:4הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית · and the other…who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
- 1 Samuel 1:2הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית · and the otherHe had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- 1 Samuel 20:27הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · the second [day]But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
- 1 Samuel 20:34הַשֵּׁנִי֙ · that secondJonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
- 2 Samuel 4:2הַשֵּׁנִ֣י · and the otherSaul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
- 2 Samuel 14:29שֵׁנִ֔ית · a second [time]Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
- 2 Samuel 16:19וְהַשֵּׁנִ֗ית · FurthermoreFurthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
- 1 Kings 6:1הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · the secondIn the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 6:24הַשֵּׁנִ֑ית · and the otherOne wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:25הַשֵּׁנִ֑י · The secondThe second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,
- 1 Kings 6:26הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃…and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:27הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · of the second; הַשֵּׁנִ֑י · the otherAnd he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
- 1 Kings 6:34הַשֵּׁנִ֖יתThe two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
- 1 Kings 7:15הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- 1 Kings 7:16הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:17הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
- 1 Kings 7:18הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
- 1 Kings 7:20הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
- 1 Kings 9:2שֵׁנִ֑ית · a second [time]…the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
- 1 Kings 19:7שֵׁנִית֙ · A second [time]A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
- 2 Kings 9:19שֵׁנִי֒ · a secondSo the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
- 2 Kings 10:6שֵׁנִ֜ית · a secondThen Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
- 2 Kings 19:29הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית · and in the secondAnd this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- 2 Kings 25:17הַשֵּׁנִ֖י · The secondEach pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
- 1 Chronicles 2:13הַשֵּׁנִ֔י · was born secondJesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
- 1 Chronicles 3:1שֵׁנִי֙ · the secondThese were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;
- 1 Chronicles 3:15הַשֵּׁנִ֖י · the secondThe sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 7:15הַשֵּׁנִ֖י · AnotherMachir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.