שְׁנַ֫יִם

she.na.yimtwoHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun768 occurrences31 books646 verses

Definition

dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Traditional renderings: both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שְׁנַ֫יִם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

768 total
  1. Jeremiah 46:12שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃פ · and both
    The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together.”
  2. Jeremiah 52:20שְׁנַ֗יִם · As for the two; שְׁנֵים־ · the twelve
    As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
  3. Jeremiah 52:21שְׁתֵּים־ · and twelve
    Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
  4. Jeremiah 52:29וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃
    …in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;
  5. Jeremiah 52:31בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים · day of the twelfth
    On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
  6. Ezekiel 1:11שְׁ֚תַּיִם · two [wings]; וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם · and two
    Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
  7. Ezekiel 1:23שְׁתַּ֤יִם; שְׁתַּ֤יִם · also had two [wings]
    And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.
  8. Ezekiel 15:4שְׁנֵ֨י · both
    No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
  9. Ezekiel 21:19שְׁנַ֣יִם · two; שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם · both
    “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
  10. Ezekiel 21:21שְׁנֵ֥י · of the two
    For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
  11. Ezekiel 23:2שְׁתַּ֣יִם · two
    “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
  12. Ezekiel 23:13לִשְׁתֵּיהֶֽן׃ · both of them
    And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
  13. Ezekiel 29:1בִּשְׁנֵ֥ים · on the twelfth
    In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  14. Ezekiel 32:1בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י · In the twelfth; בִּשְׁנֵי־ · of the twelfth
    In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  15. Ezekiel 32:17בִּשְׁתֵּ֣י · In the twelfth
    In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  16. Ezekiel 33:21בִּשְׁתֵּ֧י · In the twelfth
    In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
  17. Ezekiel 35:10שְׁנֵ֨י · These two; שְׁתֵּ֧י · and
    Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
  18. Ezekiel 37:22לִשְׁנֵ֣י · two; לִשְׁתֵּ֥י · into two
    I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
  19. Ezekiel 40:9שְׁתַּ֣יִם · two
    …it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
  20. Ezekiel 40:39שְׁנַ֤יִם · [were] two; וּשְׁנַ֥יִם
    Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
  21. Ezekiel 40:40שְׁנַ֖יִם · there were two; שְׁנַ֖יִם · and two
    Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
  22. Ezekiel 41:3שְׁתַּ֣יִם · [to be] two
    And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
  23. Ezekiel 41:18וּשְׁנַ֥יִם · had two
    …were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
  24. Ezekiel 41:22שְׁתַּֽיִם־ · and two
    There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
  25. Ezekiel 41:23וּשְׁתַּ֧יִם · had double
    Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,
  26. Ezekiel 41:24וּשְׁתַּ֥יִם · and each; שְׁ֚תַּיִם · had two; שְׁ֚תַּיִם · There were two; וּשְׁתֵּ֥י · and two
    …and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other.
  27. Ezekiel 43:14שְׁתַּ֣יִם · [shall be] two
    The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.
  28. Ezekiel 43:16שְׁתֵּ֤ים · twelve [cubits]; בִּשְׁתֵּ֥ים · [and] twelve [cubits]
    The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
  29. Ezekiel 47:13לִשְׁנֵ֥י · among the twelve
    This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
  30. Daniel 2:1שְׁתַּ֗יִם · In the second
    In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
  31. Daniel 8:7שְׁתֵּ֣י · his two
    I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.
  32. Daniel 9:25וּשְׁנַ֗יִם
    Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
  33. Daniel 9:26וּשְׁנַ֔יִם
    Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
  34. Daniel 11:27וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֤ם · And the two
    And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
  35. Daniel 12:5שְׁנַ֥יִם · two
    Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
  36. Hosea 10:10לִשְׁתֵּ֥י · for their double
    I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
  37. Amos 3:3שְׁנַ֖יִם · Can two
    Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?