Strong H8138H8138Aשָׁנָה
to change
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8138
- Transliteration
- shânâh
- Pronunciation
- shaw-naw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) change, alter
1a) (Qal) to change
1b) (Piel) to change, alter
1c) (Pual) to be changed, mollified
1d) (Hithpael) to disguise oneself
1a) (Qal) to change
1b) (Piel) to change, alter
1c) (Pual) to be changed, mollified
1d) (Hithpael) to disguise oneself
General definition
A primitive root; to {fold} that {is} duplicate (literally or figuratively (); by implication to transmute (transitively or intransitively): - do ({speak} strike) {again} {alter} {double} (be given to) {change} {disguise} (be) {diverse} {pervert} {prefer} {repeat} {return} do the second time.
In the Bible
Strong H8138A appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- change5
- alter1
- being1
- diverse1
- pervert1
- pray1
- preferred1
- thou1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 21:13And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
- 1 Kings 14:2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
- Esther 1:7And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
- Esther 2:9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
- Esther 3:8And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
- Job 14:20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
- Psalms 89:34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
- Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
- Jeremiah 2:36Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 52:33And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
- Malachi 3:6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.