Strong H8147שְׁנַ֫יִם
two
- Transliteration
- shenayim shettayim
- Pronunciation
- {shen-ah'-yim} shet-tah'-yim
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun
Definition
(The first form being dual of H8145; the second form being feminine);
two; also (as ordinal) twofold: - {both} {couple} {double} {second} {twain} + {twelfth} + {twelve} + twenty (sixscore) {thousand} {twice} two.
two; also (as ordinal) twofold: - {both} {couple} {double} {second} {twain} + {twelfth} + {twelve} + twenty (sixscore) {thousand} {twice} two.
Detailed definition
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)
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)
In the Bible
Strong H8147 appears in 646 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- two337
- twelve92
- both31
- them21
- twelfth16
- his15
- have14
- be13
- unto13
- second10
- they8
- thy8
First verses
- Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Genesis 2:25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- Genesis 3:7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
- Genesis 4:19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- Genesis 5:8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
- Genesis 5:18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
- Genesis 5:20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
- Genesis 5:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
- Genesis 6:19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
- Genesis 6:20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
- Genesis 7:2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
- Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Genesis 9:23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 10:25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
- Genesis 11:20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
- Genesis 14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.