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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5570 - סְנָאָה
Transliteration
Çᵉnâʼâh
Phonetics
sen-aw-aw'
Origin
from an unused root meaning to prick
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Senaah or Hassenaah [with the article] = "thorny"
- ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
BSB (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
CSB (1)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
ESV (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
KJV (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
LEB (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
LSB (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
N95 (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
NAS (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (3)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
סְנָאָה apparently proper name, masculine׳בְּנֵי ס Ezra 2:35 = Nehemiah 7:38, ׳בְּנֵי הַסּ Nehemiah 3:3; ᵐ5 Σαανα, Σανανα(τ), etc., ᵐ5 L Σενναα; Mey Judenth. 150,154 reads סְנֻאָה (׳ס for ׳שׂ, compare סְנוּאָה) = sons of the hated (rejected) woman, i.e. the poorer classes of Jerusalem.
סְנוּאָה proper name, masculine (but see סְנָאָה); — ׳בֶּןהַֿסּ Nehemiah 11:9 (ᵐ5 Ασανα, ᵐ5 L Ασεννα), בֶּןהַֿסְּנֻאָה 1 Chronicles 9:7 (ᵐ5 Αανα, A Ασανουα, ᵐ5 L Σαανα).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
סְנָאָה [Senaah, Hassenaah], [“perhaps thorny”], pr.n. of a town of Judæa, Ezra 2:35; Nehemiah 7:38 with the art., Nehemiah 3:3.
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List of Word Forms
הַסְּנָאָ֑ה הסנאה סְנָאָ֔ה סנאה has·sə·nā·’āh hassənā’āh hassenaAh sə·nā·’āh sənā’āh senaAh