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Strong's #8152 - שִׁנְעָר

Transliteration
Shinʻâr
Phonetics
shin-awr'
Root Word (Etymology)
probably of foreign derivation
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Shinar = “country of two rivers”

1) the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (8)
Genesis 4
Joshua 1
Isaiah 1
Daniel 1
Zechariah 1
NAS (8)
Genesis 4
Joshua 1
Isaiah 1
Daniel 1
Zechariah 1
HCS (8)
Genesis 4
Joshua 1
Isaiah 1
Daniel 1
Zechariah 1
BSB (12)
Genesis 8
Joshua 1
Isaiah 1
Daniel 1
Zechariah 1
ESV (8)
Genesis 4
Joshua 1
Isaiah 1
Daniel 1
Zechariah 1
WEB (8)
Genesis 4
Joshua 1
Isaiah 1
Daniel 1
Zechariah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 שִׁנְעָר proper name, of a location Shinar = Babylonia (= Babylonian Šumêr according to COT Genesis 11:1 and others, > denied by Hal Rev. Crit. 1883,44 Jen ZK ii(1885), 419; Egyptian Sangar (WMM As.u.Eur.279), Tel Amarna Šan—ar (Wkl TelAm. 25) identification with ׳שׁ by Mey Egyptiaca 63; compare, further, Pinches Hast. DB SHINAR); — ׳אֶרֶץ שׁ Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:2; Zechariah 5:11; Daniel 1:2; ׳מֶלֶךְשֿׁ (Amraphel) Genesis 14:2,9; ׳שׁ alone Isaiah 11:11 (as place of diaspora); ׳אַדֶּרֶת שׁ Joshua 7:21; ᵐ5 usually Σεν(ν)ααρ; Zechariah 5:11 (ἐν γῆ) Βαβυλῶνος.

שְׁנָת sleep, see שֵׁנָה below יָשֵׁן.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שִׁנְעָר [Shinar] pr.n. of the region around Babylon, Genesis 11:2, 14:1 Isaiah 11:11; Zechariah 5:11; Daniel 1:2. As to its extent, see Genesis 10:10. Compare Bochart, Phaleg. i. 5. J. D. Mich. Spicileg. Geogr. i. p. 231. (Syr. ܣܶܢܥܳܪ used of the country round Bagdad, see Barhebr. p. 256). The derivation is unknown.


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List of Word Forms
וּמִשִּׁנְעָר֙ ומשנער שִׁנְעָ֑ר שִׁנְעָ֔ר שִׁנְעָ֖ר שִׁנְעָֽר׃ שִׁנְעָר֩ שנער שנער׃ shinAr šin‘ār šin·‘ār ū·miš·šin·‘ār umishshinAr ūmiššin‘ār
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