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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8152 - שִׁנְעָר

Transliteration

Shinʻâr

Phonetics

shin-awr'

Origin

probably of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

2424

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Shinar = "country of two rivers"
1. the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

CSB (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

LEB (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

LSB (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

N95 (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

NAS (8)

Genesis 4

Joshua 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 1

Zechariah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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.

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