Lectionary Calendar
Friday, December 1st, 2023
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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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 Name Location
TWOT
2424
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Shinar = “country of two rivers”
1) the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
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
