Hebrew word study
שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayim — two
Pronounced “shen-ah'-yim”
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Translated in the King James as: both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Appears 743 times in Scripture
Origin: dual of H8145 (שֵׁנִי); feminine שְׁתַּיִם;
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Genesis — 63×
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Exodus — 96×
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Leviticus — 41×
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Numbers — 87×
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Deuteronomy — 25×
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Joshua — 26×
Judges — 20×
1 Samuel — 28×
2 Samuel — 20×
1 Kings — 56×
2 Kings — 41×
1 Chronicles — 45×
2 Chronicles — 29×
Ezra — 18×
Nehemiah — 23×
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Esther — 10×
Psalms — 2×
Proverbs — 8×
Ecclesiastes — 5×
Isaiah — 11×
Jeremiah — 11×
Ezekiel — 35×
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Hosea — 1×
Jonah — 1×
Haggai — 3×
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