Strong's Lexicon

H8152

H8152 — שִׁנעָר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewShin`arName/l.Occurrences: 8

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8152
Word:	שִׁנעָר
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	probably of foreign derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	Shin`ar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	shin-awr'
Meaning:	1. Shinar, a plain in Babylonia
KJV Renderings:	Shinar.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8896

שִׁנְעָר proper name [of a location] Shinar = Babylonia (= Babylonian Šumêr according to COT^{Gen 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 Gen 10:10; Gen 11:2; Zech 5:11; Dan 1:2 ׳ מֶלֶךְשֿׁ (Amraphel) Gen 14:2; Gen 14:9 ׳ שׁ alone Isa 11:11 (as place of diaspora); ׳ אַדֶּרֶת שׁ Josh 7:21 ᵐ5 usually Σεν(ν)ααρ; Zech 5:11 (ἐν γῆ) Βαβυλῶνος.

שְׁנָת sleep, see שֵׁנָה below יָשֵׁן.