§ Shinar = "country of two rivers" the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea
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H8152 — שִׁנְעָר
shin.ar · Shinar · Hebrew/Aramaic
8 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 10:10 · שִׁנְעָֽר׃And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;Genesis 11:2 · שִׁנְעָ֖רand it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there;Genesis 14:1 · שִׁנְעָ֔רAnd it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,Genesis 14:9 · שִׁנְעָ֔רwith Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.Joshua 7:21 · שִׁנְעָר֩and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight is fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’Isaiah 11:11 · וּמִשִּׁנְעָר֙And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,Daniel 1:2 · שִׁנְעָ֖רand the Lord giveth into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he bringeth them in to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he hath brought in to the treasure-house of his god.Zechariah 5:11 · שִׁנְעָ֑רAnd he saith unto me, ‘To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.’ And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.