8152. Shinar

Strong's Concordance

Shinar: another name for Bab.

Original Word: שִׁנְעָר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Shinar
Phonetic Spelling: (shin-awr')
Definition: another name for Bab

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
another name for Bab.
NASB Translation
Shinar (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Shinar

Probably of foreign derivation; Shinar, a plain in Babylonia -- Shinar.

Forms and Transliterations

וּמִשִּׁנְעָר֙ ומשנער שִׁנְעָ֑ר שִׁנְעָ֔ר שִׁנְעָ֖ר שִׁנְעָֽר׃ שִׁנְעָר֩ שנער שנער׃ shinAr šin‘ār šin·‘ār ū·miš·šin·‘ār umishshinAr ūmiššin‘ār

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 10:10
HEB: וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃
NAS: and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
KJV: and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
INT: and Calneh the land of Shinar

Genesis 11:2
HEB: בִקְעָ֛ה בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: in the land of Shinar and settled
KJV: in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt
INT: A plain the land of Shinar and settled there

Genesis 14:1
HEB: אַמְרָפֶ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ־ שִׁנְעָ֔ר אַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: king of Shinar, Arioch
KJV: king of Shinar, Arioch
INT: of Amraphel king of Shinar Arioch king

Genesis 14:9
HEB: וְאַמְרָפֶל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שִׁנְעָ֔ר וְאַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: king of Shinar and Arioch
KJV: king of Shinar, and Arioch
INT: and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king

Joshua 7:21
HEB: בַשָּׁלָ֡ל אַדֶּ֣רֶת שִׁנְעָר֩ אַחַ֨ת טוֹבָ֜ה
NAS: mantle from Shinar and two hundred
KJV: goodly Babylonish garment,
INT: the spoil mantle Shinar a A beautiful

Isaiah 11:11
HEB: וּמִכּ֗וּשׁ וּמֵעֵילָ֤ם וּמִשִּׁנְעָר֙ וּמֵ֣חֲמָ֔ת וּמֵאִיֵּ֖י
NAS: Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
KJV: and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath,
INT: Cush Elam Shinar Hamath the islands

Daniel 1:2
HEB: וַיְבִיאֵ֥ם אֶֽרֶץ־ שִׁנְעָ֖ר בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהָ֑יו
NAS: them to the land of Shinar, to the house
KJV: into the land of Shinar to the house
INT: brought to the land of Shinar to the house of his god

Zechariah 5:11
HEB: בַ֖יִת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֑ר וְהוּכַ֛ן וְהֻנִּ֥יחָה
NAS: for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared,
KJV: in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established,
INT: A temple the land of Shinar is prepared and set

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8152
8 Occurrences

šin·‘ār — 7 Occ.
ū·miš·šin·‘ār — 1 Occ.