Word Study · Strong's H8140 · Hebrew
שְׁנָה
shenah
shen-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉnâh
“{a year (as a revolution of time)}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{a year (as a revolution of time)}
Rendered in the KJV as
year.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בִּשְׁנַ֣ת2
- בִּשְׁנַ֨ת1
- שְׁנִ֖ין1
- שְׁנִ֣ין1
- שְׁנַ֣ת1
- שְׁנַת־1
How it is rendered · 4
- in year3
- years2
- [was] year1
- year1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AR/Ncfsc · 3
- ANcfsc · 2
- ANcmpa · 2
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra5 occurrences
- Ezra 4:24שְׁנַ֣תshenatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.here: year
- Ezra 5:11שְׁנִ֣יןsheninnoun · masculine pluralAnd this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.here: years
- Ezra 5:13בִּשְׁנַ֣תbishnatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.here: in year
- Ezra 6:3בִּשְׁנַ֨תbishnatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,here: in year
- Ezra 6:15שְׁנַת־shenat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.here: [was] year
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 5:31שְׁנִ֖יןsheninnoun · masculine pluraland Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.here: years
- Daniel 7:1בִּשְׁנַ֣תbishnatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.here: in year
Same headword in Strong's