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Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H8133

שְׁנָא

shenashen-aw'

to change

21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shᵉnâʼ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8133is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 20
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8133

{to alter}

The King James renders it: alter, change, (be) diverse.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shena is rendered "to change". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Nineteen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 6:11I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.

The first use

I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

Ezra 6:11יְהַשְׁנֵא֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nineteen of the word's twenty-one uses are in Daniel.

The other 37 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • different3
  • to change3
  • changing2
  • they were changed2
  • he will be different1
  • he will violate1
  • it was changed1
  • it will be changed1
  • it will be different1
  • it will change1
  • let it be changed1
  • they be changed1

and 3 more, 21 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שְׁנַיִםshenayimtwoUses768
שְׁנָהshenahyearUses7
שְׁנִינָהsheninahtauntUses4
שְׁנָהshenahsleepUses1
שְׁנָתshenathsleepUses1

All 21, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

20 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה2
  • אֶשְׁתַּנִּ֔י1
  • יְהַשְׁנֵא֙1
  • יִשְׁנֵא֙1
  • יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן1
  • יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑א1
  • יִשְׁתַּנּֽוֹ׃1
  • יִשְׁתַּנּ֣וֹן1
  • לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙1
  • לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה׃1
  • מְהַשְׁנֵ֤א1
  • מְשַׁנְּיָ֗ה1

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)4AR/Vhcc
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2AVpi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2AVqi2ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVhi3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1AVhrmsa
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVPi3ms
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural1AVPj3mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1AVpp3mp
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVPp3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singular1AVprfsa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1AVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1AVqp3mp

Ezra

two uses
  • I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

    Ezra 6:11

    • יְהַשְׁנֵא֙yehashne'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will violate
  • May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

    Ezra 6:12

    • לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛הlehashnayahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to violate

Daniel

nineteen uses
  • If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”

    Daniel 2:9

    • יִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑אyishtane'verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be changed
  • He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

    Daniel 2:21

    • מְהַשְׁנֵ֤אmehashne'verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: changing
  • At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

    Daniel 3:19

    • אֶשְׁתַּנִּ֔יʾeshtanuverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was changed
  • and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    Daniel 3:27

    • שְׁנ֑וֹshenoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they were changed
  • Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

    Daniel 3:28

    • שַׁנִּ֔יוshanivverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they violated
  • Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.

    Daniel 4:16

    • יְשַׁנּ֔וֹןyeshanonverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let it be changed
  • his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.

    Daniel 5:6

    • שְׁנ֔וֹהִיshenohiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they changed him
  • Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face grew even more pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

    Daniel 5:9

    • שָׁנַ֣יִןshanayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: changing
  • Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

    Daniel 5:10

    • יִשְׁתַּנּֽוֹ׃yishtanoverb · intensive passive (pual), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they be changed
  • Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

    Daniel 6:8

    • לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛הlehashnayahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to change
  • Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”

    Daniel 6:15

    • לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה׃lehashnayahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to change
  • A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

    Daniel 6:17

    • תִשְׁנֵ֥אtishne'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will change
  • Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:

    Daniel 7:3

    • שָׁנְיָ֖ןshaneyanverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: different
  • After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.

    Daniel 7:7

    • מְשַׁנְּיָ֗הmeshaneyahverb · intensive (piel), participle · feminine singulartagged: different
  • Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.

    Daniel 7:19

    • שָֽׁנְיָ֖הshaneyahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: different
  • This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.

    Daniel 7:23

    • תִשְׁנֵ֖אtishne'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will be different
  • And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.

    Daniel 7:24

    • יִשְׁנֵא֙yishne'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be different
  • He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

    Daniel 7:25

    • לְהַשְׁנָיָה֙lehashnayahpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to change
  • Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”

    Daniel 7:28

    • יִשְׁתַּנּ֣וֹןyishtanonverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they were changed

The letters

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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