Hebrew verb · H8138
שָׁנָה
shanahshaw-naw'
to change; to repeat
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shânâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8138is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8138
to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
The King James renders it: do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.
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
shanah is rendered "to change; to repeat". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to change".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:32Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
Genesis 41:32הִשָּׁנ֧וֹת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to change, and to repeat.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to changeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 41:32Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions… |
| to repeatStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- differing2
- and he changed1
- and he changed it1
- and he may change1
- and he moved her1
- and repeats1
- and they did again1
- and you will disguise yourself1
- being repeated of1
- change1
- changing1
- do again1
and 8 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.
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 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
- אֶשְׁנֶ֖ה1
- אֲשַׁנֶּֽה׃1
- הִשָּׁנ֧וֹת1
- וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית1
- וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּה1
- וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ1
- וַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹ1
- וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּ1
- וְשִׁנָּ֕ה1
- וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה1
- יִשְׁנ֑וּ1
- לְשַׁנּ֣וֹת1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HVqrmpa
- Hc/Vpq3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms
- HC/Vpu3ms1HC/Vpu3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fs1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fs
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vtq2fs1Hc/Vtq2fs
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vpcc
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)1HVNcc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVpi1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HVprmsa
Genesis
one use
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
- הִשָּׁנ֧וֹתhishanotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: being repeated of
1 Samuel
two uses
So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
- וַיְשַׁנּ֤וֹvayshanoHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he changed it
Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
- אֶשְׁנֶ֖הʾeshnehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will repeat
2 Samuel
one use
Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
- שָׁ֥נָהshanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he repeated
1 Kings
three uses
and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
- וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔יתvehishtanitHc/Vtq2fstagged: and you will disguise yourself
and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
- שְׁנוּ֙shenuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: do again
- וַיִּשְׁנ֔וּvaiyishnuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they did again
Nehemiah
one use
but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
- תִּשְׁנ֕וּtishnuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will do again
Esther
three uses
Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.
- שׁוֹנִ֑יםshonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: differing
And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
- וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָvayshanehaHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he moved her
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- שֹׁנ֣וֹתshonotverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: differing
Job
two uses
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
- מְשַׁנֶּ֥הmeshanehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: changing
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
- יִשְׁנ֑וּyishnuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they repeated
Psalms
one use
I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
- אֲשַׁנֶּֽה׃ʾashanehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will change
Proverbs
four uses
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
- וְשֹׁנֶ֥הveshonehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and repeats
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- שׁ֝וֹנִ֗יםshonimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: change
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- שׁוֹנֶ֥הshonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: repeats
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּהvishanehHC/Vpu3mstagged: and he may change
Jeremiah
two uses
How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
- לְשַׁנּ֣וֹתleshanotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to change
So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
- וְשִׁנָּ֕הveshinahHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he changed
Malachi
one use
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- שָׁנִ֑יתִיshanitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I change
Where it leads
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.