What does שְׁנַיִם · אִשָּׁה mean in the Bible?
שְׁנַיִם · אִשָּׁה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two women/wives".
Hebrew · H8147, H802
שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים
Two ; also (as ordinal) twofold · a woman
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שְׁנַיִם H8147 two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
Pronunciation šĕnayim
Dual number expressing both cardinality and ordinality; foundational to covenantal pairing and witness testimony throughout Scripture.
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אִשָּׁה H802 a woman
Pronunciation ishah
Woman or wife; context determines meaning—marriage, gender, or relational status all collapse into one term
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What does שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים (shetei nashim) mean in the Bible?
שְׁנַיִם · אִשָּׁה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two women/wives".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8147, H802?
H8147, H802 is connected to 1,550 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. two women/wives
Strong's H8147, H802
Lexical occurrences 1,550 verses Source Gloss
two women/wives
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain