Strong's Hebrew #8152 - שִׁנְעָר Shinar (another name for Bab)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Shinar Probably of foreign derivation; Shinar, a plain in Babylonia -- Shinar. Englishman's Concordance Shinar = “country of two rivers” 1) the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably of foreign derivation Same Word by TWOT Number: 2424 Brown-Driver-Briggs שִׁנְעָר proper name, of a location Shinar = Babylonia (= Babylonian Šumêr according to COTGenesis 11:1 and others, > denied by HalRev. Crit. 1883, 44 JenZK ii(1885), 419; Egyptian Sangar (WMMAs.u.Eur.279), Tel Amarna Šan—ar (WklTelAm. 25) identification with ׳שׁ by MeyEgyptiaca 63; compare, further, PinchesHast. 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. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 8152. שִׁנְעָר (Shinar) — 8 OccurrencesGenesis 10:10 Genesis 11:2 Genesis 14:1 Genesis 14:9 Joshua 7:21 Isaiah 11:11 Daniel 1:2 Zechariah 5:11 |