Hebrew and Greek words › Hebrew › H8133
שְׁנָא shena
Hebrew word for “to change” · Strong’s H8133 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) to change, be altered, be changed;
How it is translated
Glosses given for shena in context, with how often each is used:
- changed 6
- change 3
- different 3
- changing 2
- will be different 2
- will violate 1
- violate 1
- will be changed 1
- violated 1
- will change 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 7 (7), Daniel 3 (3), Daniel 5 (3), Daniel 6 (3), Ezra 6 (2), Daniel 2 (2), Daniel 4 (1)
Forms
- להשׁניה 4
- שׁנין 2
- תשׁנא 2
- יהשׁנא 1
- ישׁתנא 1
- מהשׁנא 1
- אשׁתני 1
- שׁנו 1
- שׁניו 1
- ישׁנון 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shena more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 13
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 11
- עַל al “since” 9
- כֹּל kol “all” 7
- מִן־ min “from” 7
- לָא la “not” 6
- חֵיוָא cheva “beast” 5
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 6
- מִלָּה millah “word” 5
- זִיו ziv “splendor” 4
- בְּהַל behal “to dismay” 4
- עִדָּן iddan “time” 4
Key verses
The verses using shena that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which…
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the…
- Daniel 2:21 — And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know…
- Daniel 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that…
- Daniel 3:27 — And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was…
- Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted…
- Daniel 5:6 — Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Daniel 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 7:7 — After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and…
- Daniel 7:24 — And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall…
- Daniel 7:25 — And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be…
- Daniel 7:28 — Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.