שִׂנְאָה sinah
Hebrew word for “hating” · Strong’s H8135 · used 17 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) hating, hatred, hate; 1a) hatred; 1a1) of man, God
How it is translated
Glosses given for sinah in context, with how often each is used:
- hatred 16
- hatreds 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 109 (2), Proverbs 10 (2), Ecclesiastes 9 (2), Numbers 35 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 9 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), Psalms 25 (1), Psalms 139 (1), Proverbs 15 (1)
Forms
- שׂנאה 7
- בשׂנאה 2
- ושׂנאה 2
- בשׂנאת 1
- ומשׂנאתו 1
- השׂנאה 1
- ושׂנאת 1
- שׂנאתם 1
- משׂנאתיך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sinah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַהֲבָה ahavah “love” 6
- שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 3
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 3
- קִנְאָה qinah “jealousy” 2
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 3
- הֶם hem “them” 3
- אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 2
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 2
Key verses
The verses using sinah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 35:20 — But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
- Deuteronomy 1:27 — And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the…
- Psalms 25:19 — Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
- Psalms 109:3 — They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- Psalms 109:5 — And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- Proverbs 10:12 — Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
- Proverbs 10:18 — He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- Proverbs 15:17 — Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth…
- Ecclesiastes 9:6 — Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
- Ezekiel 23:29 — And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be…
- Ezekiel 35:11 — Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against…
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
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.