שָׁנָה shanah

Hebrew word for “to change” · Strong’s H8138 · used 22 times in 21 verses

Old Testament11 booksMost often in Proverbs (4)

Meaning

1) change, alter; 1a) (Qal) to change; 1b) (Piel) to change, alter; 1c) (Pual) to be changed, mollified; 1d) (Hithpael) to disguise oneself

Senses in the lexicon

to change (13)
to repeat (9)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shanah in context, with how often each is used:

changed 2
differing 2
change 2
repeated 2
will disguise yourself 1
moved 1
changing 1
when changed he 1
will change 1
those who change 1
may change 1
being repeated 1

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Proverbs	4	0.6
1 Kings	3	0.2
Esther	3	1.0
1 Samuel	2	0.2
Job	2	0.2
Psalms	2	0.1
Jeremiah	2	0.1
Genesis	1	0.0
2 Samuel	1	0.1
Nehemiah	1	0.2
Malachi	1	1.1

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 41 (1), 1 Samuel 21 (1), 1 Samuel 26 (1), 2 Samuel 20 (1), 1 Kings 14 (1), 1 Kings 18 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1), Esther 1 (1), Esther 2 (1), Esther 3 (1)

Forms

וישׁנו 2
שׁונים 2
וישׁנה 2
אשׁנה 2
ושׁנה 2
והשׁתנית 1
שׁנות 1
משׁנה 1
בשׁנותו 1
לשׁנות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shanah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

Key verses

The verses using shanah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

Genesis 41:32 — And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
1 Samuel 26:8 — Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the…
2 Samuel 20:10 — But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him…
1 Kings 14:2 — And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold,…
Esther 3:8 — And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their…
Job 29:22 — After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Psalms 34:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall…
Psalms 89:34 — My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Proverbs 24:21 — My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs 26:11 — As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Jeremiah 2:36 — Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Malachi 3:6 — For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

See all 21 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.