Shinʻâr — H8152

H8152 · Hebrew — שנער

Pronunciation: shin-awr'

Definition

locative proper noun

Shinar, a plain in Babylonia

  1. Shinar = "country of two rivers"
  2. the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea

Usually translated as

Shinar

Origin

probably of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Shinʻâr occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Joshua (1), Isaiah (1), Daniel (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S