שְׁנָא
shᵉnâʼ · shen-aw'
{to alter}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8132 (שָׁנָא)
{to alter}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: alter, change, (be) diverse.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
To consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁנָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be changed4 · 19%
- was changed3 · 14%
- changed3 · 14%
- diverse2 · 10%
- shall alter1 · 5%
- to alter1 · 5%
- and he changeth1 · 5%
- and have changed1 · 5%
- may be changed1 · 5%
- was diverse1 · 5%
- which shall be diverse1 · 5%
- them; and he shall be diverse1 · 5%
- to change1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.