שֵׁנִי
shênîy · shay-nee'
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8138 (שָׁנָה);
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
- properly, double, i.e. second
- also, adverbially, again
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: again, either (of them), (an-) other, second (time).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
To consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֵׁנִי 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
156 occurrences · 156 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the second28 · 22%
- of the second12 · 9%
- of the other11 · 9%
- the second time11 · 9%
- in the second8 · 6%
- and the other6 · 5%
- the other6 · 5%
- another5 · 4%
- day of the second5 · 4%
- and the second5 · 4%
- again4 · 3%
- more3 · 2%
- a second3 · 2%
- and on the second3 · 2%
- and again2 · 2%
- out of the other2 · 2%
- came unto me the second time2 · 2%
- and in the second2 · 2%
- on the second2 · 2%
- upon the other2 · 2%
- and for the other2 · 2%
- in the other1 · 1%
- unto him the second1 · 1%
- second1 · 1%
- were the second1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.