What does שְׁנַיִם · מֶלֶךְ mean in the Bible?
שְׁנַיִם · מֶלֶךְ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two ; also (as ordinal) twofold".
Hebrew · H8147, H4428
שְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי
Two ; also (as ordinal) twofold · a king
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שְׁנַיִם H8147 two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
Pronunciation šĕnayim
Dual number expressing both cardinality and ordinality; foundational to covenantal pairing and witness testimony throughout Scripture.
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מֶלֶךְ H4428 a king
Pronunciation melek
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What does שְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי (shene malke) mean in the Bible?
שְׁנַיִם · מֶלֶךְ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "two ; also (as ordinal) twofold".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8147, H4428?
H8147, H4428 is connected to 3,295 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
Strong's H8147, H4428
Lexical occurrences 3,295 verses Source Gloss
two ; also (as ordinal) twofold
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G3197 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain