sheni · second

What it means

sheni (שֵׁנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “second”.

Also "again".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
2. Once more, after having been done before.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Second; as an adverb, a second time, again. BDB: second; the feminine form also stands as an adverb, “again”. Related to שְׁנַיִם, “two”.

• The second day; the second river; a second son Genesis 1:8Genesis 2:13Genesis 30:7
• “A second time” Genesis 22:15Jonah 3:1

How we translate it

“Second” 146 times, “other” 8, “secondly” 1, “next day” 1. When two things of a series are counted, sometimes “other”; with a verb, “a second time”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• second ×146
• other ×8
• next day ×1
• rim ×1
• secondly ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×13
• Exodus×26
• Leviticus×8
• Numbers×15
• Joshua×4
• Judges×5
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×3
• 2 Samuel×3
• 1 Kings×15
• 2 Kings×4
• 1 Chronicles×18
• 2 Chronicles×6
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×9
• Esther×4
• Job×1
• Ecclesiastes×3
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×5
• Ezekiel×3
• Daniel×1
• Jonah×1
• Haggai×1
• Zechariah×3
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 1:8

  And Elohim called the vault “Heavens.” And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

• Genesis 2:13

  And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Cush.

• Genesis 4:19

  And Lamech took for himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

• Genesis 6:16

  An opening you shall make for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and the door of the ark you shall put in its side; with lower, second, and third decks you shall make it.

• Genesis 7:11

  In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

• Genesis 8:14

  And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

• Genesis 22:15

  The angel of YHWH called to Abraham a second time from the heavens

• Genesis 30:7

  Bilhah, Rachel’s slave woman, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

• Genesis 30:12

  Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a second son.

• Genesis 32:19

  He commanded also the second, also the third, and also all who were going after the herds, saying, “According to this word you shall speak to Esau when you find him.

• Genesis 41:5

  He fell asleep and dreamed a second time, and look, seven ears of grain were coming up on one stalk, plump and good.

• Genesis 41:52

  The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For Elohim has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

• Genesis 47:18

  That year ended, and they came to him the second year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that the silver is spent and the herds of animals belong to my lord; nothing is left before my lord except our bodies and our land.

• Exodus 1:15

  The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the second Puah:

• Exodus 2:13

  He went out the next day, and look, two Hebrew men were fighting. And he said to the wicked one, “Why are you striking your companion?”

• Exodus 16:1

  They set out from Elim, and all the community of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

• Exodus 25:12

  You shall cast for it four rings of gold and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it and two rings on the other side of it.

• Exodus 25:32

  Six branches shall go out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it;

• Exodus 26:4

  You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the set; and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 26:5

  Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set, the loops opposite one to another.

• Exodus 26:10

  You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

• Exodus 26:20

  And for the second side of the dwelling, on the north side, twenty boards,

• Exodus 26:27

  and five bars for the boards of the second side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards of the side of the dwelling at the rear, westward.

• Exodus 27:15

  and for the other side fifteen cubits of hangings, their pillars three and their bases three.

• Exodus 28:10

  six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, in the order of their birth.

• Exodus 28:18

  the second row, turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

• Exodus 29:19

  You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

• Exodus 29:39

  The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.

• Exodus 29:41

  The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, with the same grain offering as the morning and with the same libation you shall offer with it, for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to YHWH.

• Exodus 36:11

  And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end in the set; so he made on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 36:12

  Fifty loops he made on the one curtain, and fifty loops he made on the end of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another.

• Exodus 36:17

  And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the set, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the curtain of the second set.

• Exodus 36:25

  And for the second side of the dwelling, on the north side, he made twenty boards,

• Exodus 36:32

  and five bars for the boards of the second side of the dwelling, and five bars for the boards of the dwelling at the rear westward.

• Exodus 37:3

  And he cast for it four rings of gold on its four feet, and two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side.

• Exodus 37:18

  And six branches went out from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from its one side, and three branches of the lampstand from its second side.

• Exodus 38:15

  And for the second side, on this side and on that side of the gate of the courtyard, hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their bases three.

• Exodus 39:11

  and the second row, turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

• Exodus 40:17

  And it happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the dwelling was set up.

• Leviticus 5:10

  The second he shall offer as a burnt offering according to the regulation. So the priest shall make expiation for him for his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

And 117 more times.