שָׁנַס

shanas · gird up

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8151 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

shanas (שָׁנַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gird up”.

Tie one's clothes tight with a belt so as to be able to run. It appears only in 1 Kings 18:46.

How to say it

sha·nas

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.

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 18:46

    The hand of YHWH was on Elijah; and he girded his waist and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.