shinar · Shinar

What it means

shinar (שִׁנְעָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shinar”.

The Hebrew name of the plain of Babylonia, in southern Mesopotamia.

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.

Where it appears

• Genesis×4
• Joshua×1
• Isaiah×1
• Daniel×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 10:10

  And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

• Genesis 11:2

  As they journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

• Genesis 14:1

  It came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

• Genesis 14:9

  against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.

• Joshua 7:21

  I saw among the spoil one fine cloak from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one tongue of gold whose weight was fifty shekels; and I coveted them and took them. And look, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under it.”

• Isaiah 11:11

  And it will happen on that day that Adonai will again extend his hand a second time to acquire the remnant of his people that remains, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

• Daniel 1:2

  And Adonai gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and some of the vessels of the house of Elohim; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure house of his god.

• Zechariah 5:11

  And he said to me, “To build for it a house in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, it will be set down there on its base.”