Strong’s H8138 · Hebrew
שָׁנָה
shânâh
shaw-naw'
Definition
to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- do (speak
- strike) again
- alter
- double
- (be given to) change
- disguise
- (be) diverse
- pervert
- prefer
- repeat
- return
- do the second time
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.