- Original: שׁנער
- Transliteration: Shin`ar
- Phonetic: shin-awr'
- Definition: Shinar = country of two rivers
1. the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea
- Origin: probably of foreign derivation
- TWOT entry: 2424
- Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location
- Strong's: Probably of foreign derivation;
Shinar a plain in Babylon: - Shinar.
Total KJV Occurrences: 8
• Babylonish, 1
Joshua 7:21
• Shinar, 7
Genesis 10:10;
Genesis 11:2;
Genesis 14:1;
Genesis 14:9;
Isaiah 11:11;
Daniel 1:2;
Zechariah 5:11