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.