Quick Definition
thousands
Strong's Definition
change, i.e. repetition
Derivation: from H8132 (שָׁנָא);
KJV Usage: [idiom] angels.
TWOT Reference: 2421d
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) repetition
1a) repetitions, twice-told repetition, twice ten thousands, thousands of repetitions, twice-told thousands
1a1) myriads (in effect)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁנְאָן (shin.an) — thousands. 1) repetition 1a) repetitions, twice-told repetition, twice ten thousands, thousands of repetitions, twice-told thousands 1a1) myriads (in effect)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Quantity
Collocation: אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן
thousands upon thousands literally: thousands of repetition; hence, probably: = state in which countable objects are multiple thousands in number
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁנְאָן n.[m.] repetition (?);—ψ 68:18 ref