Quick Definition
Shinar
Biblical Persons & Places
Shinar
Shinar
A location in Mesopotamia first mentioned at Gen.10.10;
only referred to as Shinar (שִׁנְעָר).
Strong's Definition
Shinar, a plain in Babylonia
Derivation: probably of foreign derivation;
KJV Usage: Shinar.
TWOT Reference: 2424
Outline of Biblical Usage
Shinar = "country of two rivers"
1) the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁנְעָר (shin.ar) — Shinar.
§ Shinar = "country of two rivers" the ancient name for the territory later known as Babylonia or Chaldea
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁנְעָר n.pr.loc. Shinar = Babylonia base