1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
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Twain
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Ephesians 2:15
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
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δύο
dýo · doo'-o
10 times translated as this KJV form135 total Strong's occurrences
"two"
Strong's KJV usage: :--both, twain, two.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:41Strong's last: Ephesians 2:15
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shᵉnayim · shen-ah'-yim
7 times translated as this KJV form753 total Strong's occurrences
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Strong's KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 18:21Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:19
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H8147
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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twain
TWAIN, adjective or noun Two.
When old winter splits the rocks in twain
[Nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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