The number 2
Witness, division, partnership, confirmation
Two represents witness and testimony, as the law required two witnesses to establish truth. It also signifies division (light from darkness) and partnership (marriage, the two tablets of the Law).
In Hebrew and Greek
Hebrew
Shenayim (שְׁנַיִם) - two, double
Greek
Duo (δύο) - two, pair
First occurrence
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
The pattern in Scripture
- Two witnesses required (Deut 19:15)
- Two tablets of the Law
- Two olive trees (Zech 4:3)
- Sent out two by two (Mark 6:7)
Key verses
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the n...
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and da...
2:2 verses
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from a...
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid hi...
And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flo...
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father...
And the Lord spake unto me, saying,