- Original: שׁנס - Transliteration: Shanac - Phonetic: shaw-nas' - Definition: 1. (Piel) to gird up - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2423 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to compress (with a belt): - gird up. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • up, 1 1 Kings 18:46