שֶׁבַעshebaʻ
שֶׁבַע: seven
Pronunciation: sheh'-bah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7651
Meanings
1. without other number
a. שֶׁבַע (Genesis 21:28; Judges 16:13; Isaiah 4:1)
b. שִׁבְעָה (Numbers 23:1; Job 42:19; Zechariah 4:2)
c. שִׁבְעַת (Numbers 23:4; Numbers 8:2; Ezekiel 45:23)
d. = ordinal (Deuteronomy 15:2; 2 Kings 12:2; Ezekiel 30:20)
2. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 17 years (Genesis 37:2; 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 22:52)
b. lot, 7 shekels and 10 the silver (1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:24; 1 Chronicles 7:11)
3. שְׁבַע מֵאוֺת = 700 (Judges 8:26; Nehemiah 7:68)
4. שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 (1 Kings 20:30; 1 Kings 20:15; Numbers 1:31)
5. ׳ שׁ + other number
שִׁבְעָ֫נָה: read שִׁבְעָה (Job 42:13)
Same root
- שָׁבַעshâbaʻ · H7650to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- אֱלִישֶׁבַעʼĔlîyshebaʻ · H472Elisheba, the wife of Aaron
- בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBᵉʼêr Shebaʻ · H884Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
- בַּת־שֶׁבַעBath-Shebaʻ · H1339Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon
- שָׁבוּעַshâbûwaʻ · H7620literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻ · H7652Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites
- שִׁבְעָהshibʻâh · H7655{seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number}
- שִׁבְעָהShibʻâh · H7656Shebah, a well in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 393 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:24 If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”
- Genesis 5:7 After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:26 After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:31 Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.
- Genesis 7:2 Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:24, 5:7, 5:25, 5:26, 5:31, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:10, 7:11, 8:4, 8:10, 8:12, 8:14, 11:21, 21:28, 21:29, 21:30, 23:1, 25:17, 29:18, 29:20, 29:27, 29:30, 31:23, 33:3, 37:2, 41:2, 41:3, 41:4, 41:5, 41:6, 41:7, 41:18, 41:19, 41:20, 41:22, 41:23, 41:24, 41:26, 41:27, 41:29, 41:30, 41:34, 41:36, 41:47, 41:48, 41:53, 41:54, 46:25, 47:28, 50:10
- Exodus 2:16, 6:16, 6:20, 7:25, 12:15, 12:19, 13:6, 13:7, 22:30, 23:15, 25:37, 29:30, 29:35, 29:37, 34:18, 37:23, 38:24, 38:25, 38:28
- Leviticus 4:6, 4:17, 8:11, 8:33, 8:35, 12:2, 13:4, 13:5, 13:21, 13:26, 13:31, 13:33, 13:50, 13:54, 14:7, 14:8, 14:16, 14:27, 14:38, 14:51, 15:13, 15:19, 15:24, 15:28, 16:14, 16:19, 22:27, 23:6, 23:8, 23:15, 23:18, 23:34, 23:36, 23:39, 23:40, 23:41, 23:42, 25:8, 26:18, 26:21, 26:24, 26:28
- Numbers 1:31, 1:39, 2:8, 2:26, 2:31, 3:22, 4:36, 8:2, 12:14, 12:15, 13:22, 16:49, 19:4, 19:11, 19:14, 19:16, 23:1, 23:4, 23:14, 23:29, 26:7, 26:34, 26:51, 28:11, 28:17, 28:19, 28:21, 28:24, 28:27, 28:29, 29:2, 29:4, 29:8, 29:10, 29:12, 29:32, 29:36, 31:19, 31:36, 31:43, 31:52
- Deuteronomy 7:1, 15:1, 15:9, 16:3, 16:4, 16:9, 16:13, 16:15, 28:7, 28:25, 31:10
- Joshua 6:4, 6:6, 6:8, 6:13, 6:15, 18:2, 18:5, 18:6, 18:9
- Judges 6:1, 6:25, 8:14, 8:26, 12:9, 14:12, 14:17, 16:7, 16:8, 16:13, 16:19, 20:15, 20:16
- Ruth 4:15
- 1 Samuel 2:5, 6:1, 10:8, 11:3, 13:8, 16:10, 31:13
- 2 Samuel 2:11, 5:5, 8:4, 10:18, 21:6, 21:9, 23:39, 24:13
- 1 Kings 2:11, 6:6, 6:38, 7:17, 8:65, 11:3, 14:21, 16:10, 16:15, 18:43, 19:18, 20:15, 20:29, 20:30, 22:51
- 2 Kings 3:9, 3:26, 4:35, 5:10, 5:14, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 11:21, 12:1, 13:1, 13:10, 15:1, 16:1, 24:16, 25:8, 25:27
- 1 Chronicles 3:4, 3:24, 5:13, 5:18, 7:5, 7:11, 9:13, 9:25, 10:12, 12:25, 12:27, 12:34, 15:26, 18:4, 19:18, 24:15, 25:24, 26:30, 26:32, 29:4, 29:27
- 2 Chronicles 7:8, 7:9, 12:13, 13:9, 15:11, 17:11, 24:1, 26:13, 29:21, 30:21, 30:22, 30:23, 30:24, 35:17
- Ezra 2:5, 2:9, 2:25, 2:33, 2:38, 2:39, 2:65, 2:66, 2:67, 6:22, 7:7, 8:35
- Nehemiah 7:14, 7:18, 7:19, 7:29, 7:37, 7:41, 7:42, 7:67, 7:69, 7:72, 8:18
- Esther 1:1, 1:5, 1:10, 1:14, 2:9, 2:16, 8:9, 9:30
- Job 1:2, 1:3, 2:13, 5:19, 42:8
- Psalms 119:164
- Proverbs 6:16, 9:1, 24:16, 26:16, 26:25
- Ecclesiastes 11:2
- Isaiah 4:1, 11:15, 30:26
- Jeremiah 15:9, 32:9, 34:14, 52:25, 52:28, 52:30, 52:31
- Ezekiel 3:15, 3:16, 29:17, 30:20, 39:9, 39:12, 39:14, 40:22, 40:26, 41:3, 43:25, 43:26, 44:26, 45:20, 45:23, 45:25
- Daniel 9:25
- Micah 5:5
- Zechariah 3:9, 4:2, 4:10
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