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

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.
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