שִׁבְעָתַיִםshibʻâthayim
seven-fold, seven times
Pronunciation: shib-aw-thah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7659
Meanings
1. seven-fold, seven times as much (Isaiah 30:26; Proverbs 6:31; Genesis 4:15)
2. seven times (Psalms 12:7; 2 Samuel 21:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:15 The Lord replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
- Genesis 4:24 If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”
- Psalms 12:6 The Lord’s promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.
- Psalms 79:12 O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times for the scorn they have hurled at you.
- Proverbs 6:31 But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house.
- Isaiah 30:26 The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).