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Lexicon :: Strong's H7651 - šeḇaʿ

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שֶׁבַע
Transliteration
šeḇaʿ
Pronunciation
sheh'-bah
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2318

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁבַע shebaʻ, sheh'-bah; or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה shibʻâh); from H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number:—(+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 394x

The KJV translates Strong's H7651 in the following manner: seven (355x), seventh (13x), seventeen (with H6240) (8x), seven times (6x), seventeenth (with H6240) (6x), seventeenth (5x), sevens (with H7657) (2x), seven men (1x), sevenfold (1x), seventeen (with H6235) (1x), seventeen (with H7657) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 394x
The KJV translates Strong's H7651 in the following manner: seven (355x), seventh (13x), seventeen (with H6240) (8x), seven times (6x), seventeenth (with H6240) (6x), seventeenth (5x), sevens (with H7657) (2x), seven men (1x), sevenfold (1x), seventeen (with H6235) (1x), seventeen (with H7657) (1x).

  1. seven (cardinal number)

    1. as ordinal number

    2. in combination - 17, 700 etc

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁבַע shebaʻ, sheh'-bah; or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה shibʻâh); from H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number:—(+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658.
STRONGS H7651: Abbreviations
I. שֶׁבַע, שִׁבְעָה 394 noun masculine and feminine seven (Late Hebrew id., MI16 שבעת Assyrian sibi, sibittu (DlGr. § 65, 6; s = שׁ), Arabic bdb098709, bdb098710, Sabean סבע HomChr 47, 124, Ethiopic bdb098711bdb098712Phoenician (Punic) שבע Nabataean שבע שבעה, Palmyrene שבעא שבעה; Aramaic שְׁבַע, שִׁבְעָא, bdb098713, bdb098714; on etymology compare LagBN 37 f.); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute שֶׁבַע Genesis 41:2 + 115 times; construct שְׁבַע Genesis 5:26 + 47 times, especially P (15 times) and Chronicles (20 times), וּשֲׁבַע 1 Kings 14:21 feminine (with noun masculine) absolute שִׁבְעָה Genesis 4:24 + 100 times; constructשִׁבְעַת Genesis 7:10 + 120 times; suffix שְׁבַעְתָּם 2 Samuel 21:9 Qr (so Vrss and modern; see Dr; > Kt שִׁבְעָתַיִם; — seven:
1. without other number:
a. שֶׁבַע, before feminine plural noun Genesis 21:28 (J), Judges 16:13; Isaiah 4:1 + 80 times, especially שָׁנִים שׁ׳ Genesis 29:18 (E) + 32 times (but read שׁלוֺשׁ for שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13a, compare 2 Samuel 24:13b, 2 Samuel 24:13c, also Greek Version of the LXX and || 1 Chronicles 21:12; so Th We Dr Bu HPS Now), פְּעָמִים שׁ׳ Genesis 33:3 (J), Leviticus 4:6 (P) + 17 times; בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ שׁ׳ 1 Kings 6:6; after noun Ezekiel 40:20, 26; noun omitted Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16, + (= מְּעָמִים שׁ׳) Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28 (H), Psalm 119:64; Proverbs 24:16.
b. שִׁבְעָה before masculine plural noun Numbers 23:1 (3 times in verse) (E) + 40 times + [H7658 Job 42:13 (read שׁ׳ for שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Ges§ 97c and most)]; + (distributive) וְשׁ׳ שׁ׳ Zechariah 4:2; after noun Genesis 7:4 (J), Exodus 25:37 (P) + 12 times (P Chronicles Daniel Proverbs); noun omitted 1 Samuel 2:5 + 9 times, including שׁ׳ as ordinal, see below; but read שְׂבָכָה for שִׁבְעָה 1 Kings 7:17 (twice in verse) Greek Version of the LXX Th Kmp Klo Benz Kit Bur; also שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distributive = 7 each Genesis 7:2, 3(J); as predicate Genesis 46:25 (P),
c. שִׁבְעַת, before plural noun Numbers 23:4 (E), Numbers 8:2 (P), Ezekiel 45:23 (twice in verse); Job 2:13 (twice in verse) + 97 times, incl יָמִים שׁ׳ Genesis 8:10 (J), + 88 times + Ezekiel 45:21 (read שִׁבְעַת for שְׁבֻעוֺת Vrss and modern),
d. = ordinal, שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע Deuteronomy 15:2; 2 Kings 12:2 + 3 times, בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ Ezekiel 30:20, compare Ezekiel 45:20; לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים Genesis 7:10 (J), 1 Chronicles 9:25.
2.
†a. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 17 years Genesis 37:2 + 3 times + 1 Kings 14:21, also as ordinal עֶשׂ׳ בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ 1 Kings 22:52, שָׁנָה עֶשׂ׳ בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ 2 Kings 16:1.
†b. שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר (that is הַגּוֺרָל lot) 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:24 (compare also, + other number, 1 Chronicles 7:11; Ezra 2:30; Nehemiah 7:42), + יוֺם 17th day Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:4; unusual is שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף שׁ׳ Jeremiah 32:9 7shekels and 10 the silver
3. שְׁבַע מֵאוֺת = 700 Judges 8:26 + 39 times (but Nehemiah 7:68 omitted by Masora Baer Gi which see).
4. שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 1 Kings 20:30 + 2 times; שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים = id. 1 Kings 20:15 + 15 times; 57,000 is 7x 50x 1000 Numbers 1:31; Numbers 2:8, 31.
5. שׁ׳ + other number:
a. שׁ׳ follows + 18 times:
(1) singular noun after שׁ׳ Judges 8:14; also (= ordinal number) Ezekiel 29:17 + 2 times, שְׁנַת שָׁנָה שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ׳ 2 Kings 13:10, compare 2 Kings 15:1;
(2) plural noun before other number Ezra 8:35; Nehemiah 7:72;
(3) singular noun construct precedes בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וָשׁ׳ 1 Kings 16:10, 15 (ordinal);
(4) noun after each number Genesis 23:1; Genesis 25:17 (both P), etc.
b. שׁ׳ precedes + 10 times (P and Esther):
(1) noun singular after other number Genesis 8:14; Exodus 6:16, 20 + 3 times Esther;
(2) noun repeated Genesis 5:7; Genesis 11:21; Genesis 47:28, compare Genesis 5:25, 31.
c. 1000+17 Ezra 2:39 = Nehemiah 7:42 — שׁ׳ often with sacred significance: Genesis 21:28ff. (J), Exodus 37:23; Leviticus 4:6, 17; Leviticus 8:11; Leviticus 14:27 + (P); as round number Genesis 4:24 (song in J), Genesis 29:18ff; Genesis 31:23; Genesis 41:2ff (all E), etc.; on bowing + 7 times Genesis 33:3 (J; in great humility), compare WklTelAm. nos. 143, 230, 246 NeMar, 11 f.; all these probably originating with week of seven days; compare especially KöHast. DB NUMBER, 562 f., 565.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7655.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:24; 4:24; 5:7; 5:25; 5:26; 5:31; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:10; 7:10; 7:11; 8:4; 8:10; 8:14; 11:21; 21:28; 21:28; 23:1; 25:17; 29:18; 29:18; 31:23; 33:3; 33:3; 37:2; 41:2; 41:2; 46:25; 47:28

Exodus

6:16; 6:20; 25:37; 37:23

Leviticus

4:6; 4:6; 4:17; 8:11; 14:27; 26:18; 26:21; 26:24; 26:28

Numbers

1:31; 2:8; 2:31; 8:2; 23:1; 23:4

Deuteronomy

15:2

Judges

8:14; 8:26; 16:13

1 Samuel

2:5

2 Samuel

21:9; 24:13; 24:13; 24:13

1 Kings

6:6; 7:17; 14:21; 14:21; 16:10; 16:15; 20:15; 20:30; 22:52

2 Kings

12:2; 13:10; 15:1; 16:1

1 Chronicles

7:11; 9:25; 21:12; 24:15; 25:24

Ezra

2:30; 2:39; 8:35

Nehemiah

7:42; 7:42; 7:68; 7:72

Job

2:13; 5:19

Psalms

119:64

Proverbs

6:16; 24:16

Isaiah

4:1

Jeremiah

32:9

Ezekiel

29:17; 30:20; 40:20; 40:26; 45:20; 45:21; 45:23

Zechariah

4:2

H7651

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Strong's Number H7651 matches the Hebrew שֶׁבַע (šeḇaʿ),
which occurs 394 times in 344 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 4:24–Gen 46:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Methushelah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lemech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And Methushelah lived after he had begotten Lemech seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - And all the days of Lemech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - Of all clean beasts thou shalt take to thee by sevens, a male and its female; but of the beasts that are not clean two, a male and its female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - For in yet seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living being which I have made will I destroy from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And he waited yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And he waited yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned no more to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years: these were the years of the life of Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And these are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he expired and died, and was gathered to his peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - Fulfil the week with this one: then we will give thee the other one also, for the service that thou shalt serve me yet seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - And the kine that were bad-looking and lean-fleshed ate up the seven kine that were fine-looking and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn grew up on one stalk, fat and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke; and behold, it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed -- such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47 - And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - -- These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven.

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