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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 5 / 7 (2Sa 21:9–1Ch 19:18)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven H7651 together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:39 - Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven H7651 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven H7651 years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:11 - And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven H7651 years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven H7651 cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38 - And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven H7651 years in building it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:17 - And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven H7651 for the one chapiter, and seven H7651 for the other chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:65 - And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven H7651 days and seven H7651 days, even fourteen days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - And he had seven H7651 hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen H7651 years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh H7651 year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty and seventh H7651 year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven H7651 days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven H7651 times.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - Yet I have left me seven H7651 thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven H7651 thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - And they pitched one over against the other seven H7651 days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven H7651 thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth H7651 year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:9 - So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven H7651 days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven H7651 hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven H7651 times, and the child opened his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven H7651 times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven H7651 times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven H7651 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:2 - And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven H7651 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - And it came to pass at the seven H7651 years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:21 - Seven H7651 years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh H7651 year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:1 - In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen H7651 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:10 - In the thirty and seventh H7651 year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:1 - In the twenty and seventh H7651 year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:1 - In the seventeenth H7651 year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And all the men of might, even seven H7651 thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - And in the fifth month, on the seventh H7651 day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - And it came to pass in the seven H7651 and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven H7651 and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:4 - These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven H7651 years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:24 - And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. H7651

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. H7651

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven H7651 hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven H7651 thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen H7651 thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven H7651 hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25 - And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven H7651 days from time to time with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven H7651 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven H7651 thousand and one hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven H7651 hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven H7651 thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven H7651 bullocks and seven H7651 rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven H7651 thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 - But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven H7651 thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

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