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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 7 / 7 (Est 9:30–Zec 4:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven H7651 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:2 - And there were born unto him seven H7651 sons and three daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance also was seven H7651 thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - So they sat down with him upon the ground seven H7651 days and seven H7651 nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven H7651 there shall no evil touch thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - Therefore take unto you now seven H7651 bullocks and seven H7651 rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:164

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:164 - Seven times H7651 a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:16 - These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven H7651 are an abomination unto him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:1 - Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven H7651 pillars:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:16 - For a just man falleth seven times, H7651 and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men H7651 that can render a reason.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven H7651 abominations in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:2 - Give a portion to seven, H7651 and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - And in that day seven H7651 women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven H7651 streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven H7651 days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - She that hath borne seven H7651 languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9 - And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen H7651 shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - At the end of seven H7651 years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven H7651 men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 - This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh H7651 year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven H7651 hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - And it came to pass in the seven H7651 and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:15 - Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven H7651 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:16 - And it came to pass at the end of seven H7651 days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 - And it came to pass in the seven H7651 and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:20 - And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh H7651 day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven H7651 years:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:12 - And seven H7651 months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:14 - And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven H7651 months shall they search.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:22 - And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven H7651 steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:26 - And there were seven H7651 steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven H7651 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:25 - Seven H7651 days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:26 - Seven H7651 days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:26 - And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven H7651 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:20 - And so thou shalt do the seventh H7651 day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:23 - And seven H7651 days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven H7651 bullocks and seven H7651 rams without blemish daily the seven H7651 days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - In the seventh H7651 month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven H7651 weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:5 - And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven H7651 shepherds, and eight principal men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven H7651 eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:2 - And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven H7651 lamps thereon, and seven H7651 pipes to the seven H7651 lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; H7651 they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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