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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 BoxEst 9:30 - He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 H7651 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:2 - Seven H7651 sons and three daughters were born to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions also were 7,000 H7651 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the [fn]men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven H7651 days and seven H7651 nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - “[fn]From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven H7651 evil will not touch you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - “Now therefore, take for yourselves seven H7651 bulls and seven H7651 rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will [fn]accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:164

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:164 - Seven H7651 times H7651 a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:16 - There are six things which the LORD hates,
Yes, seven H7651 which are an abomination [fn]to Him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:1 - Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn out her seven H7651 pillars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:16 - For a righteous man falls seven H7651 times, H7651 and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven H7651 men who can [fn]give a discreet answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When [fn]he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven H7651 abominations in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:2 - Divide your portion to seven, H7651 or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - For seven H7651 women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD will [fn]utterly destroy
The tongue of the [fn]Sea of Egypt;
And He will wave His hand over the [fn]River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven H7651 streams
And make men walk over [fn]dry-shod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven H7651 days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise [fn]He has inflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - “She who bore seven H7651 sons pines away;
[fn]Her breathing is labored.
Her sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been shamed and humiliated.
So I will give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9 - “I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle’s son, and I weighed out the silver for him, 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 each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall send him out free from you; but your forefathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven H7651 [fn]of the king’s advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:28 - These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile: in the [fn]seventh H7651 year 3,023 Jews;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 H7651 Jewish people; there were 4,600 persons in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - Now it came about in the thirty-seventh H7651 year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that [fn]Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, [fn]showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:15 - Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there seven H7651 days where they were living, causing consternation among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:16 - At the end of seven H7651 days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 - Now in the twenty-seventh H7651 year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:20 - In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh H7651 of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven H7651 years they will make fires of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:12 - “For seven H7651 months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:14 - “They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven H7651 months they will make a search.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:22 - Its windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and [fn]it was reached by seven H7651 steps, and its [fn]porch was in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:26 - There were seven H7651 steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went [fn]inside and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven H7651 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:25 - ‘For seven H7651 days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:26 - ‘For seven H7651 days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they [fn]consecrate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:26 - “After he is cleansed, seven H7651 days shall [fn]elapse for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:20 - “Thus you shall do on the seventh H7651 day of the month for everyone who goes astray or is [fn]naive; so you shall make atonement for the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:23 - “During the seven H7651 days of the feast he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven H7651 bulls and seven H7651 rams without blemish on every day of the seven H7651 days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - “In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like this, seven H7651 days [fn]for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering and the oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a [fn]decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [fn]Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with [fn]plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:5 - This One will be our peace.
When the Assyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our [fn]citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven H7651 shepherds and eight leaders of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - ‘For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven H7651 eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares 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 - He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven H7651 lamps on it with seven H7651 spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “For who has despised the day of small things? [fn]But these seven H7651 will be glad when they see the [fn]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.”

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