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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 is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed 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 day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He replied, "You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - Sarah lived 127 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, "I'll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - Complete my older daughter's bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - Pharaoh should do this - he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:47

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47 - During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all.

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