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Lexicon :: Strong's H7621 - šᵊḇûʿâ

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שְׁבוּעָה
Transliteration
šᵊḇûʿâ
Pronunciation
sheb-oo-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of שָׁבַע (H7650)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2319a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁבוּעָה shᵉbûwʻâh, sheb-oo-aw'; feminine passive participle of H7650; properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath:—curse, oath, × sworn.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H7621 in the following manner: oath (28x), sworn (with H1167) (1x), curse (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H7621 in the following manner: oath (28x), sworn (with H1167) (1x), curse (1x).
  1. oath, curse

    1. oath

      1. attesting of innocence

      2. curse

    2. oath (of Jehovah)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁבוּעָה shᵉbûwʻâh, sheb-oo-aw'; feminine passive participle of H7650; properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath:—curse, oath, × sworn.
STRONGS H7621: Abbreviations
שְׁבוּעָה, שְׁבֻעָה noun feminine (Joshua 2:17 read הַזּה AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 116) oath, curse; — absolute שְׁבוּ׳ Joshua 9:20 +, שְׁבֻ׳ Genesis 26:3 +; construct שְׁבֻעַת Exodus 22:10 +; suffix שְׁבֻעָתִי Genesis 24:8 etc.; plural שְׁבֻעוֺת absolute Ezekiel 21:28, construct Habakkuk 3:9; [Jeremiah 5:24; Ezekiel 45:21 see שָׁבוּעַ]; — oath [as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הִשָּׁבַע etc. Numbers 30:3 + (in rel.cl.) + 5 times]:
1. of man:
a. attesting innocence Exodus 22:10 (E), friendship 2 Samuel 21:7, promise 1 Kings 2:43 (after שָׁמַר keep; all שְׁבֻעַת י׳ oath to to (י׳); innocence also Numbers 5:21 a; friendship Nehemiah 6:18 (לוֺ בַּעֲלֵישׁ׳), promise Leviticus 5:4; of vow (|| נדר) Numbers 30:3; Numbers 30:11; Numbers 30:14 (שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר), Joshua 9:20 (all P), Nehemiah 10:30 (|| אָלָה), Ecclesiastes 9:2, of covenant with י׳ 2 Chronicles 15:15, שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים Ecclesiastes 8:2 (probably of oath of allegiance to king), שְׁבֻעַת שֶׁקֶר Zechariah 8:17; of threat Judges 21:5; 1 Samuel 14:26 (Greek Version of the LXX שְׁבֻעַת י׳); keep, discharge the oath is הֵקִים הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 26:3 (J), Jeremiah 11:5; נָקָה מִשׁ׳ be free, exempt from an oath Genesis 24:8 (J), compare Joshua 2:17, 20.
b. = curse, Isaiah 65:15 and (|| אָלָה) Numbers 5:21 (P), Daniel 9:11.
2. oath of י׳, in promise, Deuteronomy 7:8 (שָׁמַר in rel. clause), || covenant (בְּרִית), שְׁבוּעַתוֺ לְיִצְחָק Psalm 105:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:16. — שְׁבֻעוֺת מַטּוֺת Habakkuk 3:9 very dubious: AV oaths of the tribes; oaths, rods of the word, Hi-St; sworn (passive participle שְׁבַע) were the rods (= chastisements) of (thy) word, Ges Hi RVm; heptads of spears Ew, compare Da; text probably corrupt, Now proposes (אַשְׁפָּֽתְךָ) מַטּוֹת שִׂבֵּעְתָּ thou hast sated with shafts thy quiver; Marti (after Greek Version of the LXXManuscripts) thy bow was satiated with shafts; GASm thou gluttest (?) thy shafts. — Ezekiel 21:28 see √.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:8; 24:8; 26:3; 26:3

Exodus

22:10; 22:10

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

5:21; 5:21; 30:3; 30:3; 30:11; 30:14

Deuteronomy

7:8

Joshua

2:17; 2:17; 2:20; 9:20; 9:20

Judges

21:5

1 Samuel

14:26

2 Samuel

21:7

1 Kings

2:43

1 Chronicles

16:16

2 Chronicles

15:15

Nehemiah

6:18; 10:30

Psalms

105:9

Ecclesiastes

8:2; 9:2

Isaiah

65:15

Jeremiah

5:24; 11:5

Ezekiel

21:28; 21:28; 45:21

Daniel

9:11

Habakkuk

3:9; 3:9

Zechariah

8:17

H7621

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7621 matches the Hebrew שְׁבוּעָה (šᵊḇûʿâ),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - “If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - “Live temporarily [as a resident] in this land and I will be with you and will bless and favor you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish and carry out the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - then an oath before the LORD shall be made by the two of them that he has not taken his neighbor’s property; and the owner of it shall accept his word and not require him to make restitution.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - ‘Or if anyone swears [an oath] thoughtlessly or impulsively [fn]aloud that he will do either evil or good, in whatever manner a person may speak thoughtlessly or impulsively with an oath, but he is unaware of it, when he recognizes it, he will be guilty in one of these.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest shall have the woman swear the oath of the curse, and say to the woman), “The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people when the LORD makes your thigh [fn]waste away and your abdomen swell;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - “If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself with a pledge [of abstinence], he shall not break (violate, profane) his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “However, if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 -

“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - “But because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed (bought) you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - The men said to her, “We shall be blameless and free from this oath which you have made us swear,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - “But if you tell [anyone] this business of ours, we shall be blameless and free from the oath which you made us swear.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - “This [is what] we will do to them: we will let them live, so that the wrath [of God] does not come upon us for [violating] the oath which we have sworn to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 -

Then the sons of Israel said, “Which one from all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?” For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, “He shall certainly be put to death.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the people entered the forest, the honey was dripping, but no man put his hand to his mouth [to taste it], because the people feared the oath [of Saul].
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 -

But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORDS oath that was between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - “Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I gave you?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 -

The covenant which He made with Abraham,

And His oath (sworn promise) to Isaac.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought Him with their whole heart, and He let them find Him. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For [fn]many in Judah were bound by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their fellow Israelites, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and statutes:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 -

The covenant which He made with Abraham,

And His sworn oath to Isaac,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2 -

I counsel you to keep the command of the king because of the oath before God [by which you swore loyalty to him].

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 -

It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as he who swears an oath is, so is he who is afraid to swear an oath.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 -

“And you will leave your name behind to My chosen ones [who will use it] as a curse,

And the Lord GOD will put you to death,

But He will call His servants by another name [a much greater name, just as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - that I may complete the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I answered, “Amen (so be it), O LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - “It will seem like a false divination in their eyes, those who have sworn solemn oaths [of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar]. But he will remind them of their guilt [by rebelling and violating their oath], that they may be caught.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - “Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us and the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 -

Your bow was made bare;

The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah (pause, calmly think of that).

You split the earth with rivers [bringing waters to dry places].

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - ‘And let none of you devise or even imagine evil in your heart against another, and do not love lying or half-truths; for all these things I hate,’ declares the LORD.”
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