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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)
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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - (LXX 22:10) an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour's deposit; and so his master shall [fn]hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall afterwards know it, and so he should sin in some one of these things:—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - (LXX 30:3) Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not [fn]break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - (LXX 30:11) And if her vow be made in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 - (LXX 30:14) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - And the people went into the place of the bees, and, behold, [fn]they continued speaking; and, behold, there was none that put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded [fn]thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 - which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath sworn to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - (LXX 10:30) were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 - (LXX 104:9) which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2 - Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - For ye shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen, and the Lord shall destroy you: but my servants shall be called by a new name,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - that I may confirm mine oath, which I sware to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - (LXX 21:28) And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - Moreover all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have refused to hearken to thy voice; so the curse has come upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - Surely thou didst bend thy bow at sceptres, saith the Lord. Pause. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty.
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