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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 Box Gen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the LORD that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—“may the LORD cause you to become a curse[fn] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 - Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that God’s wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - Then the Israelites asked, “Who from all the tribes of Israel has failed to assemble before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Why then did you not keep your oath to the LORD and obey the command I gave you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 - the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah were under oath to him, since he was son-in-law to Shekaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 - the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2 - Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[fn] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign LORD will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind them of their guilt and take them captive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. “Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. You split the earth with rivers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,” declares the LORD.
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