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Lexicon :: Strong's H7650 - šāḇaʿ

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שָׁבַע
Transliteration
šāḇaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-bah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2319

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁבַע shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'; a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):—adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x

The KJV translates Strong's H7650 in the following manner: sware (167x), charge (8x), oath (7x), adjure (3x), straitly (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x
The KJV translates Strong's H7650 in the following manner: sware (167x), charge (8x), oath (7x), adjure (3x), straitly (2x).
  1. to swear, adjure

    1. (Qal) sworn (participle)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to swear, take an oath

      2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)

      3. to curse

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to take an oath

      2. to adjure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁבַע shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'; a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):—adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
STRONGS H7650: Abbreviations
[שָׁבַע] 186 verb swear (probably, so to say, seven oneself, or bind oneself by seven things, compare Thes (as alternative), Gerb108ff; Late Hebrew Niph.= Biblical Hebrew; Targum שְׁבַע Ithpe., Aph`el; see also DrGenesis 21:28Hast. DB NUMBER, 565 RSSemitic i. 166, 2nd ed., 182 WeReste Arabic Heid. 2, 186); —
Qal (according to Thes Rob Ges) Passive participle שְׁבֻעֵי שְׁבֻעוֺת Ezekiel 21:28 those sworn with (= who have sworn) oaths; both from שְׁבוּעָה, according to Krae, oaths of oaths (the most sacred); Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co omitted; both from שָׁבוּעַ, Ew Sm שָׁ׳ שׁ׳ weeks on weeks (plenty of time).
Niph. Perfect, 3rd person masculine singularנִשְׁבַּע Genesis 24:7, + etc.;Imperfect 3rd person masculine singularיִשָּׁבַע Leviticus 5:24 +, וַיִּשָּׁ֫בַע Genesis 24:9 +; 2nd person masculine singular תִּשֶּׁבֵ֑עַ Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; 1st person singular אִשָּׁב֑עַ Genesis 21:24, וָאֶשָּׁ֫בַע 1 Kings 2:8; Ezekiel 16:8, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשָּֽׁבְעָה Genesis 21:23 +, etc.; Infinitive abs הִשָּׁבֵע Numbers 30:3, הִשָּׁבֵעַ Jeremiah 7:9; construct הִשָּׁבֵעַ Jeremiah 12:16 (twice in verse) + 1 Samuel 20:17 see infra; Participle נִשְׁבָּע Zechariah 5:3 +, etc.; — swear, take an oath:
1. subj man :
a. in asseveration, absolute Genesis 21:24, 31 (E), Judges 21:1, 18; 2 Samuel 21:2 +; also followed byוַיּאֹמֶר 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 1:29, followed by לֵאמֹר 2 Samuel 3:35; Joshua 14:9 (D); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Numbers 30:3 (P; || נָדַר); + לַשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Leviticus 5:24 (P; + עַל of thing), Malachi 3:5 + עלשֿׁ׳ Leviticus 5:22 (P); + לְמִרְמָה Psalm 24:4; followed by infinitive Leviticus 5:4 (P), Psalm 15:4; Psalm 119:106; + ל person take an oath to, Joshua 6:22 (JE), Joshua 9:20 (P; accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Genesis 24:9 (+ עַלהַֿדָּבָר הַזֶּה +, so also 1 Samuel 20:17 (read לְהִשָּׁבֵעַ אֶלֿ for לְהַשְׁבְּיעַ אֶתֿ, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Th We Dr and others); oath allegiance (לי׳) Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 45:23; Zephaniah 1:5; 2 Chronicles 5:14, compare (absolute) 2 Chronicles 5:15 (Joshua 23:7 see Hiph.); also sq וַיּאֹמֶר 2 Kings 25:24, followed by לֵאמֹר 2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Kings 1:13; Jeremiah 40:9; followed by פֶּן = that not Judges 15:12, followed by אִם = id. 1 Kings 1:51; + אֶל person followed by לֵאמֹר Jeremiah 38:16; + בי׳ by י׳, followed by infinitive Judges 21:7; + בְּשֵׁם י׳ 1 Samuel 20:42; Isaiah 48:1, compare Genesis 31:53 (E), Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; Jeremiah 12:16 (+ חַייֿ׳), Isaiah 65:16; Zechariah 5:4 (לַשָּׁ֑קֶר), Leviticus 19:12 (id.), Psalm 63:12; Daniel 12:7; בי׳ followed by אִם 2 Samuel 19:8; + ל person with בי׳ Joshua 9:18, 19 (P; pledge faith), followed byלֵאמֹר 1 Samuel 28:10; 1 Kings 11:30; 1 Kings 2:8, 23, followed by כִּי of object clause Joshua 2:12 (JE), 1 Kings 1:17; + ל person with בא׳, followed by אִם Genesis 21:23 (E), 1 Samuel 30:15; as verb of quotation + object חַייֿ׳ Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 4:2; 1 Samuel 19:6 (+ אִם), + אִם in oratio recta [direct speech] Psalm 132:2 (|| נָדַר); also כְּלֹא אֱלֹהִים Jeremiah 5:7, בַּבָּ֑עַל Jeremiah 12:16, בְּמַלְכָּם Zephaniah 1:3, compare Amos 8:14 (+ וְאָמַר).
b. imprecate, curse, בִּי by me Psalms; Psalm 102:9 (compare שְׁבוּעָה 1 b קְלָלָה).
2. subject י׳ : swear, with בִּי by myself Genesis 22:16 (JE), Jeremiah 22:5 (clause כִּי), Jeremiah 49:13 (id.), Isaiah 45:23 (id.), with בְּקָדְשׁוֺ Amos 4:2 (id.), compare Psalm 89:36 (|| אִם אֲכַזֵּב), compare also Amos 6:8; Amos 8:17; Jeremiah 44:26; Jeremiah 51:14; Isaiah 62:8; swear, followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 4:21; Joshua 21:41 (van d. H. Baer; Joshua 21:43 Gi), followed by מִן infinitive= not to Isaiah 54:9 (twice in verse) followed by אִם Psalm 90:10, followed by לֵאמֹר Deuteronomy 1:34; Isaiah 14:24; Numbers 32:10(P); followed by oratio recta [direct speech] Psalm 110:4; with ל person take an oath to, Genesis 24:7(J), Exodus 13:11 (J), Deuteronomy 2:14 + 7 times Deuteronomy (accusative of congnate meaning with verb Deuteronomy 7:8; verb Deuteronomy 9:5), Ezekiel 16:8 (|| בּוֺא בִבְרִית, Psalm 89:4 (|| כָּרַת בְּרִית), Psalm 89:50 (בֶּאֱמוּנָתֶ֑ךָ), +; ל person + infinitive (usually to give land Exodus 13:5 (J), Deuteronomy 1:8 + 9 times Deuteronomy; Joshua 1:6; Joshua 5:6 (twice in verse) (all RD), Jeremiah 11:5 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Jeremiah 32:22; ל person + accusative of thing (usually land) = promise by oath to Genesis 50:24; Exodus 33:1; Numbers 11:12 (all J), Numbers 14:16, 23 (JE), Numbers 32:11 (P), Judges 2:1; Micah 7:20; Deuteronomy 6:18+ 8 times Deuteronomy (object covenant Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 8:18); ל person omitted Deuteronomy 31:21.
Hiph. Perf. 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁבִּיעַ Exodus 13:19 +, 1st person singular הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי Songs 2:7 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּשְׁבַּע Genesis 50:25 +, suffix וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִי Genesis 24:37, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁבֵּעַ Exodus 13:19; 1 Samuel 14:28; construct הַשְׁבִּיעַ 1 Samuel 14:27 (1 Samuel 20:17 see Niph.); Participle suffix מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָ 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chronicles 18:15; —
1. cause to take an oath, subject always man: with accusative of person Genesis 50:6 (J), + 1 Samuel 14:27; 1 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 11:4, + accusative of cognate meaning Joshua 2:17, 20 (J), לֵאמֹר Genesis 24:37; Genesis 50:5 (both J), Genesis 50:25 (E), Joshua 6:26 (J; accusative of person omitted), so (Infinitive absolute + Perfect) Exodus 13:19 (JE), 1 Samuel 14:28, + וְאָמַר Numbers 5:19 and (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Numbers 5:21 (both P), + infinitive clause Nehemiah 5:12; Ezra 10:5; + בי׳ by י׳ Genesis 24:3 (J; clause אֲשֶׁר), 1 Kings 2:42 (|| וָאָעִד בְּךָ, + לֵאמֹר, compare Joshua 23:7 (RD; but read perhaps Niph. תִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ Gr and others; Greek Version of the LXX strike out), Nehemiah 13:25 (clause אִם, oratio recta), 2 Chronicles 36:13.
2. adjure, with accusative of person 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chronicles 18:15 (both + clause אֲשֶׁר); elsewhere only Canticles: Songs 5:9, with clause מַהֿ interrogative Songs 5:8, with clause אִם that not Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5 (both + ב of oath), = clause מַהֿ Songs 8:4 (see מָה 2 a (b)). — 1 Samuel 20:17 see Niph.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:23; 21:23; 21:24; 21:24; 21:28; 21:31; 22:16; 24:3; 24:7; 24:7; 24:9; 24:9; 24:37; 24:37; 31:53; 50:5; 50:6; 50:24; 50:25; 50:25

Exodus

13:5; 13:11; 13:19; 13:19; 13:19; 33:1

Leviticus

5:4; 19:12

Numbers

5:19; 5:21; 11:12; 14:16; 14:23; 30:3; 30:3; 32:10; 32:11

Deuteronomy

1:8; 1:34; 1:35; 2:14; 4:21; 4:31; 6:13; 6:13; 6:18; 7:8; 8:18; 9:5; 10:20; 10:20; 31:21

Joshua

1:6; 2:12; 2:17; 2:20; 5:6; 6:22; 6:26; 9:18; 9:19; 9:20; 14:9; 21:41; 21:43; 23:7; 23:7

Judges

2:1; 15:12; 21:1; 21:7; 21:18

1 Samuel

14:27; 14:27; 14:28; 14:28; 19:6; 20:3; 20:17; 20:17; 20:17; 20:17; 20:42; 28:10; 30:15

2 Samuel

3:35; 19:8; 21:2; 21:17

1 Kings

1:13; 1:17; 1:29; 1:51; 2:8; 2:8; 2:23; 2:42; 11:30; 18:10; 22:16; 22:16

2 Kings

11:4; 25:24

2 Chronicles

5:14; 18:15; 18:15; 36:13

Ezra

10:5

Nehemiah

5:12; 13:25

Psalms

15:4; 24:4; 89:4; 89:36; 89:50; 90:10; 102:9; 110:4; 119:106; 132:2

Song of Songs

2:7; 2:7; 3:5; 5:8; 5:9; 8:4

Isaiah

14:24; 19:18; 45:23; 45:23; 48:1; 54:9; 62:8; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:2; 5:2; 5:7; 7:9; 7:9; 11:5; 12:16; 12:16; 12:16; 22:5; 32:22; 38:16; 40:9; 44:26; 49:13; 51:14

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 21:28

Daniel

12:7

Hosea

4:15

Amos

4:2; 6:8; 8:14

Micah

7:20

Zephaniah

1:3; 1:5

Zechariah

5:3; 5:4

Malachi

3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7650 matches the Hebrew שָׁבַע (šāḇaʿ),
which occurs 186 times in 175 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (2Sa 3:35–Jer 4:2)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, H7650 saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear H7650 by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:23 - Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware H7650 unto him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn H7650 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware H7650 unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear H7650 unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest H7650 by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king sware, H7650 and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - Even as I sware H7650 unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear H7650 unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware H7650 to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then king Solomon sware H7650 by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear H7650 by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath H7650 of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure H7650 thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath H7650 of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware H7650 to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:14 - And they sware H7650 unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn H7650 with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure H7650 thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear H7650 by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear H7650 that they should do according to this word. And they sware. H7650
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 - Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath H7650 of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear H7650 by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth H7650 to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn H7650 deceitfully.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:11 - But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth H7650 by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:3 - I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn H7650 unto David my servant,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:35 - Once have I sworn H7650 by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:49 - Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest H7650 unto David in thy truth?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 - Unto whom I sware H7650 in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8 - Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn H7650 against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:4 - The LORD hath sworn, H7650 and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:106 - I have sworn, H7650 and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 - How he sware H7650 unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD hath sworn H7650 in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, H7650 as he that feareth an oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I charge H7650 you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I charge H7650 you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - I charge H7650 you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge H7650 us?
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I charge H7650 you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:24 - The LORD of hosts hath sworn, H7650 saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear H7650 to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - I have sworn H7650 by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. H7650
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:1 - Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear H7650 by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:9 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn H7650 that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn H7650 that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD hath sworn H7650 by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:16 - That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth H7650 in the earth shall swear H7650 by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - And thou shalt swear, H7650 The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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