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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 2 / 4 (Deu 10:11–2Sa 3:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:11 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore H7650 to their fathers to give them.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - “You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear H7650 by His name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore H7650 to your fathers to give to them and to their [fn]descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:21 - so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore H7650 to your fathers to give them, as [fn]long as the heavens remain above the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn H7650 to your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:8 - “If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn H7650 to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He [fn]promised to give your fathers
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:3 - “You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, ‘I declare this day to the LORD [fn]my God that I have entered the land which the LORD swore H7650 to our fathers to give us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore H7650 to our fathers.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:9 - “The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore H7650 to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your beast and in the [fn]produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore H7650 to your fathers to give you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:13 - in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for [fn]this is your life and the length of your days, [fn]that you may live in the land which the LORD swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn H7650 to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore H7650 to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become [fn]prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the [fn]lips of their descendants); for I know their intent which they are [fn]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.” H7650
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23 - Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore H7650 to them, and I will be with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:4 - Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land which I swore H7650 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your [fn]descendants’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:6 - “Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore H7650 to their fathers to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - “Now therefore, please swear H7650 to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of [fn]truth,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - The men said to her, “We shall be free from this oath [fn]to you which you have made us swear, H7650
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - “But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear.” H7650
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, [fn]perished because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD had sworn H7650 that He would not let them see the land which the LORD had sworn H7650 to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22 - Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn H7650 to her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Then Joshua made them take H7650 an oath H7650 at that time, saying, “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore H7650 an oath to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - The sons of Israel did not strike them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn H7650 to them by the LORD the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, “We have sworn H7650 to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - “This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore H7650 to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - “So Moses swore H7650 on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:43 - So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn H7650 to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:44 - And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn H7650 to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:7 - so that you will not [fn]associate with these nations, these which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear H7650 by them, or serve them, or bow down to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 - Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn H7650 to your fathers; and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and as the LORD had sworn H7650 to them, so that they were severely distressed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:12 - They said to him, “We have come down to bind you so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear H7650 to me that you will not [fn]kill me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 - Now the men of Israel had sworn H7650 in Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin [fn]in marriage.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn H7650 by the LORD not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - “But we cannot give them wives of our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, H7650 saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 - “Therefore I have sworn H7650 to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard when his father put H7650 the people under H7650 oath; H7650 therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly H7650 put H7650 the people under H7650 oath, H7650 saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’” And the people were weary.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:6 - Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, H7650 “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Yet David vowed H7650 again, [fn]saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is [fn]hardly a step between me and death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - Jonathan made David vow H7650 again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - Jonathan said to David, “Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn H7650 to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD will be between me and you, and between my [fn]descendants and your [fn]descendants forever.’” [fn]Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:21 - “So now swear H7650 to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my [fn]descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - David swore H7650 to Saul. And Saul went to his home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:10 - Saul vowed H7650 to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:15 - Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear H7650 to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - “May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn H7650 to David, I do not accomplish this for him,

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