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Lexicon :: Strong's H7651 - šeḇaʿ

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שֶׁבַע
Transliteration
šeḇaʿ
Pronunciation
sheh'-bah
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2318

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁבַע shebaʻ, sheh'-bah; or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה shibʻâh); from H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number:—(+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 394x

The KJV translates Strong's H7651 in the following manner: seven (355x), seventh (13x), seventeen (with H6240) (8x), seven times (6x), seventeenth (with H6240) (6x), seventeenth (5x), sevens (with H7657) (2x), seven men (1x), sevenfold (1x), seventeen (with H6235) (1x), seventeen (with H7657) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 394x
The KJV translates Strong's H7651 in the following manner: seven (355x), seventh (13x), seventeen (with H6240) (8x), seven times (6x), seventeenth (with H6240) (6x), seventeenth (5x), sevens (with H7657) (2x), seven men (1x), sevenfold (1x), seventeen (with H6235) (1x), seventeen (with H7657) (1x).

  1. seven (cardinal number)

    1. as ordinal number

    2. in combination - 17, 700 etc

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁבַע shebaʻ, sheh'-bah; or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה shibʻâh); from H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number:—(+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658.
STRONGS H7651: Abbreviations
I. שֶׁבַע, שִׁבְעָה 394 noun masculine and feminine seven (Late Hebrew id., MI16 שבעת Assyrian sibi, sibittu (DlGr. § 65, 6; s = שׁ), Arabic bdb098709, bdb098710, Sabean סבע HomChr 47, 124, Ethiopic bdb098711bdb098712Phoenician (Punic) שבע Nabataean שבע שבעה, Palmyrene שבעא שבעה; Aramaic שְׁבַע, שִׁבְעָא, bdb098713, bdb098714; on etymology compare LagBN 37 f.); — masculine (with noun feminine) absolute שֶׁבַע Genesis 41:2 + 115 times; construct שְׁבַע Genesis 5:26 + 47 times, especially P (15 times) and Chronicles (20 times), וּשֲׁבַע 1 Kings 14:21 feminine (with noun masculine) absolute שִׁבְעָה Genesis 4:24 + 100 times; constructשִׁבְעַת Genesis 7:10 + 120 times; suffix שְׁבַעְתָּם 2 Samuel 21:9 Qr (so Vrss and modern; see Dr; > Kt שִׁבְעָתַיִם; — seven:
1. without other number:
a. שֶׁבַע, before feminine plural noun Genesis 21:28 (J), Judges 16:13; Isaiah 4:1 + 80 times, especially שָׁנִים שׁ׳ Genesis 29:18 (E) + 32 times (but read שׁלוֺשׁ for שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13a, compare 2 Samuel 24:13b, 2 Samuel 24:13c, also Greek Version of the LXX and || 1 Chronicles 21:12; so Th We Dr Bu HPS Now), פְּעָמִים שׁ׳ Genesis 33:3 (J), Leviticus 4:6 (P) + 17 times; בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ שׁ׳ 1 Kings 6:6; after noun Ezekiel 40:20, 26; noun omitted Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16, + (= מְּעָמִים שׁ׳) Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28 (H), Psalm 119:64; Proverbs 24:16.
b. שִׁבְעָה before masculine plural noun Numbers 23:1 (3 times in verse) (E) + 40 times + [H7658 Job 42:13 (read שׁ׳ for שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Ges§ 97c and most)]; + (distributive) וְשׁ׳ שׁ׳ Zechariah 4:2; after noun Genesis 7:4 (J), Exodus 25:37 (P) + 12 times (P Chronicles Daniel Proverbs); noun omitted 1 Samuel 2:5 + 9 times, including שׁ׳ as ordinal, see below; but read שְׂבָכָה for שִׁבְעָה 1 Kings 7:17 (twice in verse) Greek Version of the LXX Th Kmp Klo Benz Kit Bur; also שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distributive = 7 each Genesis 7:2, 3(J); as predicate Genesis 46:25 (P),
c. שִׁבְעַת, before plural noun Numbers 23:4 (E), Numbers 8:2 (P), Ezekiel 45:23 (twice in verse); Job 2:13 (twice in verse) + 97 times, incl יָמִים שׁ׳ Genesis 8:10 (J), + 88 times + Ezekiel 45:21 (read שִׁבְעַת for שְׁבֻעוֺת Vrss and modern),
d. = ordinal, שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע Deuteronomy 15:2; 2 Kings 12:2 + 3 times, בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ Ezekiel 30:20, compare Ezekiel 45:20; לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים Genesis 7:10 (J), 1 Chronicles 9:25.
2.
†a. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 17 years Genesis 37:2 + 3 times + 1 Kings 14:21, also as ordinal עֶשׂ׳ בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ 1 Kings 22:52, שָׁנָה עֶשׂ׳ בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ 2 Kings 16:1.
†b. שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר (that is הַגּוֺרָל lot) 1 Chronicles 24:15; 1 Chronicles 25:24 (compare also, + other number, 1 Chronicles 7:11; Ezra 2:30; Nehemiah 7:42), + יוֺם 17th day Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:4; unusual is שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף שׁ׳ Jeremiah 32:9 7shekels and 10 the silver
3. שְׁבַע מֵאוֺת = 700 Judges 8:26 + 39 times (but Nehemiah 7:68 omitted by Masora Baer Gi which see).
4. שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 1 Kings 20:30 + 2 times; שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים = id. 1 Kings 20:15 + 15 times; 57,000 is 7x 50x 1000 Numbers 1:31; Numbers 2:8, 31.
5. שׁ׳ + other number:
a. שׁ׳ follows + 18 times:
(1) singular noun after שׁ׳ Judges 8:14; also (= ordinal number) Ezekiel 29:17 + 2 times, שְׁנַת שָׁנָה שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ׳ 2 Kings 13:10, compare 2 Kings 15:1;
(2) plural noun before other number Ezra 8:35; Nehemiah 7:72;
(3) singular noun construct precedes בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וָשׁ׳ 1 Kings 16:10, 15 (ordinal);
(4) noun after each number Genesis 23:1; Genesis 25:17 (both P), etc.
b. שׁ׳ precedes + 10 times (P and Esther):
(1) noun singular after other number Genesis 8:14; Exodus 6:16, 20 + 3 times Esther;
(2) noun repeated Genesis 5:7; Genesis 11:21; Genesis 47:28, compare Genesis 5:25, 31.
c. 1000+17 Ezra 2:39 = Nehemiah 7:42 — שׁ׳ often with sacred significance: Genesis 21:28ff. (J), Exodus 37:23; Leviticus 4:6, 17; Leviticus 8:11; Leviticus 14:27 + (P); as round number Genesis 4:24 (song in J), Genesis 29:18ff; Genesis 31:23; Genesis 41:2ff (all E), etc.; on bowing + 7 times Genesis 33:3 (J; in great humility), compare WklTelAm. nos. 143, 230, 246 NeMar, 11 f.; all these probably originating with week of seven days; compare especially KöHast. DB NUMBER, 562 f., 565.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7655.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:24; 4:24; 5:7; 5:25; 5:26; 5:31; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:10; 7:10; 7:11; 8:4; 8:10; 8:14; 11:21; 21:28; 21:28; 23:1; 25:17; 29:18; 29:18; 31:23; 33:3; 33:3; 37:2; 41:2; 41:2; 46:25; 47:28

Exodus

6:16; 6:20; 25:37; 37:23

Leviticus

4:6; 4:6; 4:17; 8:11; 14:27; 26:18; 26:21; 26:24; 26:28

Numbers

1:31; 2:8; 2:31; 8:2; 23:1; 23:4

Deuteronomy

15:2

Judges

8:14; 8:26; 16:13

1 Samuel

2:5

2 Samuel

21:9; 24:13; 24:13; 24:13

1 Kings

6:6; 7:17; 14:21; 14:21; 16:10; 16:15; 20:15; 20:30; 22:52

2 Kings

12:2; 13:10; 15:1; 16:1

1 Chronicles

7:11; 9:25; 21:12; 24:15; 25:24

Ezra

2:30; 2:39; 8:35

Nehemiah

7:42; 7:42; 7:68; 7:72

Job

2:13; 5:19

Psalms

119:64

Proverbs

6:16; 24:16

Isaiah

4:1

Jeremiah

32:9

Ezekiel

29:17; 30:20; 40:20; 40:26; 45:20; 45:21; 45:23

Zechariah

4:2

H7651

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Strong's Number H7651 matches the Hebrew שֶׁבַע (šeḇaʿ),
which occurs 393 times in 344 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 4:24–Gen 46:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Mathusala lived [fn]an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And Mathusala lived after his begetting Lamech [fn]eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - For yet seven days having passed I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the [fn]flood-gates of heaven were opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And Ragau lived after he had begotten Seruch, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set alone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And Abraam said, Thou shalt receive the seven ewe-lambs of me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - And the life of Sarrha was an hundred and twenty-seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And these are the years of the life of Ismael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added to his [fn]fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for thy younger daughter Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to thee her also in return for thy labour, which thou labourest with me, yet seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; [fn]and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, and fed by the other cows on the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven well-favoured and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one stem, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - And other seven ears, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharao is one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - behold, for seven years there is coming great plenty in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - And let Pharao make and appoint local governors over the land; and let them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the seven years of the plenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be utterly destroyed by the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47 - And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, whole handfuls of corn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These are the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven.

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