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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 394 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 - septuplum ultio dabitur de Cain de Lamech vero septuagies septies

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - vixitque Seth postquam genuit Enos octingentis septem annis genuitque filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - vixit quoque Mathusalam centum octoginta septem annos et genuit Lamech

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - et vixit Mathusalam postquam genuit Lamech septingentos octoginta duos annos et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - et facti sunt omnes dies Lamech septingenti septuaginta septem anni et mortuus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - ex omnibus animantibus mundis tolle septena septena masculum et feminam de animantibus vero non mundis duo duo masculum et feminam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - sed et de volatilibus caeli septena septena masculum et feminam ut salvetur semen super faciem universae terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - adhuc enim et post dies septem ego pluam super terram quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus et delebo omnem substantiam quam feci de superficie terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - cumque transissent septem dies aquae diluvii inundaverunt super terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - anno sescentesimo vitae Noe mense secundo septimodecimo die mensis rupti sunt omnes fontes abyssi magnae et cataractae caeli apertae sunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - requievitque arca mense septimo vicesima septima die mensis super montes Armeniae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - expectatis autem ultra septem diebus aliis rursum dimisit columbam ex arca

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies et emisit columbam quae non est reversa ultra ad eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - mense secundo septima et vicesima die mensis arefacta est terra

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - vixitque Reu postquam genuit Sarug ducentis septem annis et genuit filios et filias

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - et statuit Abraham septem agnas gregis seorsum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - cui dixit Abimelech quid sibi volunt septem agnae istae quas stare fecisti seorsum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - at ille septem inquit agnas accipies de manu mea ut sint in testimonium mihi quoniam ego fodi puteum istum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - vixit autem Sarra centum viginti septem annis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - anni vitae Ismahel centum triginta septem deficiens mortuus est et adpositus ad populum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - quam diligens Iacob ait serviam tibi pro Rahel filia tua minore septem annis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - servivit igitur Iacob pro Rahel septem annis et videbantur illi pauci dies prae amoris magnitudine

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - imple ebdomadem dierum huius copulae et hanc quoque dabo tibi pro opere quo serviturus es mihi septem annis aliis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - tandemque potitus optatis nuptiis amorem sequentis priori praetulit serviens apud eum septem annis aliis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - qui adsumptis fratribus suis persecutus est eum diebus septem et conprehendit in monte Galaad

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - et ipse praegrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies donec adpropinquaret frater eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - et hae sunt generationes eius Ioseph cum sedecim esset annorum pascebat gregem cum fratribus suis adhuc puer et erat cum filiis Balae et Zelphae uxorum patris sui accusavitque fratres suos apud patrem crimine pessimo

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - de quo ascendebant septem boves pulchrae et crassae nimis et pascebantur in locis palustribus

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine foedae confectaeque macie et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - devoraveruntque eas quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat expergefactus Pharao

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - rursum dormivit et vidit alterum somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formonsae

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - devorantes omnem priorum pulchritudinem evigilans post quietem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - et septem boves de amne conscendere pulchras nimis et obesis carnibus quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - quae devoratis et consumptis prioribus

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - vidi somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur stipula

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - quae priorum pulchritudinem devorarunt narravi coniectoribus somnium et nemo est qui edisserat

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - septem boves pulchrae et septem spicae plenae septem ubertatis anni sunt eandemque vim somnii conprehendunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentae quae ascenderunt post eas et septem spicae tenues et vento urente percussae septem anni sunt venturae famis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia consumptura est enim fames omnem terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - qui constituat praepositos per singulas regiones et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - et paretur futurae septem annorum fami quae pressura est Aegyptum et non consumetur terra inopia

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47 - venitque fertilitas septem annorum et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - igitur transactis septem annis ubertatis qui fuerant in Aegypto

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae quos praedixerat Ioseph et in universo orbe fames praevaluit in cuncta autem terra Aegypti erat panis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - hii filii Balae quam dedit Laban Raheli filiae suae et hos genuit Iacob omnes animae septem

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