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Lexicon :: Strong's H7621 - šᵊḇûʿâ

Aa
שְׁבוּעָה
Transliteration
šᵊḇûʿâ
Pronunciation
sheb-oo-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part of שָׁבַע (H7650)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 - Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king did not give up Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the Lord's oath made between David and Jonathan, the son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the order which I gave you?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 - The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For in Judah there were a number of people who had made an agreement by oath with him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken as his wife the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 - The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2 - I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - So that I may give effect to the oath which I made to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey as at this day. And I said in answer, So be it, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - And all Israel have been sinners against your law, turning away so as not to give ear to your voice: and the curse has been let loose on us, and the oath recorded in the law of Moses, the servant of God, for we have done evil against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 - Your bow was quite uncovered. Selah. By you the earth was cut through with rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
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