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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 - “But if H518 the woman H802 is H14 not willing H14 to follow H1980 H310 you, then you will be H5352 free H5352 of this H2088 oath H7621 of mine; only H7534 do not take H7725 my son H1121 back H7725 there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - “Live H1481 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481 in this H2088 land H776 and I will be with you and bless H1288 you, for to you and to your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 all H3605 these H411 lands H776, and I will establish H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I swore H7650 to your father H1 Abraham H85.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - an oath H7621 before the LORD H3068 shall be [fn]taken H1961 by the two H8147 of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid H7971 a hand H3027 on his neighbor’s H7453 property H4399; and its owner H1167 shall accept H3947 it, and he shall not be compelled to make H7999 restitution H7999.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - ‘Or H176 if H3588 a person H5315 swears H7650 thoughtlessly H981 with his lips H8193 to do H7489 evil H7489 or H176 to do H3190 good H3190, in whatever H3605 H834 matter people H120 speak H981 thoughtlessly H981 with an oath H7621, and it is hidden H5956 from him, and then he comes to know H3045 it, he will be guilty H816 of one H259 of these H428 things H428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest H3548 shall have the woman H802 swear H7650 with the oath H7621 of the curse H423, and the priest H3548 shall say H559 to the woman H802), “may the LORD H3068 make H5414 you a curse H423 and an oath H7621 among H8432 your people H5971 by the LORD’S H3068 making H5414 your thigh H3409 [fn]shriveled H5307 and your [fn]belly H990 swollen H6639;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - “If H3588 a man H376 makes H5087 a vow H5088 to the LORD H3068, or H176 takes H7650 an oath H7621 to [fn]put H631 himself H5315 under H631 a binding H632 obligation H632, he shall not break H2490 his word H1697; he shall act H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that comes H3318 out H3318 of his mouth H6310.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “However, if H518 a married woman vowed H5087 in her husband’s H376 house H1004, or H176 put H631 herself H5315 under H631 a binding H632 obligation H632 with an oath H7621,

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“Every H3605 vow H5088 and every H3605 binding H632 oath H7621 to humble H6031 herself H5315, her husband H376 may confirm H6965 it or her husband H376 may annul H6565 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because H3588 the LORD H3068 loved H157 you and kept H8104 the oath H7621 which H834 He swore H7650 to your forefathers H1, the LORD H3068 brought H3318 you out H3318 by a mighty H2389 hand H3027 and redeemed H6299 you from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery H5650, from the hand H3027 of Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men H376 said H559 to her, “We shall be exempt H5355 from this H2088 oath H7621 [fn]to you which H834 you have made us swear H7650,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - “But if H518 you tell H5046 this H2088 business H1697 of ours, then we shall be exempt H5355 from the oath H7621 which H834 you have made us swear H7650.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - “This H2088 we will do H6213 to them, even let them live H2421, so that wrath H7110 will not be on us because of the oath H7621 which H834 we swore H7650 to them.”

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Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Who H4310 is there among H4480 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 in the assembly H6951?” For [fn]they had taken H1961 a solemn H1419 oath H7621 concerning anyone who H834 did not go H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068 at Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “He shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - When the people H5971 entered H935 the forest H3293, behold H2009, there was honey H1706 dripping H1982; but no H369 man put H5381 his hand H3027 to his mouth H6310, because H3588 the people H5971 feared H3372 the oath H7621.

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But the king H4428 spared H2550 Mephibosheth H4648, the son H1121 of Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, because H5921 of the oath H7621 of the LORD H3068 which H834 was between H996 them, between H996 David H1732 and Saul’s H7586 son H1121 Jonathan H3083.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - “Why H4069 then have you not kept H8104 the oath H7621 of the LORD H3068, and the command H4687 which H834 I [fn]imposed H6680 on you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 -

The covenant which H834 He made H3772 with Abraham H85,

And His oath H7621 to Isaac H3327.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All H3605 Judah H3063 rejoiced H8055 concerning H5921 the oath H7621, for they had sworn H7650 with all H3605 their heart H3824 and had sought H1245 Him [fn]earnestly H3605 H7522, and He let them find H4672 Him. So the LORD H3068 gave H5117 them rest H5117 on every H5439 side H5439.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many H7227 in Judah H3063 were bound H1167 by oath H7621 to him because H3588 he was the son-in-law H2860 of Shecaniah H7935 the son H1121 of Arah H733, and his son H1121 Jehohanan H3076 had married H3947 the daughter H1323 of Meshullam H4918 the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining H2388 with their kinsmen H251, their nobles H117, and are [fn]taking H935 on themselves a curse H423 and an oath H7621 to walk H1980 in God’s H430 Law H8451, which H834 was given H5414 through H3027 Moses H4872, God’s H430 servant H5650, and to keep H8104 and to [fn]comply H6213 with H6213 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of [fn]GOD H3068 our Lord H136, and His ordinances H4941 and statutes H2706;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 -

The covenant which H834 He made H3772 with Abraham H85,

And His oath H7621 to Isaac H3327.

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I say, “Keep H8104 the [fn]command H6310 of the king H4428 because H5921 H1697 of the oath H7621 [fn]before God H430.

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It is the same H834 for all H3605. There is one H259 fate H4745 for the righteous H6662 and for the wicked H7563; for the good H2896, for the clean H2889 and the unclean H2931; for the person who offers H2076 a H2076 sacrifice H2076 and for the one who H834 does not sacrifice H2076. As the good H2896 person H2896 is, so is the sinner H2398; the one who swears H7650 an oath is just as the one who [fn]is afraid H3372 to swear an oath H7621.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15

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“You will leave H5117 your name H8034 as a curse H7621 to My chosen H972 ones H972,

And the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191.

But [fn]My servants H5650 will be called H7121 by another H312 name H8034.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 confirm H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I swore H7650 to your forefathers H1, to give H5414 them a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, as it is this H2088 day H3117.”’” Then I replied H6030 H559, “Amen H543, LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - “And it will be to them like a false H7723 divination H7080 in their eyes H5869; they have sworn solemn H7650 oaths H7621. But he makes H2142 guilt H5771 known H2142, so that they may be seized H8610.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - “Indeed, all H3605 Israel H3478 has violated H5674 Your Law H8451 and turned H5493 aside H5493, not obeying H8085 Your voice H6963; so the curse H423 has gushed H5413 forth H5413 on us, along with the oath H7621 which H834 is written H3789 in the Law H8451 of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430, because H3588 we have sinned H2398 against Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:9 -

You removed H6168 Your bow H7198 from its holder,

The arrows H4294 of Your word H562 were [fn]sworn H7621. Selah H5542

You divided H1234 the earth H776 with rivers H5104.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - ‘Also let none H376 H408 of you devise H2803 evil H7451 in your heart H3824 against another H7453, and do not love H157 [fn]perjury H7621 H8267; for all H3605 these H428 things are what H834 I hate H8130,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068.”
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