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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 1 / 4 (Gen 21:23–Deu 9:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - so now, swear H7650 to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land in which you have sojourned.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:24 - And Abraham said, “I swear H7650 it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore H7650 an oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, “By Myself I have sworn H7650, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - and I will make you swear H7650 by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - “Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kin, and who spoke to me and who swore H7650 to me, saying, ‘To your seed I will give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore H7650 to him concerning this matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - “And my master made me swear H7650, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I [fn]live;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said, “[fn]First swear H7650 to me”; so he swore H7650 to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - “Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore H7650 to your father Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - In the morning they arose early, and each swore H7650 to [fn]the other; then Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - “The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore H7650 by the dread of his father Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - Then he said, “Swear H7650 to me.” So he swore H7650 to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear H7650, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6 - And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear H7650.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely [fn]take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore H7650 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear H7650, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be when Yahweh brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore H7650 to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall [fn]do this service in this month.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:11 -

“And it will be when Yahweh brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore H7650 to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly H7650 swear H7650, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall bring up my bones from here with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - “Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore H7650 by Yourself, and You said to them, ‘I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:1 -

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go! Go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore H7650 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘To your seed I will give it.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - ‘Or if a person swears H7650 thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with a sworn oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:3 - or has found what was lost and dealt falsely about it and sworn H7650 falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - or anything about which he swore H7650 falsely; he shall make restitution for it [fn]in full and add to it one-fifth more. He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:12 - ‘And you shall not swear H7650 falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘Then the priest shall have her swear H7650 an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into [fn]defilement, being under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings curses;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest shall have the woman swear H7650 with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people by Yahweh making your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - “Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who gave birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a [fn]nurse carries a nursing baby, to the land which You swore H7650 to their fathers’?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore H7650 to them, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:23 - shall by no means see the land which I swore H7650 to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - “If a man makes a vow to Yahweh or swears H7650 an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:10 - “So Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and He swore H7650 an oath, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore H7650 to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:8 - ‘See, I have given over the land before you; go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and to their seed after them.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:34 -

“Then Yahweh heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and swore H7650 an oath, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 - ‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore H7650 to give your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - “Now the [fn]time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the [fn]brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war came to an end from within the camp, as Yahweh had sworn H7650 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 -

“Now Yahweh was angry with me on your account and swore H7650 that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - “For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore H7650 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 -

“Then it will be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which He swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and good cities which you did not build,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:13 - “Yahweh your God you shall [fn]fear; and Him you shall serve; and by His name you shall swear H7650.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - “And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of Yahweh, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore H7650 to give your fathers,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:23 - But He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn H7650 to our fathers.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because Yahweh loved you and kept the oath which He swore H7650 to your fathers, Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12 -

“Then it will be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you [fn]His covenant and [fn]His lovingkindness which He swore H7650 to your fathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, [fn]in the land which He swore H7650 to your fathers to give you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 -

“The entire commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore H7650 to give to your fathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - “But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore H7650 to your fathers, as it is this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - “It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh your God is dispossessing them before you, in order to confirm the [fn]oath which Yahweh swore H7650 to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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