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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And after the birth of Serug, Reu went on living for two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47 - Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.

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