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Lexicon :: Strong's H7651 - šeḇaʿ

Aa
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 6 / 7 (1Ch 24:15–Est 8:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15 - The seventeenth H7651 to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24 - The seventeenth H7651 to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven H7651 hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven H7651 hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven H7651 thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27 - And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven H7651 years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 - Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven H7651 days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:9 - And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven H7651 days, and the feast seven H7651 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and H7651 he reigned seventeen H7651 years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven H7651 rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven H7651 hundred oxen and seven H7651 thousand sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven H7651 thousand and seven H7651 hundred rams, and seven H7651 thousand and seven H7651 hundred he goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash was seven H7651 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven H7651 thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21 - And they brought seven H7651 bullocks, and seven H7651 rams, and seven H7651 lambs, and seven H7651 he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven H7651 days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven H7651 days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven H7651 days: and they kept other seven H7651 days with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven H7651 thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:17 - And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven H7651 days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:5 - The children of Arah, seven H7651 hundred seventy and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:9 - The children of Zaccai, seven H7651 hundred and threescore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven H7651 hundred and forty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33 - The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven H7651 hundred twenty and five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:38 - The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:39 - The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven H7651 thousand three hundred thirty and seven: H7651 and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66 - Their horses were seven H7651 hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven H7651 hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven H7651 days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh H7651 year of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven H7651 lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14 - The children of Zaccai, seven H7651 hundred and threescore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18 - The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19 - The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven H7651 hundred forty and three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven H7651 hundred twenty and one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41 - The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42 - The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven H7651 thousand three hundred thirty and seven: H7651 and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven H7651 hundred and twenty asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven H7651 priests' garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18 - Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven H7651 days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven H7651 and twenty provinces:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven H7651 days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven H7651 chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven H7651 princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven H7651 maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh H7651 year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven H7651 provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

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