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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 7:42שׁ׳ 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 -

“If H3588 Cain H7014 is avenged H5358 seven times H7659,

Then Lamech H3929 seventy-seven times H7657!”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - Then Seth H8352 lived H2421 807 H8083 H3967 H7651 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Enosh H583, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 -

Now Methuselah H4968 lived H2421 187 H3967 H8084 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Lamech H3929.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Then Methuselah H4968 lived H2421 782 H7651 H3967 H8084 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Lamech H3929, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Lamech H3929 were 777 H7651 H3967 H7657 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - “You shall take H3947 [fn]with you [fn]seven H7651 pairs H7651 of every H3605 clean H2889 animal H929, a male H376 and his female H802; and two H8147 of the animals H929 that are not clean H2889, a male H376 and his female H802;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:3 - also H1571 of the birds H5775 of the sky H8064, [fn]seven H7651 pairs H7651, male H2145 and female H5347, to keep H2421 their [fn]offspring H2233 alive H2421 on the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - “For after seven H7651 more H5750 days H3117, I will send H4305 rain H4305 on the earth H776 for forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915; and I will wipe H4229 out H4229 from the face H6440 of the land H127 every H3605 living H3351 thing H3351 that I have made H6213.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - Now it came H1961 about H1961 after the seven H7651 days H3117, that the waters H4325 of the flood H3999 [fn]came H1961 upon the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six H8337 hundredth H3967 year H8141 of Noah’s H5146 life H2416, in the second H8145 month H2320, on the seventeenth H7651 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320, on that day H3117 all H3605 the fountains H4599 of the great H7227 deep H8415 burst H1234 open H1234, and the [fn]floodgates H699 of the sky H8064 were opened H6605.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - Then in the seventh H7637 month H2320, on the seventeenth H7651 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320, the ark H8392 rested H5117 upon the mountains H2022 of Ararat H780.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - So he waited H3176 another H312 seven H7651 days H3117 longer H5750; and again H3254 he sent H7971 out H7971 the dove H3123 from the ark H8392.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - Then he waited H3176 another H312 seven H7651 days H3117 longer H5750, and sent H7971 out H7971 the dove H3123; but it did not return H7725 to him again H3254.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - And in the second H8145 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day H3117 of the month H2320, the earth H776 was H3001 dry H3001.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - and Reu H7466 lived H2421 207 H3967 H7651 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Serug H8286, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:28 - But Abraham H85 set H5324 seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 of the flock H6629 by H905 themselves H905.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:29 - Then Abimelech H40 said H559 to Abraham H85, “What H4100 do these H428 seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 mean, which H834 you have set H5324 by H905 themselves H905?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He said H559, “You shall take H3947 these seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 from my hand H3027 so H5668 that H5668 it may be a witness H5713 for me, that I dug H2658 this H2088 well H875.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 -

Now [fn]Sarah H8283 lived H2416 H1961 127 H3967 H6242 H7651 years H8141; these were the years H8141 of the life H2416 of Sarah H8283.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - These H428 are the years H8141 of the life H2416 of Ishmael H3458, 137 H3967 H7970 H7651 years H8141; and he breathed H1478 his last H1478 and died H4191, and was gathered H622 to his people H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob H3290 loved H157 Rachel H7354, so he said H559, “I will serve H5647 you seven H7651 years H8141 for your younger H6996 daughter H1323 Rachel H7354.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob H3290 served H5647 seven H7651 years H8141 for Rachel H7354, and they seemed H1961 H5869 to him like only a few H259 days H3117 because of his love H160 for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - “Complete H4390 the week H7620 of this H2088 one H2088, and we will give H5414 you the other H2088 also H1571 for the service H5656 which H834 you shall serve H5647 with me, for another H312 seven H7651 years H8141.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - So Jacob had H935 relations H935 with H935 Rachel H7354 also H1571, and indeed H1571 he loved H157 Rachel H7354 more H4480 than H4480 Leah H3812, and he served H5647 with [fn]Laban for another H312 seven H7651 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - he took H3947 his kinsmen H251 with him and pursued H7291 him a distance of seven H7651 days’ H3117 journey H1870, and he overtook H1692 him in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Gilead H1568.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:3 - But he himself H1931 passed H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of them and bowed H2331 down H2331 to the ground H776 seven H7651 times H6471, until H5704 he came H5066 near H5066 to his brother H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Jacob H3290.

Joseph H3130, when he was seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age H1121, was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251, while he was still a youth H5288, along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, his father’s H1 wives H802. And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back a bad H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father H1.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - And behold H2009, from the Nile H2975 seven H7651 cows H6510 came H5927 up H5927, fine-looking H3303 H4758 and [fn]fat H1277 H1320; and they grazed H7462 in the marsh H260 grass H260.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then behold H2009, seven H7651 other H312 cows H6510 came H5927 up H5927 after H310 them from the Nile H2975, ugly H7451 H4758 and [fn]thin H1851 H1320, and they stood H5975 by the other cows H6510 on the bank H8193 of the Nile H2975.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - Then the ugly H7451 H4758 and [fn]thin H1851 H1320 cows H6510 ate H398 the seven H7651 fine-looking H3303 H4758 and fat H1277 cows H6510. Then Pharaoh H6547 awoke H3364.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - But he fell H3462 asleep H3462 and dreamed H2492 a second H8145 time H8145; and behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641 of H7641 grain H7641 came H5927 up H5927 on a single H259 stalk H7070, plump H1277 and good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:6 - Then behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641, thin H1851 and scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921, sprouted H6779 up H6779 after H310 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 plump H1277 and full H4392 ears H7641. Then Pharaoh H6547 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and behold H2009, seven H7651 cows H6510, [fn]fat H1277 H1320 and fine-looking H3303 H8389 came H5927 up H5927 out of the Nile H2975, and they grazed H7462 in the marsh H260 grass H260.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - “Then behold H2009, seven H7651 other H312 cows H6510 came H5927 up H5927 after H310 them, poor H1800 and very H3966 [fn]ugly H7451 H8389 and [fn]thin H7534 H1320, such H2007 as I had never H3808 seen H7200 for [fn]ugliness H7455 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - and the thin H7534 and ugly H7451 cows H6510 ate H398 the first H7223 seven H7651 fat H1277 cows H6510.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - “I saw H7200 also in my dream H2472, and behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641 of H7641 grain H7641, full H4392 and good H2896, came H5927 up H5927 on a single H259 stalk H7070;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:23 - and behold H2009, seven H7651 ears H7641, withered H6798, thin H1851, and scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921 sprouted H6779 up H6779 after H310 them;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:24 - and the thin H1851 ears H7641 swallowed H1104 the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641. Then I told H559 it to the soothsayer H2748 priests H2748, but there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who could explain H5046 it to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - “The seven H7651 good H2896 cows H6510 are seven H7651 years H8141; and the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641 are seven H7651 years H8141; the [fn]dreams H2472 are one H259 and the same.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - “The seven H7651 thin H7534 and ugly H7451 cows H6510 that came H5927 up H5927 after H310 them are seven H7651 years H8141, and the seven H7651 thin H7534 ears H7641 scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921 will be seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - “Behold H2009, seven H7651 years H8141 of great H1419 abundance H7647 are coming H935 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and after H310 them seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 will [fn]come H6965, and all H3605 the abundance H7647 will be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and the famine H7458 will [fn]ravage H3615 the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - “Let Pharaoh H6547 take H6213 action H6213 to appoint H6485 overseers H6496 [fn]in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the land H776, and let him take H2567 a H2567 fifth H2567 of the produce of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 as a tax in the seven H7651 years H8141 of abundance H7647.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - “Let the food H400 be used as a reserve H6487 for the land H776 for the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 which H834 will occur H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, so that the land H776 will not perish H3772 during the famine H7458.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:47 - During the seven H7651 years H8141 of plenty H7647 the land H776 produced H6213 [fn]abundantly H7062.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - So he collected H6908 all H3605 the food H400 of these seven H7651 years H8141 which H834 occurred H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and put H5414 the food H400 in the cities H5892; he put H5414 in every city H5892 the food H400 from its own surrounding H5439 fields H7704.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 -

When the seven H7651 years H8141 of plenty H7647 which H834 had taken H1961 place H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 came H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 began H2490 to come H935, just H834 as H834 Joseph H3130 had said H559, then there was famine H7458 in all H3605 the lands H776; but in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 there was bread H3899.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090, whom H834 Laban H3837 gave H5414 to his daughter H1323 Rachel H7354, and she bore H3205 these H428 to Jacob H3290; there were seven H7651 persons H5315 in all H3605.

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