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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 for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24 - for the seventeenth H7651 to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 H7651 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel [fn]west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - and his relatives, capable men, were 2,700 H7651 in number, heads of fathers’ households. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning [fn]all the affairs of God and of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - namely, 3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 H7651 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the [fn]buildings;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27 - The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven H7651 years and [fn]in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:8 - So Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven H7651 days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:9 - On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed 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. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen H7651 years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - “Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven H7651 rams, even he may become a priest of what are no gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 H7651 oxen and 7,000 H7651 sheep from the spoil they had brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 H7651 H7651 rams and 7,700 H7651 H7651 male goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash was seven H7651 years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their direction was an [fn]elite army of 307,500, H7651 who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21 - They brought seven H7651 bulls, seven H7651 rams, seven H7651 lambs and seven H7651 male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. And he ordered 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 - The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven H7651 days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day after day with loud instruments to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Then Hezekiah spoke [fn]encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of the LORD. So they ate for the appointed seven H7651 days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:23 - Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven H7651 days, so they celebrated the seven H7651 days with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 H7651 sheep, and the princes had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep; and a large number of priests consecrated themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:17 - Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated 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 sons of Arah, 775; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:9 - the sons of Zaccai, 760; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:25 - the sons of [fn]Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:33 - the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:38 - the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:39 - the sons of Harim, 1,017. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - besides their male and female servants [fn]who numbered 7,337; H7651 H7651 and they had 200 singing men and women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66 - Their horses were 736; H7651 their mules, 245;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven H7651 days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to [fn]encourage them 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 - Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh H7651 year of King Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - The exiles who had come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 H7651 lambs, 12 male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:14 - the sons of Zaccai, 760; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:18 - the sons of Adonikam, 667; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:19 - the sons of Bigvai, 2,067; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:29 - the men of [fn]Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:41 - the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:42 - the sons of Harim, 1,017. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their male and their female servants, [fn]of whom there were 7,337; H7651 H7651 and they had 245 male and female singers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. H7651

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - That which the rest of the people gave was 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 H7651 priests’ garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18 - He read from the book of the law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven H7651 days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly according to the ordinance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to [fn]Ethiopia over 127 H7651 provinces,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven H7651 days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10

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, Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven H7651 eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven H7651 princes of Persia and Media who [fn]had access to the king’s presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and [fn]food, gave her seven H7651 choice maids from the king’s palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal palace 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 - So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third [fn]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to [fn]Ethiopia, 127 H7651 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

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