שֶׁ֫בַע
seven
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Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
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Genesis 47 verses
- Genesis 4:24 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms If Cain will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamech seventy-seven times."
- Genesis 5:7 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:25 שֶׁ֧בַע adj Cardinal number fs Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:26 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:31 שֶׁ֤בַע וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
- Genesis 7:2 שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:3 שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:4 שִׁבְעָ֗ה adj Cardinal number ms In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
- Genesis 7:11 בְּ/שִׁבְעָֽה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 8:4 בְּ/שִׁבְעָה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat's mountains.
- Genesis 8:14 בְּ/שִׁבְעָ֧ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
- Genesis 11:21 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs Reu lived after he became the father of Serug two hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 21:28 שֶׁ֛בַע adj Cardinal number fs Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
- Genesis 21:29 שֶׁ֤בַע adj Cardinal number fs Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
- Genesis 21:30 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."
- Genesis 23:1 וְ/שֶׁ֣בַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. These were the years of Sarah's life.
- Genesis 25:17 וְ/שֶׁ֣בַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 29:18 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
- Genesis 29:20 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
- Genesis 29:27 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."
- Genesis 29:30 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 33:3 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
- Genesis 37:2 שְׁבַֽע adj Cardinal number fs This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
- Genesis 41:2 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, well-favored and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.
- Genesis 41:3 שֶׁ֧בַע adj Cardinal number fs Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:4 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs The ill-favored and lean-fleshed cattle ate up the seven well-favored and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
- Genesis 41:5 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
- Genesis 41:6 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
- Genesis 41:7 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
- Genesis 41:18 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs and, behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat-fleshed and well-favored. They fed in the reed-grass,
- Genesis 41:19 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs and, behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
- Genesis 41:20 שֶׁ֧בַע adj Cardinal number fs The lean and ill-favored cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,
- Genesis 41:22 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good:
- Genesis 41:23 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs and, behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
- Genesis 41:24 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians; but there was no one who could explain it to me."
- Genesis 41:26 שֶׁ֧בַע שֶׁ֤בַע וְ/שֶׁ֤בַע שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
- Genesis 41:27 וְ/שֶׁ֣בַע שֶׁ֤בַע וְ/שֶׁ֤בַע שֶׁ֖בַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The seven lean and ill-favored cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
- Genesis 41:29 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:30 שֶׁ֜בַע adj Cardinal number fs There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
- Genesis 41:34 בְּ/שֶׁ֖בַע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:36 לְ/שֶׁ֨בַע֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."
- Genesis 41:47 בְּ/שֶׁ֖בַע prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.
- Genesis 41:48 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same.
- Genesis 41:53 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs The seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
- Genesis 41:54 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 46:25 שִׁבְעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven.
- Genesis 47:28 שְׁבַ֥ע שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
Exodus 8 verses
- Exodus 2:16 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
- Exodus 6:16 שֶׁ֧בַע adj Cardinal number fs These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
- Exodus 6:20 שֶׁ֧בַע adj Cardinal number fs Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.
- Exodus 25:37 שִׁבְעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.
- Exodus 37:23 שִׁבְעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms He made its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, of pure gold.
- Exodus 38:24 וּ/שְׁבַ֨ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
- Exodus 38:25 וּ/שְׁבַ֨ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- Exodus 38:28 וּ/שְׁבַ֤ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
Leviticus 15 verses
- Leviticus 4:6 שֶׁ֤בַע adj Cardinal number fs The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.
- Leviticus 4:17 שֶׁ֤בַע adj Cardinal number fs and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
- Leviticus 8:11 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
- Leviticus 14:7 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
- Leviticus 14:16 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 14:27 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 14:51 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
- Leviticus 16:14 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
- Leviticus 16:19 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 23:15 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs "'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed:
- Leviticus 25:8 שֶׁ֚בַע שֶׁ֥בַע שֶׁ֣בַע שֶׁ֚בַע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs "'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
- Leviticus 26:18 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs "'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:21 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.
- Leviticus 26:24 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:28 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Numbers 23 verses
- Numbers 1:31 שִׁבְעָ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:39 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 2:8 שִׁבְעָ֧ה adj Cardinal number ms His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:26 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 2:31 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֧ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."
- Numbers 4:36 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
- Numbers 13:22 שֶׁ֤בַע adj Cardinal number fs They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Numbers 16:49 וּ/שְׁבַ֣ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
- Numbers 19:4 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
- Numbers 23:1 שִׁבְעָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֥ה וְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:14 שִׁבְעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 23:29 שִׁבְעָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֥ה וְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- Numbers 26:7 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Numbers 26:34 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 26:51 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Numbers 28:11 שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 28:19 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֤ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 28:27 שִׁבְעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;
- Numbers 29:2 שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:8 שִׁבְעָ֔ה adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 29:32 שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:36 שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 31:52 שְׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
Deuteronomy 7 verses
- Deuteronomy 7:1 שִׁבְעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms When Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and shall cast out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
- Deuteronomy 15:1 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 הַ/שֶּׁבַע֮ ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
- Deuteronomy 16:9 שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Seven weeks shall you number to you: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain shall you begin to number seven weeks.
- Deuteronomy 28:7 וּ/בְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 וּ/בְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 31:10 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
Joshua 9 verses
- Joshua 6:4 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֨ה שֶׁ֣בַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
- Joshua 6:6 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֤ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:8 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֨ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
- Joshua 6:13 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה שִׁבְעָ֨ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms The seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came after the ark of Yahweh, [the priests] blowing the trumpets as they went.
- Joshua 6:15 שֶׁ֣בַע שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times.
- Joshua 18:2 שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms There remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
- Joshua 18:5 לְ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms They shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
- Joshua 18:6 שִׁבְעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms You shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
- Joshua 18:9 לְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
Judges 11 verses
- Judges 6:1 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- Judges 6:25 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
- Judges 8:14 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.
- Judges 8:26 וּ/שְׁבַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
- Judges 12:9 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
- Judges 16:7 בְּ/שִׁבְעָ֛ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
- Judges 16:8 שִׁבְעָ֛ה adj Cardinal number ms Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
- Judges 16:13 שֶׁ֛בַע adj Cardinal number fs Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
- Judges 16:19 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
- Judges 20:15 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
- Judges 20:16 שְׁבַ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:5 שִׁבְעָ֔ה adj Cardinal number ms Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes.
- 1 Samuel 6:1 שִׁבְעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2 Samuel 8 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:11 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2 Samuel 5:5 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 2 Samuel 8:4 וּ/שְׁבַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 שְׁבַ֤ע adj Cardinal number fs The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.
- 2 Samuel 21:6 שִׁבְעָ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. The king said, I will give them.
- 2 Samuel 21:9 שבעתים שְׁבַעְתָּ֖/ם adj Cardinal number fd adj Cardinal number ms cs + sfx pers 3mp He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, and they fell [all] seven together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
- 2 Samuel 23:39 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
- 2 Samuel 24:13 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
1 Kings 11 verses
- 1 Kings 2:11 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 6:6 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:38 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
- 1 Kings 7:17 שִׁבְעָה֙ וְ/שִׁבְעָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 11:3 שְׁבַ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
- 1 Kings 14:21 וּֽ/שֲׁבַ֨ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
- 1 Kings 16:10 וָ/שֶׁ֔בַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:15 וָ/שֶׁ֜בַע שִׁבְעַ֥ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
- 1 Kings 18:43 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.
- 1 Kings 20:30 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
- 1 Kings 22:51 שְׁבַ֣ע adj Cardinal number fs Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
2 Kings 15 verses
- 2 Kings 3:26 שְׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
- 2 Kings 4:35 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
- 2 Kings 5:10 שֶֽׁבַע adj Cardinal number fs Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.
- 2 Kings 5:14 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
- 2 Kings 8:1 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:2 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:3 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
- 2 Kings 11:21 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
- 2 Kings 12:1 שֶׁ֤בַע adj Cardinal number fs In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
- 2 Kings 13:1 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] seventeen years.
- 2 Kings 13:10 וָ/שֶׁ֨בַע֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] sixteen years.
- 2 Kings 15:1 וָ/שֶׁ֨בַע֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
- 2 Kings 16:1 שְׁבַֽע adj Cardinal number fs In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 25:8 בְּ/שִׁבְעָ֣ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 25:27 וָ/שֶׁ֜בַע וְ/שִׁבְעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
1 Chronicles 15 verses
- 1 Chronicles 3:4 שֶׁ֥בַע adj Cardinal number fs six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
- 1 Chronicles 3:24 שִׁבְעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
- 1 Chronicles 5:13 שִׁבְעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18 וּ/שְׁבַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
- 1 Chronicles 7:5 וְ/שִׁבְעָה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 שִׁבְעָֽה adj Cardinal number ms All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the host for war.
- 1 Chronicles 9:13 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 12:27 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
- 1 Chronicles 12:34 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 15:26 שִׁבְעָֽה וְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
- 1 Chronicles 24:15 שִׁבְעָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
- 1 Chronicles 25:24 לְ/שִׁבְעָ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:30 וּ/שְׁבַע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32 וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 29:27 שֶׁ֣בַע adj Cardinal number fs The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 6 verses
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 וּֽ/שֲׁבַ֨ע conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
- 2 Chronicles 13:9 שִׁבְעָ֔ה adj Cardinal number ms Haven't you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of [other] lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of [those who are] no gods.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 שְׁבַ֣ע שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 שִׁבְעַ֤ת וּ/שְׁבַ֣ע שִׁבְעַ֥ת וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.
- 2 Chronicles 24:1 שֶׁ֤בַע adj Cardinal number fs Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 שִׁבְעָה֩ שִׁבְעָ֜ה שִׁבְעָ֗ה שִׁבְעָה֙ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
Ezra 11 verses
- Ezra 2:5 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
- Ezra 2:9 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
- Ezra 2:25 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
- Ezra 2:33 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
- Ezra 2:38 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
- Ezra 2:39 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
- Ezra 2:65 שִׁבְעַ֣ת וְ/שִׁבְעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- Ezra 2:66 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
- Ezra 2:67 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs their camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
- Ezra 7:7 שֶׁ֖בַע adj Cardinal number fs There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
- Ezra 8:35 וְ/שִׁבְעָ֔ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Nehemiah 11 verses
- Nehemiah 7:14 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
- Nehemiah 7:18 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-seven.
- Nehemiah 7:19 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty-seven.
- Nehemiah 7:29 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
- Nehemiah 7:37 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-one.
- Nehemiah 7:41 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
- Nehemiah 7:42 שִׁבְעָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms The children of Harim, one thousand [and] seventeen.
- Nehemiah 7:67 שִׁבְעַ֣ת וְ/שִׁבְעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
- Nehemiah 7:68 שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number fs Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
- Nehemiah 7:69 שבע adj Cardinal number fs [their] camels, four hundred thirty-five; [their] donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
- Nehemiah 7:72 וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
About this entry
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At its core, שבע (shebaʻ) means “seven.” First canonically at Genesis 4:24, it enters the text early. It appears 345 verses across 27 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. It shares a root with שבע, שבוע and שבועה. Dig into 345-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7651 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 345
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 345 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #128
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 128 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 345 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 345 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 165 verses · 48%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 99 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 81 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Seven 280×, Seventh 12×, Were seven 8×
- American Standard Version†: Seven 265×, Seventh 11×, Were seven 9×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Seven 234×, Seventh 9×, Seventeenth 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Seven 254×, Were 23×, And 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7651 across 388† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7651 across 389† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 49 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7651 across 311† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 80 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7651 across 355† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 58 further occurrences.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שבע I f. seven (NH id., MI16 שבעת
- 1. without other num.:
- a. שֶׁבַע, before n.fpl. Gn 21:28 (J), Ju 16:13; Is 4:1 + 80 times, especially שׁ׳ שָׁנִים Gn 29:18 (E) + 32 times (but read שׁלוֹשׁ for שֶׁבַע 2 S 24:13a, cf. v b, c, also 𝔊 and ‖ 1 Ch 21:12; so Th We Dr Bu HPS Now), שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים Gn 33:3 (J), Lv 4:6 (P) + 17 times; שׁ׳ בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּתּ 1 K 6:6; after noun Ez 40:20, 26; n. om. Jb 5:19; Pr 6:16, + (= שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים) Lv 26:18, 21, 24, 28 (H), ψ 119:164 Pr 24:16. e.g. Genesis 21:28
- b. שִׁבְעָה, before n.mpl. Nu 23:1(×3) (E) + 40 times + Jb 42:13 (read שׁ׳ for שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Ges§ 97 c and most); + (distrib.) שׁ׳ וְשׁ׳ Zc 4:2; after n. Gn 7:4 (J), Ex 25:37 (P) + 12 times (P Ch Dn Pr); n. om. 1 S 2:5 + 9 times, incl. שׁ׳ as ordinal, v. infr.; but read שְׂבָכָה for שִׁבְעָה 1 K 7:17(×2) 𝔊 Th Kmp Klo Benz Kit Bur; also שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distrib. = 7 each Gn 7:2, 3 (J); as pred. Gn 46:25 (P). e.g. Numbers 23:1
- c. שִׁבְעַת, before n.pl. Nu 23:4 (E), 8:2 (P), Ez 45:23(×2); Jb 2:13(×2) + 97 times, incl. שׁ׳ יָמִים Gn 8:10 (J), + 88 times + Ez 45:21 (read שִׁבְעַת for שְׁבֻעוֹת, Vrss and mod.). e.g. Numbers 23:4
- d. = ordinal, שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע Dt 15:9; 2 K 12:2 + 3 times, בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ Ez 30:20, cf. 45:20; לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים Gn 7:10 (J), 1 Ch 9:25. e.g. Deuteronomy 15:9
- 2.
- a. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 17 years Gn 37:2 + 3 times + 1 K 14:21 (וּשְׁבַע וגו׳), also as ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ 1 K 22:52, בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ שָׁנָה 2 K 16:1. e.g. Genesis 37:2
- b. שִׁבְעָה עֶשָׂר (sc. הַגּוֹרָל lot) 1 Ch 24:15; 25:24 (cf. also, + other num., 7:11 Ezr 2:39 Ne 7:42), + יוֹם 17th day Gn 7:11; 8:4; unusual is שׁ׳ שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף Je 32:9 7 shekels and 10 the silver. e.g. 1 Chronicles 24:15
- 3. שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת = 700 Ju 8:26 + 39 times (but Ne 7:68 om. Mass. Baer Gi q.v.). e.g. Judges 8:26
- 4. שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 1 K 20:30 + 2 times; שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים = id. 1 K 20:15 + 15 times; 57,000 is 7 + 50 × 1000 Nu 1:31; 2:8, 31. e.g. 1 Kings 20:30
- 5. שׁ׳ + other num.:
- a. שׁ׳ follows 18 times: (1) n. s. after שׁ׳ Ju 8:14; also, (= ord. num.) Ez 29:17 + 2 times, שְׁנַת שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ׳ שָׁנָה 2 K 13:10, cf. 15:1; (2) n.pl. before other num. Ezr 8:35; Ne 7:[72], 71; (3) n. s. cstr. precedes בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים רָשׁ׳ 1 K 16:10, 15 (ordin.); (4) n. after each num. Gn 23:1; 25:17 (both P), etc. e.g. Judges 8:14
- b. שׁ׳ precedes 10 times (P and Est): (1) n. s. after other num. Gn 8:14; Ex 6:16, 20 + 3 times Est; (2) n. repeated Gn 5:7; 11:21; 47:28, cf. 5:25, 31 e.g. Genesis 8:14
- c. 1000 + 17 Ezr 2:39 = Ne 7:42.—שׁ׳ often c. sacred signif.: Gn 21:28 ff. (J), Ex 37:23 Lv 4:6, 17; 8:11; 14:27 + (P); as round number Gn 4:24 (song in J), 29:18 ff.; 31:23; 41:2 ff. (all E), etc.; on bowing 7 times 33:3 (J; in great humility), cf. WklTelAm. nos. 143, 230, 246 NeMar. 11 f.; all these prob. originating with week of seven days; cf. especially KöHast.DB number, 562 f., 565. e.g. Ezra 2:39
שבע II
- 1. in Benj., בֶּן־בִּכְרִי 2 S 20:1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 21, 22; Σαβεε. e.g. 2 Samuel 20:1
- 2. in Gad 1 Ch 5:13; Σεβεε, A Σωβαφε, 𝔊L Σαβεε. e.g. 1 Chronicles 5:13
שבע III si vera l. n.pr.loc. in Simeon, בְּאֵר־שֶׁבַע וְשֶׁבַע Jos 19
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. et f. seven (NH id., MI16 שבעת; Assyrian sibi, sibittu (DlGr. § 65, 6; s = שׁ), Arabic سَبْعٌ, سَبْعَةٌ Sab. סבע HomChr 47, 124, Ethiopic ሰብዑ: ሰብዐቱ: Ph. (Pun.) שבע, Nab. שבע, שבעה, Palm. שבעא, שבעה; Aramaic שִׁבְעָא,שְׁבַע, ܫܒܰܥ, ܫܰܒܥܳܐ; on etym. cf. LagBN 37 f.);—m. (c. n.f.) abs. שֶׁבַע Gn 41:2 + 115 times; cstr. שְׁבַע 5:26 + 47 times, especially P (15 times) and Chr (20 times), וּשֲׁבַע 1 K 14:21. f. (c. n.m.) abs. שִׁבְעָה Gn 4:24 + 100 times; cstr. שִׁבְעַת 7:10 + 120 times; sf. שְׁבַעְתָּם 2 S 21:9 Qr (so Vrss and mod.; v. Dr; > Kt שִׁבְעָתַיִם);—seven:
I. si vera l. n.pr.loc. in Simeon, בְּאֵר־שֶׁבַע וְשֶׁבַע Jos 19:2; Σαμαα, 𝔊L Σαβε; prob. del. וְשׁ׳ Di al. (om. ‖ 1 Ch 4:23).—בְּאֵר שׁ׳ v. p. 92a.
II. v. in cpds. אֱלִישֶׁבַע, (בַּת־שֶׁבַע), יְהוֹשֶׁבַע.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שבע (shâbaʻ) (H7650) — to swear.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שֶׁבַע
- (b. h.) seven. Snh. V, 1, v. חֲקִירָה. Ib. 3 בש׳ (sub שעות) at seven hours of the day. Ab. V, 7. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ מש׳ seven times seven; a. v. fr.—בנות ש׳, ברת ש׳, v. בַּת I a. בְּרַת I.—Esp. שִׁבְעָה (sub. ימים) Shib ah, the seven days of mourning for a near relative. M. Kat. 20ᵃ, v. שְׁלֹשָׁה; a. fr.—Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᶜ; v. שָׁמַר.—Pl. שִׁבְעִים seventy. Snh. V, 5 עד ש׳ ואחד (add to the members of the court,) until they number seventy-one. Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ אחת לש׳ שנה once every seventy years; a. v. fr.
שְׁבַע
- Targ. Gen. V, 7. Ib. IV, 24 (O. ed. Vien. שִׁבְעָה). Ib. XXIX, 27. Targ. Y. II, Num. XI, 26 שׁוֹבְעָתֵי; a. fr.—Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ חמש שורין מן שו׳ שו׳ five rows of seven trees each. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. אלו שגזרו … שובעה אינון those laws which they decreed by majority of votes, were seven; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁבְעִין, שִׁבְ׳, שׁוּבְ׳ seventy. Targ. Gen. V, 12; a. fr.
שָׁבַע
- , Nif. נִשְׁבַּע (b. h.) to be sworn, to swear. Shebu. III, 6 נ׳ לבטל וכ׳ if a person swears that he will omit to perform a commandment. Ib. VI, 4 אין נִשְׁבָּעִין על וכ׳ no oath is imposed in refutation of a claim of a deaf and mute, or of an insane person, or of a minor, nor do we administer an oath to a (claimant) minor, אבל נשבעין לקטן וכ׳ but you must make oath when suing a minor or the sacred treasury. Ib. 7 ומי נ׳ מי … שמא יִשָּׁבַע זה וכ׳ which of them is first admitted to an oath? He with whom the (lost) pledge was deposited, lest this one (the debtor) swear (to the value of the pledge), and the other produce the pledge (and prove him a perjurer). Ib. VII, 1 כל הנשבעין שבתורה נשבעין וכ׳ all those bound to swear according to Biblical law swear and are free from payment, but the following swear and receive (are awarded their claim). Ib. 32ᵇ ואינו יכול לִישָּׁבֵעַ, v. שְׁבוּעָה; a. fr.
- to adjure; to impose, administer an oath. Ib. IV, 3 אמרו אין אנו … מַשְׁבִּיעַ אני עליכם וכ׳ if they say, we know no testimony in thy case, (and he says,) I adjure you, and they say, Amen: they are guilty (if they could testify). Ib. ה׳ עליהן … חוץ וכ׳ if he adjured them five times out of court, and coming before court they confess (that they know testimony), they are acquitted. Ib. VIII, 2 מַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ אני וכ׳ I adjure thee, and he says, Amen. Ib. 29ᵃ; 39ᵃ, a. e. וכשמַשְׁבִּיעִין אותו … אנו משביעין אותך וכ׳ and when the court administers an oath to him, they say to him, know that we cause thee to swear not in thy sense, but in the sense of God and in the sense of the court; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּשְׁבָּע; pl. מוּשְׁבָּעִין. Ib. 31ᵃ מ׳ מפי עצמו one who is sworn on his own demand (in his own case); מ׳ מפי אחרים one who is sworn on other people’s demands (as a supposed witness that claims ignorance). Ib. III, 6 הרשות שאינו מ׳ עליה מהר סיני a religiously indifferent act, on which he is not sworn from Mount Sinai; מצוה שהוא מ׳ וכ׳ a religious act on which he is sworn &c. Ib. 21ᵇ; 22ᵇ, v. סִינַי; a. fr.
שְׁבַע II
- Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּבַּע, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּבַע, אִישְּׁבַע as preced. Nif. Targ. Lev. V, 22; 24. Targ. Jer. V, 2; a. fr.— Shebu. 29ᵃ ודילמא … וכי קא מִשְׁתַּבַּע אדעתא דיריה א׳ perhaps that man saw a huge bird and called it gamla (camel), and when he swore (that he saw a camel fly in the air), he swore in his sense. Ib. דכי קא משתבע … קא משתבע so that when he swears (that he has paid the money), he swears to the truth in his sense (having given him tokens, v. אִיסְקוּנְדְּרֵי). Ib. 32ᵇ אי … הוה מִשְׁתַּבַּעְנָא וכ if thou hadst come and testified for me, I should have been assigned an oath and received my claim; מי יימר דמִשְׁתַּבְּעַת who can say that thou wouldst have made oath? Ib. לִישְׁתַּבַּע shall he be admitted to an oath? Ib. 26ᵃ ואנא בשיקרא אִישְׁתַּבְּעִי and have I sworn falsely?; a. fr.
- as preced. Hif. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XIII, 19 [read:] מִשְׁבָּע אַשְׁבַּע. Targ. Cant. II, 7. Targ. Cant. II, 4; a. e.—Shebu. 36ᵃ אַשְׁבְּעִינְהוּ ולייטינהו he made them swear, and also pronounced a curse upon them. Ib. 41ᵃ לא מַשְׁבְּעִינָן ליה we do not put him to an oath; a. fr.
שָׂבֵעַ I
- next w.) sated, filled, satisfied. Gitt. 56ᵃ יוצא כשהוא ש׳, v. רָעֵב I. Lev. R. s. 34 לשְׂבֵעוֹ וכ׳, v. רָעֵב I; a. fr.—Pl. שְׂבֵעִים, שְׂבֵעִין, שְׂבֵי׳. Joma 74ᵇ סומין … ואינו ש׳ blind persons eat and are not satisfied. Taan. 10ᵇ אל תראו עצמיכם בפני בני עשו … כאילו אתם ש׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) make no show of your plenty before the sons of Esau or of Ishmael, lest they envy you; Yalk. Gen. 148; a. e.—Fem. שְׂבֵעָה, שְׂבֵי׳. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ top the Lord allows the righteous in this world to see their (future) reward, ונפשם ש׳ וכ׳ and they feel satisfied and go to sleep; a. e.—Pl. שְׂבֵעוֹת, שְׂבֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. XIII (ref. to I Sam. IX, 12, sq.) וכל האורך הזה … ולא היו ש׳ ממנו why this lengthy speech? It intimates that they looked at the beauty of Saul and could not see enough of it; a. e. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:12
שָׂבֵעַ II
- to be filled, to have plenty, be satisfied. Sabb. 113ᵇ (ref. to Ruth II, 14) ותאכל בעולם הזה ותִשְׂבַּע וכ׳ she (Israel) will eat in this world, will have plenty in the Messianic days, and leave over for the hereafter. Succ. 52ᵇ, v. רָעֵב II; a. e. e.g. Ruth 2:14
- to satisfy. Gen. R. s. 76, end כדי להַשְׂבִּיעַ עיניו וכ׳ in order to satisfy the eyes of the wicked man. Y. Keth. V, 30ᵇ הִשְׂבִּיעָתוֹ; Succ. l. c. מַשְׂבִּיעוֹ, v. רָעֵב II. Snh. 100ᵃ; a. fr.—Ib. 29ᵇ אדם עשוי שלא להשביע את עצמו man is wont not to declare himself wealthy (to disclaim wealth, by saying that he is in debt, even if he is not); כשם שאדם … שלא להשביע את בניו as man is wont to disclaim wealth for himself, so is he likely to disclaim it for his heirs (therefore an ante-mortem confession of indebtedness does not establish a claim against heirs).
- same.—Part. pass. מְשׂוּבָּע. Lev. R. s. 29 (play on השביעי, Lev. XXIII, 24) שהוא מש׳ בכל וכ׳ a month which is plentiful in every thing &c. e.g. Leviticus 23:24
- to be satiated, sick. Num. R. s. 14 עתיד להִשְׂתַּבּעַ, v. סִיג I.
שְׂבַע
- , to be satisfied, saturated. Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 8 למִיסְבַּע ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. למִישְׂ׳); Y. למִשְׂבּוֹעַ. Targ. Ps. CIV, 16 (Ms. ס׳); a. fr.—Part. שְׂבִיעַ, שְׂבַע, סְ׳; f. שָׂבְעָא, סָ׳. Targ. Prov. XXX, 22 דשביע ed. Lag. (Ms. דסביע; ed. Wil. דיִשְׂבַּע). Targ. Job XLII, 17. Targ. Gen. XXV, 8. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 7; a. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 16; Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 57ᵇ, a. e., v. רְוֵי; a. e.
- ; Af. אַשְׂבַּע, אַסְ׳ to satisfy. Targ. Ps. XC, 14. Ib. CVII, 9; a. fr.—Taan. 24ᵃ רחמנא לִישַׂבְּעָךְ … דאַשְׂבְּעָן ברך the Lord satisfy thee, as thy son has satisfied us. Yoma 79ᵇ שַׂבּוּעֵי מְשַׂבְּעא is enough to satisfy the appetite. Gitt. 70ᵃ תמרי מְשַׂבְּעַן וכ׳ dates satisfy, heat &c.; Keth. 10ᵇ; a. e.
- (cmp. צָבָה) to be swollen. Esth. R. to III, 14 א׳ קרסוליה (omitted in Yalk. ib. 1056) his ankle was swollen.
שָׂבָע
- , v. שׂוֹבַע, שׂוֹבְעָא, a. סִבְעָא.
שׂוֹבַע
- plenty, satiation. Ber. 55ᵃ שלשה דברים … רעב וש׳ וכ׳ three things does the Lord himself announce: famine, plenty, and a good leader. Tosef. Pes. V, 3 חגיגה … פסח נאכל בש׳ (Var. על הש׳) the pilgrim’s sacrifice … must be eaten first, so that the Passover offering be eaten after the appetite is satisfied; Y. ib. VI, 33ᶜ לָשׂבַע; Bab. ib. 70ᵃ על השבע. Gen. R. s. 91 שני השָ׳ the years of plenty. Snh. 97ᵃ ש׳ ואינו ש׳ plenty and no plenty (partial plenty); ש׳ גדול general plenty; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 90 distinct written forms H7651 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 30 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7651, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Derived from this word
- שבעה shibʻâh H7655 seven
- שבעים shibʻîym H7657 seventy
- שבענה shibʻânâh H7658 seven
- שבעתים shibʻâthayim H7659 sevenfold
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 320 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 345 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:24
- Exodus 2:16
- Leviticus 4:6
- Numbers 1:31
- Deuteronomy 7:1
- Joshua 6:6
- Judges 6:1
- Ruth 4:15
- 1 Samuel 2:5
- 2 Samuel 2:11
- 1 Kings 2:11
- 2 Kings 3:9
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