Hebrew word study

שָׁבַעshâbaʻ — to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declar…

Pronounced “shaw-bah'”

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

Translated in the King James as: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.

Appears 186 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 19×

Genesis 21:23 Genesis 21:24 Genesis 21:31 Genesis 22:16 Genesis 24:3 Genesis 24:7 Genesis 24:9 Genesis 24:37 Genesis 25:33 Genesis 26:3 Genesis 26:31 Genesis 31:53 Genesis 47:31 Genesis 50:5 Genesis 50:6 Genesis 50:24 Genesis 50:25+ 2 more in Genesis

Exodus — 6×

Exodus 13:5 Exodus 13:11 Exodus 13:19 Exodus 32:13 Exodus 33:1+ 1 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 4×

Leviticus 5:4 Leviticus 6:3 Leviticus 6:5 Leviticus 19:12

Numbers — 8×

Numbers 5:19 Numbers 5:21 Numbers 11:12 Numbers 14:16 Numbers 14:23 Numbers 30:2 Numbers 32:10 Numbers 32:11

Deuteronomy — 33×

Deuteronomy 1:8 Deuteronomy 1:34 Deuteronomy 1:35 Deuteronomy 2:14 Deuteronomy 4:21 Deuteronomy 4:31 Deuteronomy 6:10 Deuteronomy 6:13 Deuteronomy 6:18 Deuteronomy 6:23 Deuteronomy 7:8 Deuteronomy 7:12 Deuteronomy 7:13 Deuteronomy 8:1 Deuteronomy 8:18 Deuteronomy 9:5 Deuteronomy 10:11 Deuteronomy 10:20 Deuteronomy 11:9 Deuteronomy 11:21 Deuteronomy 13:17 Deuteronomy 19:8 Deuteronomy 26:3 Deuteronomy 26:15 Deuteronomy 28:9+ 8 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 16×

Joshua 1:6 Joshua 2:12 Joshua 2:17 Joshua 2:20 Joshua 5:6 Joshua 6:22 Joshua 6:26 Joshua 9:15 Joshua 9:18 Joshua 9:19 Joshua 9:20 Joshua 14:9 Joshua 21:43 Joshua 21:44 Joshua 23:7+ 1 more in Joshua

Judges — 6×

Judges 2:1 Judges 2:15 Judges 15:12 Judges 21:1 Judges 21:7 Judges 21:18

1 Samuel — 12×

1 Sam 3:14 1 Sam 14:27 1 Sam 14:28 1 Sam 19:6 1 Sam 20:3 1 Sam 20:17 1 Sam 20:42 1 Sam 24:21 1 Sam 24:22 1 Sam 28:10 1 Sam 30:15+ 1 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 6×

2 Sam 3:9 2 Sam 3:35 2 Sam 19:7 2 Sam 19:23 2 Sam 21:2 2 Sam 21:17

1 Kings — 10×

1 Ki 1:13 1 Ki 1:17 1 Ki 1:29 1 Ki 1:30 1 Ki 1:51 1 Ki 2:8 1 Ki 2:23 1 Ki 2:42 1 Ki 18:10 1 Ki 22:16

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 11:4 2 Ki 25:24

2 Chronicles — 4×

2 Chr 15:14 2 Chr 15:15 2 Chr 18:15 2 Chr 36:13

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 10:5+ 1 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 5:12 Nehemiah 13:25

Psalms — 12×

Psalms 15:4 Psalms 24:4 Psalms 63:11 Psalms 89:3 Psalms 89:35 Psalms 89:49 Psalms 95:11 Psalms 102:8 Psalms 110:4 Psalms 119:106 Psalms 132:2 Psalms 132:11

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Eccles 9:2

Song of Solomon — 5×

Song 2:7 Song 3:5 Song 5:8 Song 5:9 Song 8:4

Isaiah — 10×

Isaiah 14:24 Isaiah 19:18 Isaiah 45:23 Isaiah 48:1 Isaiah 54:9 Isaiah 62:8 Isaiah 65:16+ 3 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 14×

Jeremiah 4:2 Jeremiah 5:2 Jeremiah 5:7 Jeremiah 7:9 Jeremiah 11:5 Jeremiah 12:16 Jeremiah 22:5 Jeremiah 32:22 Jeremiah 38:16 Jeremiah 40:9 Jeremiah 44:26 Jeremiah 49:13 Jeremiah 51:14+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 16:8 Ezekiel 21:23

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 12:7

Hosea — 1×

Hosea 4:15

Amos — 4×

Amos 4:2 Amos 6:8 Amos 8:7 Amos 8:14

Micah — 1×

Micah 7:20

Zephaniah — 2×

Zeph 1:5+ 1 more in Zephaniah

Zechariah — 2×

Zech 5:3 Zech 5:4

Malachi — 1×

Malachi 3:5

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