Hebrew word study
שֶׁבַעshebaʻ — seven (as the sacred full one)
Pronounced “sheh'-bah”
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Translated in the King James as: ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).
Appears 387 times in Scripture
Origin: or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650 (שָׁבַע); a primitive cardinal number;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 60×
Genesis 4:24Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:25Genesis 5:26Genesis 5:31Genesis 7:2Genesis 7:3Genesis 7:4Genesis 7:10Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:4Genesis 8:10Genesis 8:12Genesis 8:14Genesis 11:21Genesis 21:28Genesis 21:29Genesis 21:30Genesis 23:1Genesis 25:17Genesis 29:18Genesis 29:20Genesis 29:27Genesis 29:30Genesis 31:23+ 35 more in Genesis
Exodus — 19×
Leviticus — 46×
Leviticus 4:6Leviticus 4:17Leviticus 8:11Leviticus 8:33Leviticus 8:35Leviticus 12:2Leviticus 13:4Leviticus 13:5Leviticus 13:21Leviticus 13:26Leviticus 13:31Leviticus 13:33Leviticus 13:50Leviticus 13:54Leviticus 14:7Leviticus 14:8Leviticus 14:16Leviticus 14:27Leviticus 14:38Leviticus 14:51Leviticus 15:13Leviticus 15:19Leviticus 15:24Leviticus 15:28Leviticus 16:14+ 21 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 46×
Numbers 1:31Numbers 1:39Numbers 2:8Numbers 2:26Numbers 2:31Numbers 3:22Numbers 4:36Numbers 8:2Numbers 12:14Numbers 12:15Numbers 13:22Numbers 16:49Numbers 19:4Numbers 19:11Numbers 19:14Numbers 19:16Numbers 23:1Numbers 23:4Numbers 23:14Numbers 23:29Numbers 26:7Numbers 26:34Numbers 26:51Numbers 28:11Numbers 28:17+ 21 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 12×
Joshua — 15×
Judges — 13×
Ruth — 1×
1 Kings — 17×
2 Kings — 18×
1 Chronicles — 22×
2 Chronicles — 23×
Ezra — 13×
Nehemiah — 12×
Psalms — 1×
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Isaiah — 3×
Jeremiah — 7×
Ezekiel — 18×
Daniel — 1×
Micah — 1×
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