שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ) — Adjure

Hebrew word study: שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ), Strong's H7650. to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

HebrewStrong's H7650

Quick definition

Hebrew word

שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ)

Pronounced: shaw-bah'

Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.

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

Word study

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

KJV translation words: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.

Where this word appears

Strong's H7650 is tagged on 186 words in 175 verses across 27 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 21:23 and last appears in Malachi 3:5.

How it is rendered in the text

The plain-English sense shown on each tagged word, with the number of times each appears.

he swore ×26I swore ×15and he swore an oath ×14I swear ×8he had sworn ×7and he swore ×6swear ×5you swore ×5I adjure ×4he has sworn ×4the one who swears an oath ×4he swore an oath ×3

Forms found in the text

The spellings in which the word is actually written, which can differ by prefix, ending or tense.

נִשְׁבַּע ×45נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי ×26וַיִּשָּׁבַע ×20נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ ×8הִשָּׁבְעָה ×5נִשְׁבְּעוּ ×5הַנִּשְׁבָּע ×4וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ ×4וַיַּשְׁבַּע ×4נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ ×4

Books where it appears most

Deuteronomy ×33Genesis ×19Joshua ×16Jeremiah ×141 Samuel ×12Psalms ×121 Kings ×10Isaiah ×10

Verses (first 25 of 175)

Genesis 21:23 — הִשָּׁבְעָה — swear
Genesis 21:24 — אִשָּׁבֵעַ — I will swear
Genesis 21:31 — נִשְׁבְּעוּ — they swore an oath
Genesis 22:16 — נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי — I swear
Genesis 24:3 — וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ — so I may make swear you
Genesis 24:7 — נִשְׁבַּע — he swore an oath
Genesis 24:9 — וַיִּשָּׁבַע — and he swore an oath
Genesis 24:37 — וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִי — and he made swear an oath me
Genesis 25:33 — הִשָּׁבְעָה — swear
Genesis 26:3 — נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי — I swore
Genesis 26:31 — וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ — and they swore an oath
Genesis 31:53 — וַיִּשָּׁבַע — and he swore
Genesis 47:31 — הִשָּׁבְעָה — swear an oath
Genesis 50:5 — הִשְׁבִּיעַנִי — he made swear an oath me
Genesis 50:6 — הִשְׁבִּיעֶךָ — he made swear you
Genesis 50:24 — נִשְׁבַּע — he swore
Genesis 50:25 — וַיַּשְׁבַּע — and he made to swear an oath
Exodus 13:5 — נִשְׁבַּע — he swore
Exodus 13:11 — נִשְׁבַּע — he swore
Exodus 13:19 — הַשְׁבֵּעַ — certainly to make swear
Exodus 32:13 — נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ — you swore
Exodus 33:1 — נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי — I swore
Leviticus 5:4 — תִשָּׁבַע — it will swear an oath
Leviticus 6:3 — וְנִשְׁבַּע — and he will swear an oath
Leviticus 6:5 — יִשָּׁבַע — he will swear an oath

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Related entries

Named in this entry's derivation: H7651 שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ).

Entries whose derivation names this word: H472 אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʼĔlîyshebaʻ), H791 אַשְׁבֵּעַ (ʼAshbêaʻ), H884 בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ), H1339 בַּת־שֶׁבַע (Bath-Shebaʻ), H3089 יְהוֹשֶׁבַע (Yᵉhôwshebaʻ), H7620 שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ), H7621 שְׁבוּעָה (shᵉbûwʻâh), H7651 שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ).

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What does shâbaʻ (H7650) mean?

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

How is H7650 translated in the KJV?

The KJV translates H7650 as: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear..

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