שָׁבַע
sha.va
“to swear”
Definition
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע);
- to swear, adjure 1a) (Qal) sworn (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to swear, take an oath 1b2) to swear (of Jehovah by Himself) 1b3) to curse 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to take an oath 1c2) to adjure
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
שָׁבַע appears 160 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
Those who swear by the guilt of Samariaand say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The LORD has sworn by His right handand by His mighty arm:“Never again will I give your grainto your enemies for food,nor will foreigners drink the new winefor which you have toiled.
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
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