HebrewH7620Noun (Masculine)

שָׁבוּעַ

sha.vu.a

17Occurrences
H7620Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)

or שָׁבֻעַ; also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה; properly, passive participle of H7650 (שָׁבַע) as a denominative of H7651 (שֶׁבַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Feast of Weeks, Also named: pentēkostē (*πεντηκοστή *"Pentecost" G4005) This name means seven

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שָׁבוּעַ appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Daniel
6
Deuteronomy
3
Genesis
2
2 Chronicles
1
Exodus
1
Ezk
1
Jeremiah
1
Leviticus
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 8:13BSB

He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Daniel 9:24BSB

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Daniel 9:27BSB

And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

Deuteronomy 16:16BSB

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

Genesis 29:27BSB

Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

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