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HebrewH7621Noun (Feminine)

שְׁבוּעָה

she.vu.ah

23Occurrences
H7621Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath

feminine passive participle of H7650 (שָׁבַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. oath, curse 1a) oath 1a1) attesting of innocence 1a2) curse 1b) oath (of Jehovah)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

שְׁבוּעָה appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
Ecclesiastes
2
Genesis
2
1 Chronicles
1
1 Kings
1
1 Samuel
1
2 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:16BSB

the covenant He made with Abraham,and the oath He swore to Isaac.

2 Samuel 21:7BSB

Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

Ecclesiastes 9:2BSB

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Isaiah 65:15BSB

You will leave behind your nameas a curse for My chosen ones,and the Lord GOD will slay you;but to His servants He will give another name.

Joshua 2:20BSB

And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.