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שָׁבוּעַ H7620
H7620 is the Hebrew word שָׁבוּעַ, transliterated shâbûwaʻ and said shaw-boo'-ah. The King James Version most often renders it weeks.
What it means
literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years).
Where it comes from
or שָׁבֻעַ; also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה; properly, passive participle of H7650 (שָׁבַע) as a denominative of H7651 (שֶׁבַע).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: seven, week.
Verses using שָׁבוּעַ
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 29:27 · KJV
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:28 · KJV
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Exodus 34:22 · KJV
And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
Leviticus 12:5 · KJV
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
Numbers 28:26 · KJV
Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
Deuteronomy 16:9 · KJV
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
Deuteronomy 16:10 · KJV
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Deuteronomy 16:16 · KJV
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
2 Chronicles 8:13 · KJV
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
Jeremiah 5:24 · KJV
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Ezekiel 45:21 · KJV
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
Daniel 9:24 · KJV
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel 9:25 · KJV
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Daniel 9:26 · KJV
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:27 · KJV
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 10:3 · KJV
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7620 mean?
H7620 is the Hebrew word שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ), meaning literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years).
How is H7620 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it weeks (12 times), week (4 times), two weeks (1 time), after your weeks (1 time), seven (1 time).
How many times does H7620 appear in the Bible?
שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7620 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שָׁבֻעַ; also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה; properly, passive participle of H7650 (שָׁבַע) as a denominative of H7651 (שֶׁבַע).
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