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שָׁבַע H7650
H7650 is the Hebrew word שָׁבַע, transliterated shâbaʻ and said shaw-bah'. The King James Version most often renders it sware.
What it means
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times).
Where it comes from
a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 143 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: 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.
Verses using שָׁבַע
The first 40 of 162 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 21:23 · KJV
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Genesis 21:31 · KJV
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Genesis 22:16 · KJV
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
Genesis 24:3 · KJV
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 24:7 · KJV
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:9 · KJV
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Genesis 24:37 · KJV
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
Genesis 25:33 · KJV
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Genesis 26:3 · KJV
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Genesis 26:31 · KJV
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Genesis 31:53 · KJV
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
Genesis 47:31 · KJV
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
Genesis 50:5 · KJV
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Genesis 50:24 · KJV
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Genesis 50:25 · KJV
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
Exodus 13:5 · KJV
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Exodus 13:11 · KJV
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
Exodus 13:19 · KJV
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
Exodus 32:13 · KJV
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Exodus 33:1 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
Leviticus 5:4 · KJV
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Leviticus 6:3 · KJV
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
Leviticus 6:5 · KJV
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
Leviticus 19:12 · KJV
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Numbers 5:19 · KJV
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:21 · KJV
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
Numbers 11:12 · KJV
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Numbers 14:16 · KJV
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
Numbers 14:23 · KJV
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
Numbers 30:2 · KJV
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Numbers 32:10 · KJV
And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
Numbers 32:11 · KJV
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Deuteronomy 1:8 · KJV
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Deuteronomy 1:34 · KJV
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Deuteronomy 1:35 · KJV
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Deuteronomy 4:21 · KJV
Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
Deuteronomy 6:10 · KJV
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Deuteronomy 6:13 · KJV
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 6:18 · KJV
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
Deuteronomy 6:23 · KJV
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7650 mean?
H7650 is the Hebrew word שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ), meaning to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times).
How is H7650 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it sware (58 times), sworn (32 times), swear (25 times), swarest (5 times), charge (5 times), among others.
How many times does H7650 appear in the Bible?
שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ) is tagged in 162 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7650 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע).
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