Word Study · Strong's H7650 · Hebrew
שָׁבַע
shaba
shaw-bah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâbaʻ
“to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Rendered in the KJV as
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.
- 186occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 27 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 114inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 186 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 114
- נִשְׁבַּ֥ע10
- נִשְׁבַּ֖ע7
- נִשְׁבַּ֧ע6
- נִשְׁבַּ֤ע5
- וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע4
- וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע4
- נִשְׁבַּ֨ע4
- נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי4
- נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי4
- נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי4
- הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃3
- וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע3
and 102 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 79
- he swore26
- I swore15
- and he swore an oath14
- I swear8
- he had sworn7
- and he swore6
- you swore5
- he has sworn4
- I adjure4
- the [one who] swears an oath4
- and he made to swear an oath3
- and they swore an oath3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 46
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular45
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular27
- Hc/VNw3ms20
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular8
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural7
- Hc/VNw3mp5
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he5
- Hc/Vhw3ms4
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singular4
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common plural4
- Hc/Vhq3ms3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNp3ms · 45
- HVNp1cs · 27
- Hc/VNw3ms · 20
- HVNp2ms · 8
- HVNp3cp · 7
- Hc/VNw3mp · 5
- HVNv2ms/Sh · 5
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 4
- HTd/VNrmsa · 4
- HVhp1cs · 4
- HVNp1cp · 4
- Hc/Vhq3ms · 3
All 186, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy33 of 186 · 18%
- Genesis19 of 186 · 10%
- Joshua16 of 186 · 9%
- Jeremiah14 of 186 · 8%
- 1 Samuel12 of 186 · 6%
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Genesis19 occurrences
- Genesis 21:23הִשָּׁ֨בְעָהhishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic heNow, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”here: swear !
- Genesis 21:24אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ʾishavea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularAnd Abraham replied, “I swear it.”here: I will swear
- Genesis 21:31נִשְׁבְּע֖וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSo that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.here: they swore an oath
- Genesis 22:16נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularsaying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,here: I swear
- Genesis 24:3וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔veashbiakhaHC/Vhu1cs/Sp2msand I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,here: so I may make swear you
- Genesis 24:7נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־nishba'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.here: he swore an oath
- Genesis 24:9וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽעvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msSo the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.here: and he swore an oath
- Genesis 24:37וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִיvaiyashbieniHc/Vhw3ms/Sp1bsMy master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,here: and he made swear an oath me
- Genesis 25:33הִשָּׁ֤בְעָהhishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.here: swear !
- Genesis 25:33וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3ms“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.here: and he swore
- Genesis 26:3נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularStay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.here: I swore
- Genesis 26:31וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּvaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mpAnd they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.here: and they swore an oath
- Genesis 31:53וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msMay the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.here: and he swore
- Genesis 47:31הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙hishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.here: swear an oath !
- Genesis 47:31וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3ms“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.here: and he swore an oath
- Genesis 50:5הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִיhishbianiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularmy father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”here: he made swear an oath me
- Genesis 50:6הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃hishbiekhaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularPharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”here: he made swear you
- Genesis 50:24נִשְׁבַּ֛עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”here: he swore
- Genesis 50:25וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3msAnd Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”here: and he made to swear an oath
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 13:5נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.here: he swore
- Exodus 13:11נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,here: he swore
- Exodus 13:19הַשְׁבֵּ֨עַhashbea'verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteMoses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”here: certainly to make swear
- Exodus 13:19הִשְׁבִּ֜יעַhishbia'verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMoses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”here: he had made swear
- Exodus 32:13נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularRemember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”here: you swore
- Exodus 33:1נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’here: I swore
Leviticus4 occurrences
- Leviticus 5:4תִשָּׁבַע֩tishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularOr if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.here: it will swear an oath
- Leviticus 6:3וְנִשְׁבַּ֣עvenishba'Hc/VNq3msor finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—here: and he will swear an oath
- Leviticus 6:5יִשָּׁבַ֣עyishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularor anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.here: he will swear an oath
- Leviticus 19:12תִשָּׁבְע֥וּtishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.here: you will swear an oath
Numbers8 occurrences
- Numbers 5:19וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַvehishbia'Hc/Vhq3msAnd he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.here: and he will make swear
- Numbers 5:21וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַvehishbia'Hc/Vhq3msand the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.here: and he will make swear
- Numbers 11:12נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularDid I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?here: you swore
- Numbers 14:16נִשְׁבַּ֣עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’here: he swore
- Numbers 14:23נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularnot one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.here: I swore
- Numbers 30:2הִשָּׁ֤בַעhishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.here: he will swear
- Numbers 32:10וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msSo the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,here: and he swore an oath
- Numbers 32:11נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—here: I swore
Deuteronomy33 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:8נִשְׁבַּ֣עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSee, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 1:34וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msWhen the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,here: and he swore an oath
- Deuteronomy 1:35נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,here: I swore
- Deuteronomy 2:14נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.here: he had sworn
- Deuteronomy 4:21וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msThe LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.here: and he swore
- Deuteronomy 4:31נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 6:10נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 6:13תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃tishavea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularFear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.here: you will swear oaths
- Deuteronomy 6:18נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularDo what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 6:23נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 7:8נִשְׁבַּע֙nishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 7:12נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIf you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 7:13נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 8:1נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularYou must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 8:18נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularBut remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 9:5נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIt 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.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 10:11נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”here: I swore
- Deuteronomy 10:20תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃tishavea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.here: you will swear oaths
- Deuteronomy 11:9נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularand so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 11:21נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularso that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 13:17נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 19:8נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 26:3נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularto the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 26:15נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙nishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularLook down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”here: you swore
- Deuteronomy 28:9נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־nishba'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 28:11נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 29:13נִשְׁבַּע֙nishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularand so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 30:20נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularand that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 31:7נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.here: he swore
- Deuteronomy 31:20נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.here: I swore
- Deuteronomy 31:21נִשְׁבָּֽעְתִּי׃nishbaetiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularAnd when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”here: I swore
- Deuteronomy 31:23נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”here: I swore
- Deuteronomy 34:4נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularAnd the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”here: I swore
Joshua16 occurrences
- Joshua 1:6נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularBe strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.here: I swore
- Joshua 2:12הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ־hishaveu-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNow therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure signhere: swear
- Joshua 2:17הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃hishba'tanuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralThe men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swearhere: you made swear us
- Joshua 2:20הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃hishba'tanuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralAnd if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”here: you made swear us
- Joshua 5:6נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: he had sworn
- Joshua 5:6נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: he had sworn
- Joshua 6:22נִשְׁבַּעְתֶּ֖םnishba'temverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralMeanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”here: you swore
- Joshua 6:26וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3msAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”here: and he administered an oath
- Joshua 9:15וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּvaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mpAnd Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.here: and they swore an oath
- Joshua 9:18נִשְׁבְּע֤וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.here: they had sworn an oath
- Joshua 9:19נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralAll the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.here: we have sworn an oath
- Joshua 9:20נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralThis is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”here: we swore
- Joshua 14:9וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msOn that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’here: and he swore an oath
- Joshua 21:43נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.here: he had sworn
- Joshua 21:44נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.here: he had sworn
- Joshua 23:7תַשְׁבִּ֔יעוּtashbiuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralSo you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.here: you must cause to swear
Judges6 occurrences
- Judges 2:1נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularNow the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,here: I swore
- Judges 2:15נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.here: he had sworn
- Judges 15:12הִשָּׁבְע֣וּhishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralBut they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”here: swear
- Judges 21:1נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNow the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”here: he had sworn
- Judges 21:7נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralWhat should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”here: we have sworn
- Judges 21:18נִשְׁבְּע֤וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”here: they had sworn
1 Samuel12 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 3:14נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularTherefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”here: I swear
- 1 Samuel 14:27בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַbehashbia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.here: when made to swear an oath
- 1 Samuel 14:28הַשְׁבֵּעַ֩hashbea'verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteThen one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”here: certainly to swear an oath
- 1 Samuel 14:28הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַhishbia'verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”here: he made to swear an oath
- 1 Samuel 19:6וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msSaul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”here: and he swore an oath
- 1 Samuel 20:3וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msBut David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”here: and he swore an oath
- 1 Samuel 20:17לְהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַlehashbia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.here: to make swear an oath
- 1 Samuel 20:42נִשְׁבַּ֨עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralAnd Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.here: we have sworn an oath
- 1 Samuel 24:21הִשָּׁ֤בְעָהhishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic heSo now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”here: swear an oath !
- 1 Samuel 24:22וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msSo David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.here: and he swore an oath
- 1 Samuel 28:10וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽעvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msThen Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”here: and he swore
- 1 Samuel 30:15הִשָּׁבְעָה֩hishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”here: swear !
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:9נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMay God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:here: he swore
- 2 Samuel 3:35וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msThen all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”here: and he swore an oath
- 2 Samuel 19:7נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”here: I swear
- 2 Samuel 19:23וַיִּשָּׁ֥בַֽעvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msSo the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.here: and he swore an oath
- 2 Samuel 21:2נִשְׁבְּע֣וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAt this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)here: they had sworn an oath
- 2 Samuel 21:17נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩nishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”here: they swore
1 Kings10 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:13נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularGo 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?’here: did you swear an oath
- 1 Kings 1:17נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’here: you swore an oath
- 1 Kings 1:29וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msAnd the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,here: and he swore an oath
- 1 Kings 1:30נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”here: I swore
- 1 Kings 1:51יִשָּֽׁבַֽע־yishava'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIt was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”here: let him swear
- 1 Kings 2:8וָאֶשָּׁ֨בַֽעvaeshava'Hc/VNw1csKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’here: and I swore
- 1 Kings 2:23וַיִּשָּׁבַע֙vaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msThen King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.here: and he swore an oath
- 1 Kings 2:42הִשְׁבַּעְתִּ֣יךָhishba'tikhaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularthe king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’here: did I make swear you
- 1 Kings 18:10וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַvehishbia'Hc/Vhq3msAs surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.here: and he made swear
- 1 Kings 22:16מַשְׁבִּעֶ֑ךָmashbiekhaverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”here: make swear you
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 11:4וַיַּשְׁבַּ֤עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3msThen in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s sonhere: and he made to swear an oath
- 2 Kings 25:24וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msAnd Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”here: and he swore an oath
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 15:14וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙vaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mpThey took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.here: and they swore an oath
- 2 Chronicles 15:15נִשְׁבָּ֔עוּnishbauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.here: they had sworn
- 2 Chronicles 18:15מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָmashbiekhaverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”here: make swear you
- 2 Chronicles 36:13הִשְׁבִּיע֖וֹhishbioverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.here: he had made swear an oath him
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 10:5וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3msSo Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.here: and he made to swear an oath
- Ezra 10:5וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃vaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mpSo Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.here: and they swore [the] oath
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:12וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םvaashbiemHc/Vhw1cs/Sp3mp“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.here: and I made swear an oath them
- Nehemiah 13:25וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣םvaashbiemHc/Vhw1cs/Sp3mpI rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!here: and I made take an oath them
Psalms12 occurrences
- Psalms 15:4נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularwho despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,here: he swears
- Psalms 24:4נִשְׁבַּ֣עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.here: he has sworn an oath
- Psalms 63:11הַנִּשְׁבָּ֣עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.here: the [one who] swears an oath
- Psalms 89:3נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularYou said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:here: I have sworn an oath
- Psalms 89:35נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularOnce and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—here: I have sworn an oath
- Psalms 89:49נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularWhere, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?here: [which] you swore an oath
- Psalms 95:11נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularSo I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”here: I swore an oath
- Psalms 102:8נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃nishbauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAll day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.here: they have sworn
- Psalms 110:4נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”here: he has sworn an oath
- Psalms 119:106נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularI have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.here: I have sworn an oath
- Psalms 132:2נִ֭שְׁבַּעnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularhow he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:here: he swore an oath
- Psalms 132:11נִשְׁבַּֽע־nishba'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.here: he swore an oath
Song of Solomon5 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 2:7הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.here: I adjure
- Song of Solomon 3:5הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.here: I adjure
- Song of Solomon 5:8הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.here: I adjure
- Song of Solomon 5:9הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃hishba'tanuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralHow is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?here: you have adjured us
- Song of Solomon 8:4הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.here: I adjure
Isaiah10 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:24נִשְׁבַּ֛עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.here: he has sworn
- Isaiah 19:18וְנִשְׁבָּע֖וֹתvenishbaotconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralIn that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.here: and swearing an oath
- Isaiah 45:23נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularBy Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.here: I swear
- Isaiah 45:23תִּשָּׁבַ֖עtishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularBy Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.here: it will swear
- Isaiah 48:1הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים׀hanishbaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—here: those [who] swear
- Isaiah 54:9נִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.here: I swore
- Isaiah 54:9נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singular“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.here: I swear
- Isaiah 62:8נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.here: he swears an oath
- Isaiah 65:16וְהַנִּשְׁבָּ֣עvehanishba'conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.here: and the [one who] swears an oath
- Isaiah 65:16יִשָּׁבַ֖עyishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.here: he will swear an oath
Jeremiah14 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:2וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙venishba'taHc/VNq2msand if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”here: and you will swear
- Jeremiah 5:2יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃yishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAlthough they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”here: they are swearing oaths
- Jeremiah 5:7וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּvaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mp“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.here: and they have sworn
- Jeremiah 7:9וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַvehishavea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,here: and will you swear?
- Jeremiah 11:5נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularThis was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.here: I swore
- Jeremiah 12:16לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַlehishavea'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.here: to swear
- Jeremiah 12:16לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַlehishavea'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.here: to swear
- Jeremiah 22:5נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularBut if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”here: I swear
- Jeremiah 32:22נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: you had sworn
- Jeremiah 38:16וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msBut King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”here: and he swore
- Jeremiah 40:9וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3msGedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.here: and he swore an oath
- Jeremiah 44:26נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularNevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’here: I swear
- Jeremiah 49:13נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularFor by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”here: I swear
- Jeremiah 51:14נִשְׁבַּ֛עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”here: he swears
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:8וָאֶשָּׁ֣בַֽעvaeshava'Hc/VNw1csThen I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.here: and I swore an oath
- Ezekiel 21:23שְׁבֻעֵ֥יshevueinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.here: oaths of
Amos4 occurrences
- Amos 4:2נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.here: he has sworn
- Amos 6:8נִשְׁבַּע֩nishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”here: he has sworn
- Amos 8:7נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.here: he has sworn
- Amos 8:14הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙hanishbaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThose who swear by the guilt of Samaria and 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.”here: those [who] swear
Zephaniah2 occurrences
- Zephaniah 1:5הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣יםhanishbaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthose who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,here: those [who] swear an oath
- Zephaniah 1:5וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖יםvehanishbaimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralthose who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,here: and those [who] swear an oath
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 5:3הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.here: the [one who] swears an oath
- Zechariah 5:4הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”here: the [one who] swears an oath
