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Word Study · Strong's H7651 · Hebrew

שֶׁבַע

sheba

sheh'-bah

Strong's 1890 spelling: shebaʻ

seven (as the sacred full one)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

Rendered in the KJV as

([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).

  • 394
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 27 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 95
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 394 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 95

  • שִׁבְעַ֥ת46
  • שִׁבְעַ֣ת43
  • שֶׁ֣בַע34
  • שֶׁ֥בַע24
  • שְׁבַ֥ע16
  • וּשְׁבַ֥ע10
  • שֶׁ֖בַע10
  • שִׁבְעָ֥ה10
  • שֶׁ֤בַע9
  • שִׁבְעָ֖ה9
  • שִׁבְעָ֣ה8
  • שִׁבְעַ֤ת8

and 83 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 31

  • seven250
  • and seven68
  • [the] seven11
  • [were] seven8
  • seven-8
  • for [the] seven5
  • [was] seven4
  • sevenfold4
  • [are] seven3
  • and in seven3
  • into seven3
  • on [day] seven3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 17

  • number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular111
  • number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)92
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular48
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)41
  • conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular28
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)16
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular15
  • conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)14
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular13
  • preposition + number (cardinal) · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
  • preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular4
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HAcbsa · 111
  • HAcbsc · 92
  • HNcbsa · 48
  • HNcbsc · 41
  • HC/Acbsa · 28
  • HC/Ncbsc · 16
  • HC/Ncbsa · 15
  • HC/Acbsc · 14
  • HR/Acbsa · 13
  • HR/Acbsc · 5
  • HR/Ncbsa · 4
  • HC/R/Ncbsa · 2

All 394, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis62 occurrences
Exodus19 occurrences
Leviticus46 occurrences
Numbers46 occurrences
Deuteronomy12 occurrences
Joshua15 occurrences
Judges13 occurrences
Ruth1 occurrence
1 Samuel7 occurrences
2 Samuel8 occurrences
1 Kings18 occurrences
2 Kings18 occurrences
1 Chronicles22 occurrences
2 Chronicles23 occurrences
Ezra13 occurrences
Nehemiah13 occurrences
Esther8 occurrences
Job7 occurrences
Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs5 occurrences
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
Jeremiah7 occurrences
Ezekiel19 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Zechariah5 occurrences

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled שֶׁבַע

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).