Word Study · Strong's H7655 · Hebrew
שִׁבְעָה
shibah
shib-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shibʻâh
“{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
seven (times).
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה3
- וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת1
- שִׁבְעָ֔ה1
- שִׁבְעָ֥ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- and seven4
- seven2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · feminine singular3
- number (cardinal) · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AC/Acfsa · 3
- AAcfsa · 2
- AC/Acfsc · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Daniel5 occurrences
- Daniel 3:19שִׁבְעָ֔הshivahnumber (cardinal) · feminine singularAt this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,here: seven
- Daniel 4:16וְשִׁבְעָ֥הveshivahconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · feminine singularLet his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.here: and seven
- Daniel 4:23שִׁבְעָ֥הshivahnumber (cardinal) · feminine singularAnd you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’here: seven
- Daniel 4:25וְשִׁבְעָ֥הveshivahconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · feminine singularYou will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.here: and seven
- Daniel 4:32וְשִׁבְעָ֥הveshivahconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · feminine singularYou will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”here: and seven
Same headword in Strong's