Word Study · Strong's H7657 · Hebrew
שִׁבְעִים
shibim
shib-eem'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shibʻîym
“seventy”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
seventy
Rendered in the KJV as
seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).
- 91occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 20 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 91 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- שִׁבְעִ֥ים40
- שִׁבְעִ֣ים19
- וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים6
- וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים5
- וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים4
- וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים3
- וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃2
- בְּשִׁבְעִ֣ים1
- וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖ים1
- וְשִׁבְעִים֙1
- וְשִׁבְעִ֔ים1
- וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃ ס1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- seventy60
- and seventy22
- [was] seventy3
- [were] seventy2
- [are] seventy1
- and [was] seventy1
- and the seventy1
- in seventy1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- number (cardinal) · masculine plural42
- noun · masculine plural24
- conjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural22
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAcmpa · 42
- HNcmpa · 24
- HC/Acmpa · 22
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Td/Acmpa · 1
- HR/Ncmpa · 1
All 91, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis8 occurrences
- Genesis 4:24שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralIf Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”here: seventy
- Genesis 5:12שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralWhen Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.here: seventy
- Genesis 5:31וְשִׁבְעִים֙veshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralSo Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.here: and seventy
- Genesis 11:26שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralWhen Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.here: seventy
- Genesis 12:4וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralSo Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.here: and seventy
- Genesis 25:7וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralAbraham lived a total of 175 years.here: and seventy
- Genesis 46:27שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralAnd with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.here: [was] seventy
- Genesis 50:3שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluraltaking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.here: seventy
Exodus7 occurrences
- Exodus 1:5שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.here: seventy
- Exodus 15:27וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThen they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.here: and seventy
- Exodus 24:1וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThen the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.here: and seventy
- Exodus 24:9וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThen Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,here: and seventy
- Exodus 38:25וְשִׁבְעִ֛יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—here: and seventy
- Exodus 38:28וְשִׁבְעִ֔יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralWith the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.here: and seventy
- Exodus 38:29שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.here: [was] seventy
Numbers26 occurrences
- Numbers 1:27וְשִׁבְעִ֛יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralthose registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.here: and seventy
- Numbers 2:4וְשִׁבְעִ֛יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab, and his division numbers 74,600.here: and seventy
- Numbers 3:43וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.here: and seventy
- Numbers 3:46וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖יםvehashivimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralTo redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,here: and the seventy
- Numbers 7:13שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:19שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:25שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:31שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:37שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:43שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:49שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:55שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:61שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:67שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:73שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:79שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;here: seventy
- Numbers 7:85וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralEach silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.here: and [was] seventy
- Numbers 11:16שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThen the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.here: seventy
- Numbers 11:24שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralSo Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.here: seventy
- Numbers 11:25שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThen the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.here: seventy
- Numbers 26:22וְשִׁבְעִ֛יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThese were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.here: and seventy
- Numbers 31:32וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluraland this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,here: and seventy
- Numbers 31:33וְשִׁבְעִ֖יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural72,000 cattle,here: and seventy
- Numbers 31:37וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃veshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural337,500 sheep, including a tribute to the LORD of 675,here: and seventy
- Numbers 31:38וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃veshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine plural36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,here: and seventy
- Numbers 33:9וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralThey set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.here: and seventy
Judges10 occurrences
- Judges 1:7שִׁבְעִ֣ים׀shivimnoun · masculine pluralThen Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.here: seventy
- Judges 8:14שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralThere he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.here: seventy
- Judges 8:30שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralGideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.here: seventy
- Judges 9:2שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine plural“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”here: seventy
- Judges 9:4שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralSo they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.here: seventy
- Judges 9:5שִׁבְּעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralHe went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.here: seventy
- Judges 9:18שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralbut you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—here: seventy
- Judges 9:24שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralin order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.here: seventy
- Judges 9:56שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralIn this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.here: seventy
- Judges 12:14שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralHe had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.here: seventy
1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 10:1שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralNow Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:here: seventy
- 2 Kings 10:6שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralThen Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.here: seventy
- 2 Kings 10:7שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralAnd when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.here: seventy
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 21:5וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.here: and seventy
- 1 Chronicles 21:14שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralSo the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.here: seventy
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:2שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralSo he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: seventy
- 2 Chronicles 2:18שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralSolomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: seventy
- 2 Chronicles 29:32שִׁבְעִ֔יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralThe number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.here: seventy
- 2 Chronicles 36:21שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralSo the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.here: seventy
Ezra8 occurrences
- Ezra 2:3שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralthe descendants of Parosh, 2,172;here: seventy
- Ezra 2:4שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralthe descendants of Shephatiah, 372;here: seventy
- Ezra 2:5וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃ סveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralthe descendants of Arah, 775;here: and seventy
- Ezra 2:36שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;here: seventy
- Ezra 2:40שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.here: seventy
- Ezra 8:7שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralfrom the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;here: [were] seventy
- Ezra 8:14שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluraland from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.here: [were] seventy
- Ezra 8:35שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThen the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.here: seventy
Nehemiah5 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:8וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralthe descendants of Parosh, 2,172;here: and seventy
- Nehemiah 7:9שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralthe descendants of Shephatiah, 372;here: seventy
- Nehemiah 7:39שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;here: seventy
- Nehemiah 7:43שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralThe Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.here: seventy
- Nehemiah 11:19שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralAnd the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.here: seventy
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 23:15שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralAt that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:here: seventy
- Isaiah 23:15שִׁבְעִ֤יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralAt that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:here: seventy
- Isaiah 23:17שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralAnd at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.here: seventy
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 25:11שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralAnd this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.here: seventy
- Jeremiah 25:12שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralBut when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.here: seventy
- Jeremiah 29:10שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.here: seventy
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 8:11וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםveshivimconjunction (“and”) + number (cardinal) · masculine pluralBefore them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.here: and seventy
- Ezekiel 41:12שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralNow the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.here: [was] seventy
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 9:2שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralin the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.here: seventy
- Daniel 9:24שִׁבְעִ֜יםshivimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluralSeventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.here: seventy
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 1:12שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimnoun · masculine pluralThen the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”here: seventy
- Zechariah 7:5שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimnoun · masculine plural“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?here: seventy