שָׁבַע

Now, 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.”

Genesis 21:23

• הִשָּׁ֨בְעָהhishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: swear

And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

Genesis 21:24

• אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ʾishavea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will swear

So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Genesis 21:31

• נִשְׁבְּע֖וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they swore an oath

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

Genesis 22:16

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

and 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,

Genesis 24:3

• וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔veashbiakhaHC/Vhu1cs/Sp2mstagged: so I may make swear you

The 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.

Genesis 24:7

• נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־nishba'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore an oath

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9

• וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽעvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

My 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,

Genesis 24:37

• וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִיvaiyashbieniHc/Vhw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he made swear an oath me

“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

Genesis 25:33

• הִשָּׁ֤בְעָהhishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: swear
• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore

Stay 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.

Genesis 26:3

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

And 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.

Genesis 26:31

• וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּvaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they swore an oath

May 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.

Genesis 31:53

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore

“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.

Genesis 47:31

• הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙hishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: swear an oath
• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

my 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.”

Genesis 50:5

• הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִיhishbianiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he made swear an oath me

Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

Genesis 50:6

• הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃hishbiekhaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he made swear you

Then 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.”

Genesis 50:24

• נִשְׁבַּ֛עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

And 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.”

Genesis 50:25

• וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3mstagged: and he made to swear an oath

And 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.

Exodus 13:5

• נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,

Exodus 13:11

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Moses 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.”

Exodus 13:19

• הַשְׁבֵּ֨עַhashbea'verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to make swear
• הִשְׁבִּ֜יעַhishbia'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had made swear

Remember 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.’”

Exodus 32:13

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you swore

Then 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.’

Exodus 33:1

• נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

Or 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.

Leviticus 5:4

• תִשָּׁבַע֩tishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will swear an oath

or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

Leviticus 6:3

• וְנִשְׁבַּ֣עvenishba'Hc/VNq3mstagged: and he will swear an oath

or 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.

Leviticus 6:5

• יִשָּׁבַ֣עyishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will swear an oath

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:12

• תִשָּׁבְע֥וּtishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will swear an oath

And 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.

Numbers 5:19

• וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַvehishbia'Hc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will make swear

and 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.

Numbers 5:21

• וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַvehishbia'Hc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will make swear

Did 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?

Numbers 11:12

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you swore

‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:16

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

not 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.

Numbers 14:23

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

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.

Numbers 30:2

• הִשָּׁ֤בַעhishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: he will swear

So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

Numbers 32:10

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

‘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—

Numbers 32:11

• נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

See, 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.”

Deuteronomy 1:8

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

Deuteronomy 1:34

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,

Deuteronomy 1:35

• נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

The 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.

Deuteronomy 2:14

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn

The 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.

Deuteronomy 4:21

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore

For 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.

Deuteronomy 4:31

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

And 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,

Deuteronomy 6:10

• נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.

Deuteronomy 6:13

• תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃tishavea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will swear oaths

Do 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,

Deuteronomy 6:18

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.

Deuteronomy 6:23

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

But 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.

Deuteronomy 7:8

• נִשְׁבַּע֙nishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

If 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.

Deuteronomy 7:12

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

He 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.

Deuteronomy 7:13

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

You 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.

Deuteronomy 8:1

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

But 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.

Deuteronomy 8:18

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

It 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.

Deuteronomy 9:5

• נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Then 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.”

Deuteronomy 10:11

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

Deuteronomy 10:20

• תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃tishavea'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will swear oaths

and 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.

Deuteronomy 11:9

• נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

so 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.

Deuteronomy 11:21

• נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Nothing 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,

Deuteronomy 13:17

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,

Deuteronomy 19:8

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

to 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.”

Deuteronomy 26:3

• נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Look 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.”

Deuteronomy 26:15

• נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙nishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you swore

The 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.

Deuteronomy 28:9

• נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־nishba'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

The 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.

Deuteronomy 28:11

• נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

and 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.

Deuteronomy 29:13

• נִשְׁבַּע֙nishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

and 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.”

Deuteronomy 30:20

• נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Then 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.

Deuteronomy 31:7

• נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

When 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.

Deuteronomy 31:20

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

And 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.”

Deuteronomy 31:21

• נִשְׁבָּֽעְתִּי׃nishbaetiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

Then 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.”

Deuteronomy 31:23

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

And 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.”

Deuteronomy 34:4

• נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.

Joshua 1:6

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

Now 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 sign

Joshua 2:12

• הִשָּֽׁבְעוּ־hishaveu-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: swear

The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

Joshua 2:17

• הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃hishba'tanuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you made swear us

And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

Joshua 2:20

• הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃hishba'tanuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you made swear us

For 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.

Joshua 5:6

• נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn
• נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn

Meanwhile, 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.”

Joshua 6:22

• נִשְׁבַּעְתֶּ֖םnishba'temverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you swore

At 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.”

Joshua 6:26

• וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3mstagged: and he administered an oath

And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:15

• וַיִּשָּׁבְע֣וּvaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they swore an oath

But 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.

Joshua 9:18

• נִשְׁבְּע֤וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had sworn an oath

All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Joshua 9:19

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sworn an oath

This 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.”

Joshua 9:20

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we swore

On 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.’

Joshua 14:9

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

Joshua 21:43

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn

And 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.

Joshua 21:44

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn

So 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.

Joshua 23:7

• תַשְׁבִּ֔יעוּtashbiuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must cause to swear

Now 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,

Judges 2:1

• נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

Wherever 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.

Judges 2:15

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn

But 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.”

Judges 15:12

• הִשָּׁבְע֣וּhishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: swear

Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

Judges 21:1

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sworn

What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

Judges 21:7

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sworn

But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

Judges 21:18

• נִשְׁבְּע֤וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had sworn

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

1 Samuel 3:14

• נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

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.

1 Samuel 14:27

• בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַbehashbia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when made to swear an oath

Then 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.”

1 Samuel 14:28

• הַשְׁבֵּעַ֩hashbea'verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to swear an oath
• הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַhishbia'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made to swear an oath

Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

1 Samuel 19:6

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

But 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.”

1 Samuel 20:3

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 20:17

• לְהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַlehashbia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make swear an oath

And 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.

1 Samuel 20:42

• נִשְׁבַּ֨עְנוּnishba'nuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sworn an oath

So 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.”

1 Samuel 24:21

• הִשָּׁ֤בְעָהhishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: swear an oath

So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

1 Samuel 24:22

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

1 Samuel 28:10

• וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽעvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore

“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.”

1 Samuel 30:15

• הִשָּׁבְעָה֩hishaveahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: swear

May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

2 Samuel 3:9

• נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore

Then 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!”

2 Samuel 3:35

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

Now 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!”

2 Samuel 19:7

• נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.

2 Samuel 19:23

• וַיִּשָּׁ֥בַֽעvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

At 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.)

2 Samuel 21:2

• נִשְׁבְּע֣וּnishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had sworn an oath

But 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.”

2 Samuel 21:17

• נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩nishbeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they swore

Go 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?’

1 Kings 1:13

• נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: did you swear an oath

“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.’

1 Kings 1:17

• נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you swore an oath

And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

1 Kings 1:29

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

I 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.”

1 Kings 1:30

• נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

It 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.’”

1 Kings 1:51

• יִשָּֽׁבַֽע־yishava'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him swear

Keep 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.’

1 Kings 2:8

• וָאֶשָּׁ֨בַֽעvaeshava'Hc/VNw1cstagged: and I swore

Then 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.

1 Kings 2:23

• וַיִּשָּׁבַע֙vaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

the 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.’

1 Kings 2:42

• הִשְׁבַּעְתִּ֣יךָhishba'tikhaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: did I make swear you

As 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.

1 Kings 18:10

• וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַvehishbia'Hc/Vhq3mstagged: and he made swear

But 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?”

1 Kings 22:16

• מַשְׁבִּעֶ֑ךָmashbiekhaverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make swear you

Then 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 son

2 Kings 11:4

• וַיַּשְׁבַּ֤עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3mstagged: and he made to swear an oath

And 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.”

2 Kings 25:24

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.

2 Chronicles 15:14

• וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙vaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they swore an oath

And 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.

2 Chronicles 15:15

• נִשְׁבָּ֔עוּnishbauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had sworn

But 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?”

2 Chronicles 18:15

• מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָmashbiekhaverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make swear you

He 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.

2 Chronicles 36:13

• הִשְׁבִּיע֖וֹhishbioverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had made swear an oath him

So 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.

Ezra 10:5

• וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvaiyashba'Hc/Vhw3mstagged: and he made to swear an oath
• וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃vaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they swore oath

“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.

Nehemiah 5:12

• וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔םvaashbiemHc/Vhw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I made swear an oath them

I 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!

Nehemiah 13:25

• וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣םvaashbiemHc/Vhw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I made take an oath them

who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

Psalms 15:4

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swears

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Psalms 24:4

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sworn an oath

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Psalms 63:11

• הַנִּשְׁבָּ֣עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the swears an oath

You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

Psalms 89:3

• נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sworn an oath

Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

Psalms 89:35

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sworn an oath

Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Psalms 89:49

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you swore an oath

So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

Psalms 95:11

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore an oath

All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

Psalms 102:8

• נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃nishbauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sworn

The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalms 110:4

• נִשְׁבַּ֤עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sworn an oath

I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

Psalms 119:106

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sworn an oath

how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

Psalms 132:2

• נִ֭שְׁבַּעnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore an oath

The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

Psalms 132:11

• נִשְׁבַּֽע־nishba'-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swore an oath

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

• הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the swears an oath

O 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.

Song of Solomon 2:7

• הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I adjure

O 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.

Song of Solomon 3:5

• הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I adjure

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

Song of Solomon 5:8

• הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I adjure

How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?

Song of Solomon 5:9

• הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃hishba'tanuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you have adjured us

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

Song of Solomon 8:4

• הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיhishba'tiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I adjure

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Isaiah 14:24

• נִשְׁבַּ֛עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sworn

In 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.

Isaiah 19:18

• וְנִשְׁבָּע֖וֹתvenishbaotconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: and swearing an oath

By 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.

Isaiah 45:23

• נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear
• תִּשָּׁבַ֖עtishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will swear

“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—

Isaiah 48:1

• הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים׀hanishbaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those swear

“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.

Isaiah 54:9

• נִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore
• נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

The 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.

Isaiah 62:8

• נִשְׁבַּ֧עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swears an oath

Whoever 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.

Isaiah 65:16

• וְהַנִּשְׁבָּ֣עvehanishba'conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and the swears an oath
• יִשָּׁבַ֖עyishava'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will swear an oath

and 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.”

Jeremiah 4:2

• וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙venishba'taHc/VNq2mstagged: and you will swear

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

Jeremiah 5:2

• יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃yishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are swearing oaths

“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.

Jeremiah 5:7

• וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּvaiyishaveuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they have sworn

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 7:9

• וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַvehishavea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and will you swear

This 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.

Jeremiah 11:5

• נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swore

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.

Jeremiah 12:16

• לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַlehishavea'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swear
• לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַlehishavea'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swear

But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

Jeremiah 22:5

• נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Jeremiah 32:22

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you had sworn

But 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.”

Jeremiah 38:16

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore

Gedaliah 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.

Jeremiah 40:9

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore an oath

Nevertheless, 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.’

Jeremiah 44:26

• נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּיnishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

For 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.”

Jeremiah 49:13

• נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙nishba'tiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I swear

The 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.”

Jeremiah 51:14

• נִשְׁבַּ֛עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he swears

Then 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.

Ezekiel 16:8

• וָאֶשָּׁ֣בַֽעvaeshava'Hc/VNw1cstagged: and I swore an oath

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.

Ezekiel 21:23

• שְׁבֻעֵ֥יshevueinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: oaths of

And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

Daniel 12:7

• וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עvaiyishava'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he swore

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

Hosea 4:15

• תִּשָּׁבְע֖וּtishaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you swear

The 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.

Amos 4:2

• נִשְׁבַּ֨עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sworn

The 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.”

Amos 6:8

• נִשְׁבַּע֩nishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sworn

The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Amos 8:7

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עnishba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sworn

Those 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.”

Amos 8:14

• הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙hanishbaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those swear

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Micah 7:20

• נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּnishba'taverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you swore

those 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,

Zephaniah 1:5

• הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣יםhanishbaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those swear an oath
• וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖יםvehanishbaimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those swear an oath

Then 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.

Zechariah 5:3

• הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the swears an oath

I 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.”

Zechariah 5:4

• הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥עhanishba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the swears an oath

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 3:5

• וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖יםuvanishbaimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and on the swear an oath