Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7650
שָׁבַע
sha.va · “to swear”
Used 186 times across 27 books
Definition
1) to swear, adjure
1a) (Qal) sworn (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to swear, take an oath
1b2) to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)
1b3) to curse
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to take an oath
1c2) to adjure
1a) (Qal) sworn (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to swear, take an oath
1b2) to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)
1b3) to curse
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to take an oath
1c2) to adjure
Where it appears
Genesis19
Exodus6
Leviticus4
Numbers8
Deuteronomy33
Joshua16
Judges6
1 Samuel12
2 Samuel6
1 Kings10
2 Kings2
2 Chronicles4
Ezra2
Nehemiah2
Psalms12
Ecclesiastes1
Song of Solomon5
Isaiah10
Jeremiah14
Ezekiel2
Daniel1
Hosea1
Amos4
Micah1
Zephaniah2
Zechariah2
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 21:23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.Genesis 21:24And Abraham said, I will swear.Genesis 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.Genesis 22:16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:Genesis 24:7The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.Genesis 24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.Genesis 24:37And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:Genesis 25:33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
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