Strong's Hebrew · H7650
H7650 shâbaʻ
שָׁבַע
shaw-bah'
to swear
shâbaʻ appears 186 times in Scripture, including Genesis 21:23 and Genesis 21:24. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
In the King James Version
adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Derivation
a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע);
Appears 186 times in Scripture
“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,”
“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,”
“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.”
“So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.”
“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.”
“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.”
“So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them 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,”
“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.””
“And Abraham replied, “I swear it.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
