Strong's Hebrew · H7651
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ · sheh'-bah
([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).
Definition
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Derivation
or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650 (שָׁבַע); a primitive cardinal number;
Appears 392 times in Scripture
“You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;”
“and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.”
“The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear them for seven days.”
“So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.”
“If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.””
“And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.”
“When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).