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שֶׁ֫בַע

she.vasevenHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun392 occurrences27 books343 verses

Definition

or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Traditional renderings: ( by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שֶׁ֫בַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

392 total
  1. Genesis 4:24וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃ · seventy-sevenfold
    If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
  2. Genesis 5:7שֶׁ֣בַע
    And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
  3. Genesis 5:25שֶׁ֧בַע
    When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
  4. Genesis 5:26וּשְׁבַ֥ע · 782
    And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
  5. Genesis 5:31שֶׁ֤בַע · 777; וּשְׁבַ֥ע
    So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
  6. Genesis 7:2שִׁבְעָ֥ה · seven pairs of; שִׁבְעָ֖ה
    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;
  7. Genesis 7:3שִׁבְעָ֥ה; שִׁבְעָ֖ה · seven [pairs]
    …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.
  8. Genesis 7:4שִׁבְעָ֗ה · seven
    For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  9. Genesis 7:10לְשִׁבְעַ֣ת · seven
    And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  10. Genesis 7:11בְּשִׁבְעָֽה־ · on the seventeenth
    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
  11. Genesis 8:4בְּשִׁבְעָה־ · On the seventeenth
    On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
  12. Genesis 8:10שִׁבְעַ֥ת · seven
    Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
  13. Genesis 8:12שִׁבְעַ֥ת · seven
    And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
  14. Genesis 8:14בְּשִׁבְעָ֧ה · By the twenty-seventh
    By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
  15. Genesis 11:21שֶׁ֥בַע · 207
    And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
  16. Genesis 21:28שֶׁ֛בַע · seven
    Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
  17. Genesis 21:29שֶׁ֤בַע · seven
    …and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
  18. Genesis 21:30שֶׁ֣בַע · the seven
    He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
  19. Genesis 23:1וְשֶׁ֣בַע
    Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
  20. Genesis 25:17וְשֶׁ֣בַע
    Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  21. Genesis 29:18שֶׁ֣בַע · you seven
    Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
  22. Genesis 29:20שֶׁ֣בַע · seven
    So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
  23. Genesis 29:27שֶֽׁבַע־ · seven
    Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
  24. Genesis 29:30שֶֽׁבַע־ · seven
    Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
  25. Genesis 31:23שִׁבְעַ֣ת · for seven
    So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
  26. Genesis 33:3שֶׁ֣בַע · seven
    But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
  27. Genesis 37:2שְׁבַֽע־ · [was] seventeen
    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
  28. Genesis 41:2שֶׁ֣בַע · when seven
    …when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  29. Genesis 41:3שֶׁ֧בַע · seven
    After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
  30. Genesis 41:4שֶׁ֣בַע · the seven
    And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
  31. Genesis 41:5שֶׁ֣בַע · Seven
    …but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
  32. Genesis 41:6שֶׁ֣בַע · seven other
    After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
  33. Genesis 41:7שֶׁ֣בַע · the seven
    And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
  34. Genesis 41:18שֶׁ֣בַע · when seven
    …when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  35. Genesis 41:19שֶֽׁבַע־ · seven
    After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
  36. Genesis 41:20שֶׁ֧בַע · the seven
    Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
  37. Genesis 41:22שֶׁ֣בַע · seven
    In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
  38. Genesis 41:23שֶׁ֣בַע · seven other
    After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
  39. Genesis 41:24שֶׁ֥בַע · the seven
    And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
  40. Genesis 41:26שֶׁ֧בַע · The seven; שֶׁ֤בַע · are seven; וְשֶׁ֤בַע · and the seven; שֶׁ֥בַע · are seven
    The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
  41. Genesis 41:27וְשֶׁ֣בַע · Moreover, the seven; שֶׁ֤בַע · are seven; וְשֶׁ֤בַע · the seven; שֶׁ֖בַע · seven
    Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.