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Strong's #7650: shaba` (pronounced shaw-bah')

a primitive root; propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times):--adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁ

shâba‛

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

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 186 times:

Deuteronomy 8:1: "the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers."
Deuteronomy 8:18: "his covenant which he swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day."
Deuteronomy 9:5: "the word which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac,"
Deuteronomy 10:11: "the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give"
Deuteronomy 10:20: "thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name."
Deuteronomy 11:9: "the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land"
Deuteronomy 11:21: "the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven"
Deuteronomy 13:17: "and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;"
Deuteronomy 19:8: "thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all"
Deuteronomy 26:3: "the country which the LORD swore unto our fathers for to give"
Deuteronomy 26:15: "and the land which thou hast given us, as thou sworest unto our fathers, a land that floweth"
Deuteronomy 28:9: "thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments"
Deuteronomy 28:11: "the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give"
Deuteronomy 29:13: "as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
Deuteronomy 30:20: "the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,"
Deuteronomy 31:7: "the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit"
Deuteronomy 31:20: "them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey;"
Deuteronomy 31:21: "I have brought them into the land which I swore."
Deuteronomy 31:23: "into the land which I swore unto them: and I will be with"
Deuteronomy 34:4: "him, This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying,"
Joshua 1:6: "the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give"
Joshua 2:12: "Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness,"
Joshua 2:17: "will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear."
Joshua 2:20: "quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear."
Joshua 5:6: "the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD swore that he would not show them"
Joshua 5:6: "them the land, which the LORD swore unto their fathers that he would give us, a land"
Joshua 6:22: "the woman, and all that she hath, as ye swore"
Joshua 6:26: "And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before"
Joshua 9:15: "with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore"
Joshua 9:18: "because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all"
Joshua 9:19: "all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now"
Joshua 9:20: "upon us, because of the oath which we swore"
Joshua 14:9: "And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land"
Joshua 21:43: "all the land which he swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt"
Joshua 21:44: "round about, according to all that he swore unto their fathers: and there stood not"
Joshua 23:7: "of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves"
Judges 2:1: "out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I swore unto your fathers; and I said,"
Judges 2:15: "the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed."
Judges 15:12: "of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves."
Judges 21:1: "Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of"
Judges 21:7: "for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters"
Judges 21:18: "of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth"
1 Samuel 3:14: "And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not"
1 Samuel 14:27: "heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth"
1 Samuel 14:28: "of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath,"
1 Samuel 14:28: "of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath,"
1 Samuel 19:6: "unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain."
1 Samuel 20:3: "And David swore moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that"
1 Samuel 20:17: "And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved"
1 Samuel 20:42: "Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD,"









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