שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh · H7621 · Hebrew · 31 occurrences
Meanings
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oath
Action by which humans or deities make a solemn statement often calling on a higher power to confirm that what is said is true or to punish the speaker if it turns out not to be true
ExamplesGenesis 24:8 “But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free of this oath of mine; only do not take my son back there.”
Genesis 26:3 “Live for a time in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.
Leviticus 5:4 ‘Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter people speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty of one of these things.
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curse
Literally: swearing (by someone); hence: action by which humans mention someone's name in a curse
ExamplesIsaiah 65:15 “You will leave your name as a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord GOD will put you to death. But My servants will be called by another name.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
14 occurrences in 10 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
10 occurrences in 6 groups
- שָׁבַעto swear, to take an oath 6
- גָּדוֹלgreat, large 1
- זֹאתthis 1
- זֶהthis 1
- כָּתַבto write down, to write, to inscribe 1
- הֶםthem 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- נָתַךְto pour 1
What is done to itIt is the object
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- קוּםto arise 2
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 2
- אָהַבto love 1
- יָרֵאto be afraid, to fear, to be in awe of 1
- יָרֵאfearing, afraid 1
- שָׁבַעto swear, to take an oath 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֹמֶרword 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
12 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 7
- עַלon, upon, over, against 6
- מִןfrom 5
- לto/for 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּעַלowner, master, husband 1
- דִּבְרָהcause, regard 1
- שְׁבוּעָהoath 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ὅρκος hórkos · G3727 · to swear, to make an oath, oath
- ὅρκος (hórkos, G3727) is the standard Greek translation equivalent for שְׁבוּעָה (shᵉbûwʻâh, H7621) in LXX contexts denoting oath/sworn vow, directly rendering the Hebrew term's core sense of a binding verbal commitment or solemn promise.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Vow002004001009013
- Genesis 24:8 speaks of "this oath of mine," and Genesis 26:3 recalls "the oath which I swore to your father Abraham," both directly attesting the sworn commitment this word denotes.
- Curse002003002008
- Numbers 5:21 has the priest pronounce "the oath of the curse," praying "the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people," directly attesting the imprecatory curse this word can carry.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7621. shebuah שְׁבֻעָה שְׁבוּעָה, noun feminine (Jos 2:17 read הַזּה AlbrZAW xvi(1896),…
שְׁבֻעָה שְׁבוּעָה, noun feminine (Jos 2:17 read הַזּה AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 116) oath, curse; — absolute ׳שְׁבוּ Jos 9:20 +, ׳שְׁבֻ Gen 26:3 +; construct שְׁבֻעַת Exo 22:10 +; suffix שְׁבֻעָתִי Gen 24:8 etc.; plural שְׁבֻעוֺת absolute Eze 21:28, construct Hab 3:9; [Jer 5:24; Eze 45:21 see שָׁבוּעַ]; — oath [as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הִשָּׁבַע etc. Num 30:3 + (in rel.cl.) 5t.]:
1 of man:
a. attesting innocence Exo 22:10 (E), friendship 2Sa 21:7, promise 1Ki 2:43 (after שָׁמַר keep; all י ׳שְׁבֻעַת oath to to (׳י); innocence also Num 5:21 a; friendship Neh 6:18 (׳בַּעֲלֵישׁ לוֺ), promise Lev 5:4; of vow (|| נדר) Num 30:3; Num 30:11; Num 30:14 (אִסָּר שְׁבֻעַת), Jos 9:20 (all P), Neh 10:30 (|| אָלָה), Ecc 9:2, of covenant with ׳י2Ch 15:15, אֱלֹהִים שְׁבוּעַת Ecc 8:2 (probably of oath of allegiance to king), שֶׁקֶר שְׁבֻעַת Zec 8:17; of threat Jdg 21:5; 1Sa 14:26 (י ׳שְׁבֻעַת ᵐ5); keep, discharge the oath is הַשּׁ ׳הֵקִים Gen 26:3 (J), Jer 11:5; מִשׁ ׳נָקָה be free, exempt from an oath Gen 24:8 (J), compare Jos 2:17, Jos 2:20.
b. = curse, Isa 65:15 and (|| אָלָה) Num 5:21 (P), Dan 9:11.
2 oath of ׳י, in promise, Deu 7:8 (שָׁמַר in rel. clause), || covenant (בְּרִית), לְיִצְחָק שְׁבוּעַתוֺ Psa 105:9 = 1Ch 16:16. — מַטּוֺת שְׁבֻעוֺת Hab 3:9 very dubious: AV oaths of the tribes; oaths, rods of the word, Hi-St; sworn (passive participle שְׁבַע) were the rods ( = chastisements) of (thy) word, Ges Hi RVm; heptads of spears Ew, compare Da; text probably corrupt, Now proposes (אַשְׁמָּֽתְךָׅ שִׂבַּעְתָּ thou hast sated with shafts thy quiver; Marti (after ᵐ5Manuscripts) thy bow was satiated with shafts; GASm thou gluttest (?) thy shafts. — Eze 21:28 see √.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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