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H7650שָׁבַעsha.va

to swearPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 19
  2. 6
  3. 4
  4. 8
  5. 33
  6. 16
  7. 6
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 12
  10. 6
  11. 10
  12. 2
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 12
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 1
  22. 5
  23. 10
  24. 14
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  27. 1
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 4
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 2
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. 1

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186 occurrences in 175 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Leviticus 19:12

    And ye shall not swear by My name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

    תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ ti.sha.ve.'U “you will swear an oath”

  2. Numbers 5:19

    And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: 'If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse;

    וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ (הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ) hish.Bi.a' “he will make swear”

  3. Numbers 5:21

    then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman--the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;

    וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ (הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ) hish.Bi.a' “he will make swear”

  4. Numbers 11:12

    Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers?

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you swore”

  5. Numbers 14:16

    Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.

    נִשְׁבַּ֣ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  6. Numbers 14:23

    surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  7. Numbers 30:3

    When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

    הִשָּׁ֤בַע hi.Sha.va' “he will swear”

  8. Numbers 32:10

    And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying:

    וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  9. Numbers 32:11

    Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed Me;

    נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  10. Deuteronomy 1:8

    Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.'

    נִשְׁבַּ֣ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  11. Deuteronomy 1:34

    And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying:

    וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֥ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  12. Deuteronomy 1:35

    'Surely there shall not one of these men, even this evil generation, see the good land, which I swore to give unto your fathers,

    נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  13. Deuteronomy 2:14

    And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation, even the men of war, were consumed from the midst of the camp, as the LORD swore unto them.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he had sworn”

  14. Deuteronomy 4:21

    Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance;

    וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֗ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore”

  15. Deuteronomy 4:31

    for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.

    נִשְׁבַּ֖ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  16. Deuteronomy 6:10

    And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee--great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

    נִשְׁבַּ֧ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  17. Deuteronomy 6:13

    Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; and Him shalt thou serve, and by His name shalt thou swear.

    תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ ti.sha.Ve.a' “you will swear oaths”

  18. Deuteronomy 6:18

    And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers,

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  19. Deuteronomy 6:23

    And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He swore unto our fathers.

    נִשְׁבַּ֖ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  20. Deuteronomy 7:8

    but because the LORD loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

    נִשְׁבַּע֙ nish.Ba' “he swore”

  21. Deuteronomy 7:12

    And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers,

    נִשְׁבַּ֖ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  22. Deuteronomy 7:13

    and He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine and thine oil, the increase of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which He swore unto thy fa

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  23. Deuteronomy 8:1

    All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  24. Deuteronomy 8:18

    But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God, for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  25. Deuteronomy 9:5

    Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that He may establish the word which the LORD swore

    נִשְׁבַּ֤ע nish.Ba' “he swore”