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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. Joshua 9:18

    And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs.

    נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ nish.be.'U “they had sworn an oath”

  2. Joshua 9:19

    But all the chiefs said to the people, We have taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and so we may not put our hands on them.

    נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ nish.Ba'.nu “we have sworn an oath”

  3. Joshua 9:20

    This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּ nish.Ba'.nu “we swore”

  4. Joshua 14:9

    And on that day Moses took an oath, saying, Truly the land where your feet have been placed will become a heritage for you and your children for ever, because you have been true to the Lord your God with all your heart.

    וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֣ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  5. Joshua 21:43

    So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.

    נִשְׁבַּ֖ע nish.Ba' “he had sworn”

  6. Joshua 21:44

    And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

    נִשְׁבַּ֖ע nish.Ba' “he had sworn”

  7. Joshua 23:7

    Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

    תַשְׁבִּ֔יעוּ tash.Bi.'u “you must cause to swear”

  8. Judges 2:1

    Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me:

    נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתִּי֙ nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  9. Judges 2:15

    Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had taken his oath it would be; and things became very hard for them.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he had sworn”

  10. Judges 15:12

    Then they said to him, We have come down to take you and give you up into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Give me your oath that you will not make an attack on me yourselves.

    הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ hi.sha.ve.'U “swear”

  11. Judges 21:1

    Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he had sworn”

  12. Judges 21:7

    What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

    נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ nish.Ba'.nu “we have sworn”

  13. Judges 21:18

    Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

    נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ nish.be.'U “they had sworn”

  14. 1 Samuel 3:14

    So I have made an oath to the family of Eli that no offering of meat or of meal which they may make will ever take away the sin of his family.

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”

  15. 1 Samuel 14:27

    But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright.

    בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ (הַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ) hash.Bi.a' “made to swear an oath”

  16. 1 Samuel 14:28

    Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

    הַשְׁבֵּעַ֩ hash.be.a' “certainly <to swear an oath>”הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ hish.Bi.a' “he made to swear an oath”

  17. 1 Samuel 19:6

    And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

    וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֣ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  18. 1 Samuel 20:3

    But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between m

    וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֨ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  19. 1 Samuel 20:17

    And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

    לְהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ (הַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ) hash.Bi.a' “make swear an oath”

  20. 1 Samuel 20:42

    And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

    נִשְׁבַּ֨עְנוּ nish.Ba'.nu “we have sworn an oath”

  21. 1 Samuel 24:22

    So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

    הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה (הִשָּׁ֤בְעָ) hi.Sha.ve.'a “swear an oath”

  22. 1 Samuel 24:23

    And David gave Saul his oath. And Saul went back to his house; but David and his men went up to their safe place.

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

  23. 1 Samuel 28:10

    And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

    וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽע (יִּשָּׁ֤בַֽע) i.yi.Sha.va' “he swore”

  24. 1 Samuel 30:15

    And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

    הִשָּׁבְעָה֩ (הִשָּׁבְעָ) hi.sha.ve.'A “swear”

  25. 2 Samuel 3:9

    May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,

    נִשְׁבַּ֤ע nish.Ba' “he swore”