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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 World English Bible.

  1. 2 Samuel 3:35

    All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun be down.

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

  2. 2 Samuel 19:7

    Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't go forth, there will not stay a man with you this night: and that will be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.

    נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”

  3. 2 Samuel 19:23

    The king said to Shimei, You shall not die. The king swore to him.

    וַיִּשָּׁ֥בַֽע (יִּשָּׁ֥בַֽע) i.yi.Sha.va' “he swore an oath”

  4. 2 Samuel 21:2

    The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

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

  5. 2 Samuel 21:17

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.

    נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ nish.be.'U “they swore”

  6. 1 Kings 1:13

    Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?

    נִשְׁבַּ֤עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “did you swear an oath”

  7. 1 Kings 1:17

    She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [supplied: saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

    נִשְׁבַּ֜עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you swore an oath”

  8. 1 Kings 1:29

    The king swore, and said, As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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

  9. 1 Kings 1:30

    most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.

    נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  10. 1 Kings 1:51

    It was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.

    יִשָּֽׁבַֽע־ yi.sha.va'- “let him swear”

  11. 1 Kings 2:8

    Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

    וָאֶשָּׁ֨בַֽע (אֶשָּׁ֨בַֽע) 'e.Sha.va' “I swore”

  12. 1 Kings 2:23

    Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.

    וַיִּשָּׁבַע֙ (יִּשָּׁבַע֙) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  13. 1 Kings 2:42

    The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and protest to you, saying, Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying that I have heard is good.

    הִשְׁבַּעְתִּ֣יךָ (הִשְׁבַּעְתִּ֣י) hish.ba'.Ti. “did I make swear”

  14. 1 Kings 18:10

    As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.

    וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ (הִשְׁבִּ֤יעַ) hish.Bi.a' “he made swear”

  15. 1 Kings 22:16

    The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

    מַשְׁבִּעֶ֑ךָ (מַשְׁבִּעֶ֑) mash.bi.'E. “make swear”

  16. 2 Kings 11:4

    In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and shown them the king's son.

    וַיַּשְׁבַּ֤ע (יַּשְׁבַּ֤ע) i.yash.Ba' “he made to swear an oath”

  17. 2 Kings 25:24

    Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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

  18. 2 Chronicles 15:14

    They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

    וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ (יִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙) i.yi.sha.ve.'U “they swore an oath”

  19. 2 Chronicles 15:15

    All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.

    נִשְׁבָּ֔עוּ nish.Ba.'u “they had sworn”

  20. 2 Chronicles 18:15

    The king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?

    מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָ (מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑) mash.bi.'E. “make swear”

  21. 2 Chronicles 36:13

    He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

    הִשְׁבִּיע֖וֹ (הִשְׁבִּיע֖) hish.bi.' “he had made swear an oath”

  22. Ezra 10:5

    Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

    וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע) i.yash.Ba' “he made to swear an oath”וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃ (יִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ) i.yi.sha.Ve.'u “they swore [the] oath”

  23. Nehemiah 5:12

    Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.

    וָֽאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔ם (אַשְׁבִּיעֵ֔) 'ash.bi.'E “I made swear an oath”

  24. Nehemiah 13:25

    I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [supplied: saying], You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

    וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם (אַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣) 'ash.bi.'E “I made take an oath”

  25. Psalms 15:4

    In whose eyes a vile man is despised, But who honors those who fear Yahweh; He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swears”