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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. Psalms 24:4

    He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

    נִשְׁבַּ֣ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn an oath”

  2. Psalms 63:11

    But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

    הַנִּשְׁבָּ֣ע (נִּשְׁבָּ֣ע) nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”

  3. Psalms 89:3

    I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;

    נִ֝שְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I have sworn an oath”

  4. Psalms 89:35

    I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

    נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I have sworn an oath”

  5. Psalms 89:49

    Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

    נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “[which] you swore an oath”

  6. Psalms 95:11

    And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore an oath”

  7. Psalms 102:8

    My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

    נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃ nish.Ba.'u “they have sworn”

  8. Psalms 110:4

    The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

    נִשְׁבַּ֤ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn an oath”

  9. Psalms 119:106

    I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

    נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I have sworn an oath”

  10. Psalms 132:2

    How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying,

    נִ֭שְׁבַּע Nish.ba' “he swore an oath”

  11. Psalms 132:11

    The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

    נִשְׁבַּֽע־ nish.ba'- “he swore an oath”

  12. Ecclesiastes 9:2

    Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

    הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕ע (נִּשְׁבָּ֕ע) nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”

  13. Song of Songs 2:7

    I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

    הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי hish.Ba'.ti “I adjure”

  14. Song of Songs 3:5

    I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

    הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי hish.Ba'.ti “I adjure”

  15. Song of Songs 5:8

    I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

    הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי hish.Ba'.ti “I adjure”

  16. Song of Songs 5:9

    What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

    הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃ (הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽ) hish.ba'.Ta. “you have adjured”

  17. Song of Songs 8:4

    I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

    הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי hish.Ba'.ti “I adjure”

  18. Isaiah 14:24

    The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:

    נִשְׁבַּ֛ע nish.Ba' “he has sworn”

  19. Isaiah 19:18

    In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making oaths to the Lord of armies; and one of them will be named, The Town of the Sun.

    וְנִשְׁבָּע֖וֹת (נִשְׁבָּע֖וֹת) nish.ba.'ot “swearing an oath”

  20. Isaiah 45:23

    By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

    נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”תִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ti.sha.Va' “it will swear”

  21. Isaiah 48:1

    Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

    הַֽנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים׀ (נִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים) nish.ba.'Im “[who] swear”

  22. Isaiah 54:9

    For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.

    נִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”

  23. Isaiah 62:8

    The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

    נִשְׁבַּ֧ע nish.Ba' “he swears an oath”

  24. Isaiah 65:16

    So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

    וְהַנִּשְׁבָּ֣ע (נִּשְׁבָּ֣ע) nish.Ba' “[one who] swears an oath”יִשָּׁבַ֖ע yi.sha.Va' “he will swear an oath”

  25. Jeremiah 4:2

    And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.

    וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ (נִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙) nish.Ba'.ta “you will swear”