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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. Genesis 21:23

    Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה (הִשָּׁ֨בְעָ) hi.Sha.ve.'a “swear”

  2. Genesis 21:24

    And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

    אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ 'i.sha.Ve.a' “I will swear”

  3. Genesis 21:31

    So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

    נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ nish.be.'U “they swore an oath”

  4. Genesis 22:16

    Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”

  5. Genesis 24:3

    And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔ (אַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲ) 'ash.Bi.'a. “I may make swear”

  6. Genesis 24:7

    The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

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

  7. Genesis 24:9

    And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.

    וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע (יִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע) i.yi.Sha.va' “he swore an oath”

  8. Genesis 24:37

    And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִי (יַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥) i.yash.bi.'E. “he made swear an oath”

  9. Genesis 25:33

    And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.

    הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה (הִשָּׁ֤בְעָ) hi.Sha.ve.'a “swear”וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore”

  10. Genesis 26:3

    Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  11. Genesis 26:31

    And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

    וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ (יִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ) i.yi.sha.ve.'U “they swore an oath”

  12. Genesis 31:53

    May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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

  13. Genesis 47:31

    And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.

    הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙ (הִשָּֽׁבְעָ) hi.sha.ve.'A “swear an oath”וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (יִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) i.yi.sha.Va' “he swore an oath”

  14. Genesis 50:5

    My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

    הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי (הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣) hish.bi.'A. “he made swear an oath”

  15. Genesis 50:6

    And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

    הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃ (הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽ) hish.bi.'E. “he made swear”

  16. Genesis 50:24

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

    נִשְׁבַּ֛ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  17. Genesis 50:25

    Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.

    וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (יַּשְׁבַּ֣ע) i.yash.Ba' “he made to swear an oath”

  18. Exodus 13:5

    And it will be that, when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, the land which he made an oath to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you wi

    נִשְׁבַּ֤ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  19. Exodus 13:11

    And when the Lord takes you into the land of Canaan, as he made his oath to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  20. Exodus 13:19

    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly keep you in mind; and you are to take my bones away with you.

    הַשְׁבֵּ֨עַ hash.Be.a' “certainly <to make swear>”הִשְׁבִּ֜יעַ hish.Bi.a' “he had made swear”

  21. Exodus 32:13

    Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

    נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you swore”

  22. Exodus 33:1

    And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt, to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it.

    נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי Nish.ba'.ti “I swore”

  23. Leviticus 5:4

    Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

    תִשָּׁבַע֩ ti.sha.Va' “it will swear an oath”

  24. Leviticus 5:22

    Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,

    וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע (נִשְׁבַּ֣ע) nish.Ba' “he will swear an oath”

  25. Leviticus 5:24

    Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.

    יִשָּׁבַ֣ע yi.sha.Va' “he will swear an oath”