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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. Genesis 21:23

    Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.'

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

  2. Genesis 21:24

    And Abraham said: 'I will swear.'

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

  3. Genesis 21:31

    Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.

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

  4. Genesis 22:16

    and said: 'By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swear”

  5. Genesis 24:3

    And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.

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

  6. Genesis 24:7

    The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife f

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

  7. Genesis 24:9

    And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

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

  8. Genesis 24:37

    And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.

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

  9. Genesis 25:33

    And Jacob said: 'Swear to me first'; and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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

  10. Genesis 26:3

    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;

    נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי nish.Ba'.ti “I swore”

  11. Genesis 26:31

    And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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

  12. Genesis 31:53

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us.' And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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

  13. Genesis 47:31

    And he said: 'Swear unto me.' And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed down upon 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 swear, saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.'

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

  15. Genesis 50:6

    And Pharaoh said: 'Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.'

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

  16. Genesis 50:24

    And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I die; but God will surely remember you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

    נִשְׁבַּ֛ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  17. Genesis 50:25

    And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.'

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

  18. Exodus 13:5

    And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this

    נִשְׁבַּ֤ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  19. Exodus 13:11

    And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

    נִשְׁבַּ֥ע nish.Ba' “he swore”

  20. Exodus 13:19

    And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.'

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

  21. Exodus 32:13

    Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self, and saidst unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inhe

    נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta “you swore”

  22. Exodus 33:1

    And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I swore unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying: Unto thy seed will I give it--

    נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי Nish.ba'.ti “I swore”

  23. Leviticus 5:4

    or if any one swear clearly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter clearly with an oath, and it be hid from him; and, when he knoweth of it, be guilty in one of these things;

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

  24. Leviticus 5:22

    or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein;

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

  25. Leviticus 5:24

    or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely, he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto; unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being guilty.

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