שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh · sheb-oo-aw'
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H7650 (שָׁבַע);
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: curse, oath, [idiom] sworn.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to see and know › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁבוּעָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the oath5 · 17%
- oath4 · 13%
- with an oath3 · 10%
- an oath2 · 7%
- from this my oath1 · 3%
- then shall an oath1 · 3%
- and an oath1 · 3%
- of this thine oath1 · 3%
- of thine oath1 · 3%
- be upon us, because of the oath1 · 3%
- and of his oath1 · 3%
- at the oath1 · 3%
- sworn1 · 3%
- and into an oath1 · 3%
- and his oath1 · 3%
- of the oath1 · 3%
- for a curse1 · 3%
- oaths1 · 3%
- upon us, and the oath1 · 3%
- according to the oaths1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.