שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ · sheh'-bah
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Lexicon
Derivation: or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650 (שָׁבַע); a primitive cardinal number;
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
- seven (as the sacred full one)
- also, (adverbially) seven times
- by implication, a week
- by extension, an indefinite number
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to see and know
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֶׁבַע 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
395 occurrences · 395 OT · 0 NT · 96 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seven147 · 48%
- and seven69 · 23%
- the seven13 · 4%
- and, behold, seven6 · 2%
- of seven6 · 2%
- and the seven5 · 2%
- in the seventh5 · 2%
- throughout the seven5 · 2%
- the seventeenth4 · 1%
- me here seven4 · 1%
- and seventh4 · 1%
- seven times4 · 1%
- shall be seven3 · 1%
- are seven3 · 1%
- were seven3 · 1%
- seventeen3 · 1%
- and it came to pass in the seven3 · 1%
- was seven3 · 1%
- him up seven3 · 1%
- for seven2 · 1%
- of the seven2 · 1%
- thee seven2 · 1%
- on the seven2 · 1%
- by sevens2 · 1%
- to thee by sevens2 · 1%
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.