שְׁבוּעָה shevuah

Hebrew word for “oath” · Strong’s H7621 · used 30 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) oath, curse; 1a) oath; 1a1) attesting of innocence; 1a2) curse; 1b) oath (of Jehovah)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shevuah in context, with how often each is used:

• oath 27
• oaths 2
• curse 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 30 (3), Joshua 2 (2), Genesis 24 (1), Genesis 26 (1), Exodus 22 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Numbers 5 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Joshua 9 (1), Judges 21 (1)

Forms

• שׁבעת 4
• השׁבועה 4
• השׁבעה 3
• בשׁבעה 2
• משׁבעתך 2
• ושׁבועתו 2
• שׁבועה 2
• שׁבעות 2
• משׁבעתי 1
• בשׁבעת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shevuah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 12
• אִסָּר esar “injunction” 3
• אָלָה alah “oath” 3
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 4
• אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 3
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
• אוֹ o “or” 3
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 4
• נָדַר nadar “to vow” 2
• אִם im “if” 4
• נָקִי naqi “innocent” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 4

Key verses

The verses using shevuah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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 countries, and I will perform the…
• Leviticus 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when…
• Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out…
• Deuteronomy 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and…
• 2 Chronicles 15:15 — And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD…
• Nehemiah 10:29 — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and…
• Psalms 105:9 — Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
• Ecclesiastes 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that…
• Isaiah 65:15 — And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
• Jeremiah 11:5 — That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and…
• Daniel 9:11 — Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is…
• Zechariah 8:17 — And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.