שִׁבְעִים shivim
Hebrew word for “seventy” · Strong’s H7657 · used 91 times in 90 verses
Meaning
seventy
How it is translated
Glosses given for shivim in context, with how often each is used:
- seventy 91
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 26 | 1.6 | |
| Judges | 10 | 1.0 | |
| Genesis | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Ezra | 8 | 2.1 | |
| Exodus | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Nehemiah | 5 | 0.9 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 |
Also in 8 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 7 (13), Judges 9 (6), Ezra 2 (5), Numbers 31 (4), Nehemiah 7 (4), Exodus 38 (3), Numbers 11 (3), 2 Kings 10 (3), Ezra 8 (3), Genesis 5 (2)
Forms
- שׁבעים 66
- ושׁבעים 23
- והשׁבעים 1
- בשׁבעים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shivim more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 37
- קְעָרָה qearah “dish” 13
- שֶׁקֶל sheqel “shekel” 15
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 24
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 21
- מִזְרָק mizraq “bowl” 13
- בָּלַל balal “to mix” 12
- מִשְׁקָל mishqal “weight” 12
- שְׁלֹשִׁים sheloshim “thirty” 15
- סֹלֶת solet “fine flour” 12
- מָלֵא male “full” 12
- קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 12
Key verses
The verses using shivim that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 24:1 — And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
- Numbers 7:13 — And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the…
- Numbers 11:25 — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass,…
- Judges 1:7 — And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God…
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 — To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil…
- Psalms 90:10 — The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is…
- Jeremiah 25:12 — And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity,…
- Jeremiah 29:10 — For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to…
- Ezekiel 8:11 — And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his…
- Daniel 9:2 — In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would…
- Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
- Zechariah 7:5 — Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye…
See all 90 verses in the Word Atlas
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.