שָׁבַע (sha.va) means “to swear” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-bah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁבַע · sha.va · to swear
1) to swear, adjure 1a) (Qal) sworn (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to swear, take an oath 1b2) to swear (of Jehovah by Himself) 1b3) to curse 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to take an oath 1c2) to adjure
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a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע); to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV glosses: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| swore | 15 |
| swear | 13 |
| i swore | 11 |
| he swore | 10 |
| i have sworn | 9 |
| has sworn | 7 |
| swore an oath | 5 |
| and swore an oath | 4 |
| had sworn | 4 |
| i adjure | 4 |
| he had sworn | 3 |
| make you swear | 3 |
| you swore | 3 |
| and swear | 2 |
| and take your oaths | 2 |
| had sworn an oath | 2 |
| have sworn | 2 |
| he has sworn | 2 |
| i swore to give | 2 |
| made me swear an oath | 2 |
| swears | 2 |
| take an oath | 2 |
| took an oath | 2 |
| vowed | 2 |
| who swear | 2 |
| you made us swear | 2 |
| and | 1 |
| and curse me | 1 |
| and he swore | 1 |
| and he swore an oath | 1 |
| and i will have you swear | 1 |
| and if you can swear | 1 |
| and perjury | 1 |
| and put them under oath | 1 |
| and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they | 1 |
| and swear allegiance | 1 |
| and swears | 1 |
| and sworn | 1 |
| and they took the oath | 1 |
| and whoever takes an oath | 1 |
| as it is for the one who makes a vow | 1 |
| but also swear | 1 |
| charge us so | 1 |
| gave his oath | 1 |
| had made him swear | 1 |
| had taken an oath concerning them | 1 |
| has sworn to him | 1 |
| have sworn an oath | 1 |
| he made you swear to do | 1 |
| he promised on oath | 1 |
| he swore an oath | 1 |
| he swore to give | 1 |
| he swore to them by oath | 1 |
| his vow | 1 |
| i had promised | 1 |
| i pledged myself | 1 |
| i promised | 1 |
| i swear | 1 |
| i swore on oath | 1 |
| i swore to give them | 1 |
| invoked this solemn oath | 1 |
| is to put the woman under oath | 1 |
| oath | 1 |
| of him who swears | 1 |
| of them swore an oath | 1 |
| of those who have sworn | 1 |
| perjurer | 1 |
| promised me on oath | 1 |
| saying | 1 |
| so esau swore | 1 |
| so joseph swore | 1 |
| swear a solemn oath | 1 |
| swear by them | 1 |
| swear it | 1 |
| swear on oath | 1 |
| swear to me first | 1 |
| swore to give | 1 |
| swore to me | 1 |
| then i made them take an oath | 1 |
| then i swear | 1 |
| they are swearing falsely | 1 |
| they had sworn | 1 |
| they took an oath | 1 |
| those who swear | 1 |
| to swear | 1 |
| we swore | 1 |
| will swear | 1 |
| will swear allegiance | 1 |
| with a solemn oath | 1 |
| with the oath | 1 |
| you had sworn | 1 |
| you promised | 1 |
| you swore to give | 1 |
| your god swore | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sware | 27 |
| which i sware | 12 |
| hath sworn | 10 |
| which he sware | 10 |
| swear | 7 |
| and sware | 5 |
| had sworn | 4 |
| i charge | 4 |
| i have sworn | 4 |
| to swear | 4 |
| and swear | 3 |
| and he sware | 2 |
| and they sware | 2 |
| charged | 2 |
| made me swear | 2 |
| shall i adjure | 2 |
| shall swear | 2 |
| thou swarest | 2 |
| according as he made thee swear | 1 |
| according to all that he sware | 1 |
| adjured | 1 |
| against me are sworn | 1 |
| and all that she hath as ye sware | 1 |
| and he that sweareth | 1 |
| and i sware | 1 |
| and i will make thee swear | 1 |
| and made them swear | 1 |
| and that swear | 1 |
| and therefore i have sworn | 1 |
| and thou shalt swear | 1 |
| and took an oath | 1 |
| and ye shall not swear | 1 |
| as he hath sworn | 1 |
| as he sware | 1 |
| because there they sware | 1 |
| behold i have sworn | 1 |
| by myself have i sworn | 1 |
| concerning it and sweareth | 1 |
| dost so charge | 1 |
| even as i sware | 1 |
| every one that sweareth | 1 |
| for i have sworn | 1 |
| for i swear | 1 |
| for they had sworn | 1 |
| forasmuch as we have sworn | 1 |
| have i sworn | 1 |
| have sworn | 1 |
| he that sweareth | 1 |
| he took an oath | 1 |
| him and shalt swear | 1 |
| how he sware | 1 |
| i swear | 1 |
| i will swear | 1 |
| me and sworn | 1 |
| nor cause to swear | 1 |
| nor swear | 1 |
| nor sworn | 1 |
| now therefore i pray you swear | 1 |
| now therefore swear | 1 |
| of him that sweareth | 1 |
| or all that about which he hath sworn | 1 |
| or swear | 1 |
| seeing we have sworn | 1 |
| shall charge | 1 |
| shall charge her by an oath | 1 |
| so have i sworn | 1 |
| straitly | 1 |
| surely they swear | 1 |
| swearers | 1 |
| sweareth | 1 |
| sworn | 1 |
| that swear | 1 |
| thee as he hath sworn | 1 |
| they that swear | 1 |
| to it and every one that sweareth | 1 |
| to them that have sworn | 1 |
| to whom thou swarest | 1 |
| took an oath | 1 |
| unto him did i not make thee to swear | 1 |
| unto himself as he hath sworn | 1 |
| unto me and he sware | 1 |
| unto me and that sware | 1 |
| unto thee and as he hath sworn | 1 |
| unto them swear | 1 |
| unto whom i sware | 1 |
| us as thou swarest | 1 |
| we have sworn | 1 |
| when i had fed them to the full | 1 |
| which he had sworn | 1 |
| which i have sworn | 1 |
| which swear | 1 |
| which thou didst swear | 1 |
| which thou hast made us swear | 1 |
| which thou hast made us to swear | 1 |
| which thou hast sworn | 1 |
| which thou swarest | 1 |
| which we sware | 1 |
| who had made him swear | 1 |
| with an oath | 1 |
| with him for he had straitly | 1 |
| with the oath | 1 |
| with them and took an oath | 1 |
| yea i sware | 1 |
Page 2 of 4. 175 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
Read word by wordYou are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
Read word by wordand so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read word by wordso that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
Read word by wordNothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.18
And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised them,
Read word by wordto the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”
Read word by wordLook down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Read word by wordThe LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Read word by wordThe LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
Read word by wordand so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.12
and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Read word by wordThen Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
Read word by wordWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
Read word by wordAnd when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
Read word by wordBe strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
Read word by wordNow therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
Read word by wordThe men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear
Read word by wordAnd if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
Read word by wordFor the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
Read word by wordAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
Read word by wordAnd Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
Read word by wordBut the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
Read word by wordAll the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
Read word by wordThis is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
Read word by wordOn that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
Read word by wordThus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Read word by wordSo you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
Read word by wordNow the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
Read word by wordWherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
Read word by wordBut they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”
Read word by wordNow the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
Read word by wordWhat should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Read word by wordBut we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
Read word by wordTherefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
Read word by wordJonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
Read word by wordThen one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
Read word by wordSaul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
Read word by wordBut David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
Read word by wordAnd Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
Read word by wordAnd Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
Read word by wordSo now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.22
So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.23
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
Read word by word“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
Read word by wordMay God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
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