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 3 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 all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
Read word by wordNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.8
So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.24
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
Read word by wordBut Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
Read word by wordGo at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
Read word by word“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
Read word by wordAnd the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Read word by wordI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
Read word by wordIt was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
Read word by wordKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Read word by wordThen King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.
Read word by wordthe king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
Read word by wordAs surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
Read word by wordBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
Read word by wordThen in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
Read word by wordAnd Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
Read word by wordThey took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
Read word by wordAnd all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
Read word by wordBut the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
Read word by wordHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read word by wordSo Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
Read word by word“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
Read word by wordI rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Read word by wordwho despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
Read word by wordHe who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
Read word by wordBut the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 63.12
You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.4
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.36
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.50
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
Read word by wordAll day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.9
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Read word by wordI have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Read word by wordhow he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Read word by wordThe LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
Read word by wordIt is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
Read word by wordHow is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
Read word by wordO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Read word by wordThe LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Read word by wordIn that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
Read word by wordBy Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Read word by word“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
Read word by word“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
Read word by wordThe LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
Read word by wordWhoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
Read word by wordand if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
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