she.va H7651

שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) means “seven” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שֶׁ֫בַע Hebrew · H7651 394 tagged occurrences in 345 verses

Pronunciation guide: sheh'-bah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7651

שֶׁ֫בַע · she.va · seven

1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc Aramaic equivalent: shiv.ah (שִׁבְעָה "seven" H7655)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).

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How translators render H7651

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
seven	103
for seven	60
and seven	19
the seven	14
during the seven	5
of the seven	5
are seven	4
in seven	4
of seven	4
seventeen	4
in the seventh	3
into seven	3
on the seventh	3
seven times	3
sevenfold	3
was seven	3
and	2
and the seven	2
during those seven	2
in the seventeenth	2
of every seven	2
on the seventeenth	2
seven in all	2
seven other	2
the	2
the seventeenth	2
there were	2
when seven	2
with seven	2
a seven-day	1
a seven-year	1
among seven	1
and for seven	1
and have seven	1
and it continues for seven	1
and seven more	1
as well as seven	1
but seven	1
by the twenty-seventh	1
for seven-day periods	1
had lasted seven	1
had seven	1
have seven	1
he had seven	1
her seven	1
it seven	1
it will take seven	1
its seven	1
let seven	1
made seven	1
moreover the seven	1
numbered	1
of the	1
off seven	1
seven pairs	1
seven pairs of	1
seventh	1
seventy-sevenfold	1
so in the seventh	1
so that the seven	1
taking seven	1
than seven men	1
the seventh	1
the whole seven	1
their	1
there will be seven	1
they had	1
three	1
vvv	1
was seventeen	1
were seven	1
when the seven	1
within the seven	1
you are to present seven	1
you seven	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
seven	178
and seven	67
the seven	13
seventeen	7
and behold seven	6
in the seventh	6
of seven	6
and the seven	5
throughout the seven	5
and seventh	4
me here seven	4
seven times	4
the seventeenth	4
and it came to pass in the seven	3
him up seven	3
thee seven	3
and seventeen	2
of the seven	2
on the seven	2
the seventh	2
unto him seven	2
you seven times	2
after seven	1
against him seven	1
against the seven	1
also was seven	1
and he had seven	1
and in the seven	1
and it came to pass after seven	1
and it came to pass at the seven	1
and let seven	1
and sevenfold	1
before him the seven	1
by sevens	1
for seven	1
had seven	1
her seven	1
himself seven	1
his seven	1
in the seven	1
in the seventeenth	1
into seven	1
it in the seven	1
it into seven	1
it me within the seven	1
it up seven	1
let seven	1
made seven	1
me with seven	1
of it and his seven	1
of it so was he seven	1
on the seventeenth	1
on the seventh	1
shall be seven	1
than seven men	1
that the seven	1
them on seven	1
them seven	1
then it shall be seven	1
thereon and seven	1
these seven	1
those seven	1
threescore and seventeen	1
to her and seven	1
to her seven	1
to herself seven	1
to himself seven	1
to seven	1
to the seven	1
to thee by sevens	1
to thee than seven	1
unto him give us seven	1
unto him shall seven	1
unto it by seven	1
unto thee seven	1
unto you now seven	1
was seven	1
were seven	1
with him seven	1
with him yet seven	1
with it seven	1
with me yet seven	1
yea in seven	1
yea seven	1

Verses containing H7651

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Genesis 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
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Genesis 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
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Genesis 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 5:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
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Genesis 7:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
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Genesis 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
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Genesis 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
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Genesis 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
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Genesis 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
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Genesis 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
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Genesis 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
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Genesis 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
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Genesis 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
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Genesis 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Genesis 21:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
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Genesis 21:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
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Genesis 21:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
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Genesis 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
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Genesis 25:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
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Genesis 29:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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Genesis 29:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
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Genesis 29:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
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Genesis 29:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
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Genesis 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
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Genesis 33:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
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Genesis 37:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
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Genesis 41:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
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Genesis 41:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
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Genesis 41:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
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Genesis 41:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
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Genesis 41:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
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Genesis 41:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
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Genesis 41:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
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Genesis 41:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
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Genesis 41:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
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Genesis 41:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
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Genesis 41:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
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Genesis 41:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
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Genesis 41:26 · BSB · 4 occurrences
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
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Genesis 41:27 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
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Genesis 41:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
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Genesis 41:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
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Genesis 41:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
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Genesis 41:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
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Genesis 41:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
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Genesis 41:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
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Genesis 41:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
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Genesis 41:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 46:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
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