Strongs Number: H7650
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁבַע
- Transliteration
- shâbaʻ
- Phonetic
- shaw-bah'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to be {complete} but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven {oneself} that {is} swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to swear, adjure
a. (Qal) sworn (participle)
b. (Niphal)
1. to swear, take an oath
2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)
3. to curse
c. (Hiphil)
1. to cause to take an oath
2. to adjure
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {adjure} charge (by an {oath} with an {oath}) feed to the full [by mistake for {H7646]} take an {oath} X-(idiom) {straitly} (cause {to} make to) swear.