{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7650",
  "lemma": "שָׁבַע",
  "transliteration": "shâbaʻ",
  "definition": "to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)",
  "kjv": "adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646…",
  "occurrences": 186,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7651",
      "lemma": "שֶׁבַע",
      "transliteration": "shebaʻ",
      "meaning": "seven",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[שָׁבַע] 186 vb. swear (prob. so to say, seven oneself, or bind oneself by seven things)",
    "Qal Pt. pass. those sworn with (= who have sworn) oaths",
    "Niph.;—swear, take an oath",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. cause take an oath, subj. always man",
    "2. adjure"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:23",
      "text": "Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:24",
      "text": "Abraham said, “I will swear.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:31",
      "text": "Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:16",
      "text": "and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:3",
      "text": "I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:7",
      "text": "The LORD, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:9",
      "text": "The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:37",
      "text": "My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:33",
      "text": "Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:3",
      "text": "Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=3"
    }
  ],
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