Hebrew word

shâbaʻ

shaw-bah'

שָׁבַע

What it means

to seven oneself, i.e. swear

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

Where it comes from

a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from shebaʻ (שֶׁבַע)

How the King James translates it

sware62
sworn41
swear38
oath7
sweareth7
swarest5
charge5
straitly2

Every place it appears 174

Genesis21:23 21:31 22:16 24:3 24:7 24:9 24:37 25:33 26:3 26:31 31:53 47:31 50:5 50:24 50:25

Exodus13:5 13:11 13:19 32:13 33:1

Leviticus5:4 6:3 6:5 19:12

Numbers5:19 5:21 11:12 14:16 14:23 30:2 32:10 32:11

Deuteronomy1:8 1:34 1:35 4:21 6:10 6:13 6:18 6:23 7:8 7:12 7:13 8:1 8:18 9:5 10:11 10:20 11:9 11:21 13:17 19:8 26:3 26:15 28:9 28:11 29:13 30:20 31:7 31:20 34:4

Joshua1:6 2:12 5:6 6:26 9:18 9:19 14:9 21:43 21:44 23:7

Judges2:1 2:15 15:12 21:1 21:7 21:18

1 Samuel3:14 14:27 14:28 19:6 20:3 20:17 20:42 24:21 24:22 28:10 30:15

2 Samuel3:9 3:35 19:7 19:23 21:2 21:17

1 Kings1:13 1:17 1:29 1:30 1:51 2:8 2:23 2:42 18:10 22:16

2 Kings11:4 25:24

2 Chronicles15:14 15:15 18:15 36:13

Ezra10:5

Nehemiah5:12 13:25

Psalms15:4 24:4 63:11 89:3 89:35 89:49 95:11 110:4 119:106 132:2 132:11

Ecclesiastes9:2

Song of Solomon2:7 3:5 5:8 8:4

Isaiah14:24 19:18 45:23 48:1 54:9 62:8 65:16

Jeremiah4:2 5:2 5:7 7:9 11:5 12:16 22:5 32:22 38:16 40:9 44:26 49:13 51:14

Ezekiel16:8 21:23

Daniel12:7

Hosea4:15

Amos4:2 6:8 8:7 8:14

Micah7:20

Zephaniah1:5

Zechariah5:3 5:4

Malachi3:5

shâbaʻ — Hebrew word meaning “to seven oneself, i.e. swear”