7621. shebuah
Strong's Lexicon
shebuah: Oath, Vow

Original Word: שְׁבוּעָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: shebuah
Pronunciation: shev-oo-AH
Phonetic Spelling: (sheb-oo-aw')
Definition: Oath, Vow
Meaning: something sworn, an oath

Word Origin: Derived from the root שָׁבַע (shava), meaning "to swear" or "to take an oath."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - ὅρκος (horkos) - Strong's Greek 3727: This Greek term is used in the New Testament to denote an oath or vow, similar to the Hebrew "shebuah."

Usage: The term "shebuah" refers to a solemn promise or oath, often made in the context of a covenant or agreement. In the Hebrew Bible, it signifies a binding commitment, frequently invoking God as a witness to the truthfulness and seriousness of the promise. The concept of an oath underscores the importance of truthfulness and integrity in one's words and commitments.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, oaths were a critical component of legal and social transactions. They were often made in the context of covenants, treaties, and personal promises. The act of swearing an oath was not taken lightly, as it invoked divine witness and carried significant moral and spiritual weight. Breaking an oath was considered a serious offense, with potential divine repercussions. The cultural emphasis on oaths reflects the broader Ancient Near Eastern context, where spoken words held powerful significance.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from sheba
Definition
an oath, curse
NASB Translation
curse (1), oath (25), oaths (1), perjury* (1), swear (1), sworn (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שְׁבוּעָה, שְׁבֻעָה noun feminine (Joshua 2:17 read הַזּה AlbrZAW xvi(1896), 116) oath, curse; — absolute ׳שְׁבוּ Joshua 9:20 +, ׳שְׁבֻ Genesis 26:3 +; construct שְׁבֻעַת Exodus 22:10 +; suffix שְׁבֻעָתִי Genesis 24:8 etc.; plural שְׁבֻעוֺת absolute Ezekiel 21:28, construct Habakkuk 3:9; [Jeremiah 5:24; Ezekiel 45:21 see שָׁבוּעַ]; — oath [as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הִשָּׁבַע etc. Numbers 30:3 + (in rel.cl.) 5t.]:

1 of man:

a. attesting innocence Exodus 22:10 (E), friendship 2 Samuel 21:7, promise 1 Kings 2:43 (after שָׁמַר keep; all ׳שְׁבֻעַת י oath to to (׳י); innocence also Numbers 5:21 a; friendship Nehemiah 6:18 (לוֺ ׳בַּעֲלֵישׁ), promise Leviticus 5:4; of vow ("" נדר) Numbers 30:3; Numbers 30:11; Numbers 30:14 (שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר), Joshua 9:20 (all P), Nehemiah 10:30 ("" אָלָה), Ecclesiastes 9:2, of covenant with ׳י2Chronicles 15:15, שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים Ecclesiastes 8:2 (probably of oath of allegiance to king), שְׁבֻעַת שֶׁקֶר Zechariah 8:17; of threat Judges 21:5; 1 Samuel 14:26 (ᵐ5 ׳שְׁבֻעַת י); keep, discharge the oath is ׳הֵקִים הַשּׁ Genesis 26:3 (J), Jeremiah 11:5; ׳נָקָה מִשׁ be free, exempt from an oath Genesis 24:8 (J), compare Joshua 2:17,20.

b. = curse, Isaiah 65:15 and ("" אָלָה) Numbers 5:21 (P), Daniel 9:11.

2 oath of ׳י, in promise, Deuteronomy 7:8 (שָׁמַר in rel. clause), "" covenant (בְּרִית), שְׁבוּעַתוֺ לְיִצְחָק Psalm 105:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:16. — שְׁבֻעוֺת מַטּוֺת Habakkuk 3:9 very dubious: AV oaths of the tribes; oaths, rods of the word, Hi-St; sworn (passive participle שְׁבַע) were the rods ( = chastisements) of (thy) word, Ges Hi RVm; heptads of spears Ew, compare Da; text probably corrupt, Now proposes שִׂבַּעְתָּ (אַשְׁמָּֽתְךָׅ thou hast sated with shafts thy quiver; Marti (after ᵐ5Manuscripts) thy bow was satiated with shafts; GASm thou gluttest (?) thy shafts. — Ezekiel 21:28 see √.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
curse, oath, sworn

Feminine passive participle of shaba'; properly, something sworn, i.e. An oath -- curse, oath, X sworn.

see HEBREW shaba'

Forms and Transliterations
בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת בִּשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה׃ בשבעה בשבעה׃ בשבעת הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔ה הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃ הַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֖ה הַשְּׁבוּעָ֗ה הַשְּׁבוּעָ֜ה הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה השבועה השבעה השבעה׃ וְהַשְּׁבֻעָ֗ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה וּבִשְׁבוּעָ֗ה וּשְׁב֖וּעָת֣וֹ וּשְׁבֻ֥עַת וּשְׁבוּעָת֖וֹ ובשבועה והשבעה ולשבעה ושבועתו ושבעת לִשְׁבוּעָה֙ לשבועה מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֖ךְ מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְ משבעתי משבעתך שְׁבֻע֖וֹת שְׁבֻע֥וֹת שְׁבֻעַ֣ת שְׁבֻעַ֤ת שְׁבֻעַ֥ת שְׁבֻעָה֙ שְׁבוּעַ֥ת שְׁבוּעָ֥ה שְׁבוּעָה֙ שבועה שבועת שבעה שבעות שבעת biš·ḇu·‘āh biš·ḇu·‘aṯ bišḇu‘āh bišḇu‘aṯ bishvuAh bishvuAt haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh haš·šə·ḇū·‘āh hashshevuAh haššəḇu‘āh haššəḇū‘āh liš·ḇū·‘āh lišḇū‘āh lishvuAh miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯêḵ miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯî mishshevuaTech mishshevuaTi miššəḇu‘āṯêḵ miššəḇu‘āṯî šə·ḇu·‘āh šə·ḇū·‘āh šə·ḇu·‘aṯ šə·ḇū·‘aṯ šə·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ šəḇu‘āh šəḇū‘āh šəḇu‘aṯ šəḇū‘aṯ šəḇu‘ōwṯ shevuAh shevuAt shevuot ū·ḇiš·ḇū·‘āh ū·šə·ḇū·‘ā·ṯōw ū·šə·ḇu·‘aṯ ūḇišḇū‘āh ūšəḇu‘aṯ ūšəḇū‘āṯōw usheVuat ushevuaTo uvishvuAh vehashshevuAh velishvuAh wə·haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh wə·liš·ḇu·‘āh wəhaššəḇu‘āh wəlišḇu‘āh
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Genesis 24:8
HEB: אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְנִקִּ֕יתָ מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י זֹ֑את רַ֣ק
NAS: from this my oath; only
KJV: then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring
INT: thee will be free my oath likewise but

Genesis 26:3
HEB: וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ אֶת־ הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי
NAS: and I will establish the oath which
KJV: and I will perform the oath which I sware
INT: these will establish the oath which swore

Exodus 22:11
HEB: שְׁבֻעַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה תִּהְיֶה֙
NAS: an oath before the LORD shall be made
KJV: [Then] shall an oath of the LORD
INT: an oath the LORD shall be made

Leviticus 5:4
HEB: יְבַטֵּ֧א הָאָדָ֛ם בִּשְׁבֻעָ֖ה וְנֶעְלַ֣ם מִמֶּ֑נּוּ
NAS: may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden
KJV: shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid
INT: may speak A man an oath is hidden at

Numbers 5:21
HEB: אֶֽת־ הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ וְאָמַ֤ר
NAS: swear with the oath of the curse,
KJV: the woman with an oath of cursing,
INT: the priest shall have the woman the oath of the curse shall say

Numbers 5:21
HEB: אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ
NAS: you a curse and an oath among
KJV: thee a curse and an oath among
INT: the LORD'S A curse and an oath among your people

Numbers 30:2
HEB: אֽוֹ־ הִשָּׁ֤בַע שְׁבֻעָה֙ לֶאְסֹ֤ר אִסָּר֙
NAS: or takes an oath to bind himself
KJV: or swear an oath to bind
INT: or takes an oath to bind A binding

Numbers 30:10
HEB: עַל־ נַפְשָׁ֖הּ בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה׃
NAS: herself by an obligation with an oath,
KJV: her soul by a bond with an oath;
INT: and herself an oath

Numbers 30:13
HEB: נֵ֛דֶר וְכָל־ שְׁבֻעַ֥ת אִסָּ֖ר לְעַנֹּ֣ת
NAS: binding oath to humble
KJV: and every binding oath to afflict
INT: vow and every oath binding to humble

Deuteronomy 7:8
HEB: וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וֹ אֶת־ הַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּע֙
NAS: you and kept the oath which
KJV: you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn
INT: the LORD and kept the oath which swore

Joshua 2:17
HEB: נְקִיִּ֣ם אֲנַ֔חְנוּ מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְ הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: from this oath to you which
KJV: unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
INT: to her We free we oath this which

Joshua 2:20
HEB: וְהָיִ֣ינוּ נְקִיִּ֔ם מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֖ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃
NAS: of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which
KJV: then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
INT: become shall be free the oath which swear

Joshua 9:20
HEB: קֶ֔צֶף עַל־ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־ נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּ
NAS: that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which
KJV: lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware
INT: wrath us the oath which swore

Judges 21:5
HEB: יְהוָ֑ה כִּי֩ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה הָיְתָ֗ה
NAS: a great oath concerning him who
KJV: For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up
INT: the LORD for oath A great become

1 Samuel 14:26
HEB: הָעָ֖ם אֶת־ הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃
NAS: for the people feared the oath.
KJV: for the people feared the oath.
INT: feared the people the oath

2 Samuel 21:7
HEB: שָׁא֑וּל עַל־ שְׁבֻעַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: because of the oath of the LORD
KJV: because of the LORD'S oath that [was] between them, between David
INT: of Saul because of the oath of the LORD which

1 Kings 2:43
HEB: שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ אֵ֖ת שְׁבֻעַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶת־
NAS: then have you not kept the oath of the LORD,
KJV: Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD,
INT: not kept the oath of the LORD and the command

1 Chronicles 16:16
HEB: אֶת־ אַבְרָהָ֔ם וּשְׁבוּעָת֖וֹ לְיִצְחָֽק׃
NAS: with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
KJV: with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
INT: with Abraham and his oath to Isaac

2 Chronicles 15:15
HEB: יְהוּדָ֜ה עַל־ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֗ה כִּ֤י בְכָל־
NAS: concerning the oath, for they had sworn
KJV: rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn
INT: Judah concerning the oath with their whole

Nehemiah 6:18
HEB: בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה בַּעֲלֵ֤י שְׁבוּעָה֙ ל֔וֹ כִּי־
NAS: were bound by oath to him because
INT: Judah were bound oath because was the son-in-law

Nehemiah 10:29
HEB: וּבָאִ֞ים בְּאָלָ֣ה וּבִשְׁבוּעָ֗ה לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּתוֹרַ֣ת
NAS: on themselves a curse and an oath to walk
KJV: into a curse, and into an oath, to walk
INT: taking A curse and an oath to walk law

Psalm 105:9
HEB: אֶת־ אַבְרָהָ֑ם וּשְׁב֖וּעָת֣וֹ לְיִשְׂחָֽק׃
NAS: with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
KJV: with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
INT: with Abraham and his oath Isaac

Ecclesiastes 8:2
HEB: וְעַ֕ל דִּבְרַ֖ת שְׁבוּעַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים׃
NAS: because of the oath before God.
KJV: and [that] in regard of the oath of God.
INT: and in regard of the oath God

Ecclesiastes 9:2
HEB: הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר שְׁבוּעָ֥ה יָרֵֽא׃
NAS: is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.
KJV: as [he] that feareth an oath.
INT: as the swearer who to swear is afraid

Isaiah 65:15
HEB: וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֨ם שִׁמְכֶ֤ם לִשְׁבוּעָה֙ לִבְחִירַ֔י וֶהֱמִיתְךָ֖
NAS: your name for a curse to My chosen ones,
KJV: your name for a curse unto my chosen:
INT: shall leave your name A curse to my chosen will slay

30 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7621
30 Occurrences


biš·ḇu·‘āh — 2 Occ.
biš·ḇu·‘aṯ — 1 Occ.
haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh — 7 Occ.
liš·ḇū·‘āh — 1 Occ.
miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯêḵ — 2 Occ.
miš·šə·ḇu·‘ā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
šə·ḇu·‘āh — 3 Occ.
šə·ḇu·‘aṯ — 5 Occ.
šə·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
ū·šə·ḇu·‘aṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·šə·ḇū·‘ā·ṯōw — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇiš·ḇū·‘āh — 1 Occ.
wə·haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh — 1 Occ.
wə·liš·ḇu·‘āh — 1 Occ.
















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