שָׁבַע
sha.va
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
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 175 verses
- Genesis 21:23 הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
- Genesis 21:24 אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃
And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”
- Genesis 21:31 נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
- Genesis 22:16 נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 24:3 וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
- Genesis 24:7 נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 24:9 וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
- Genesis 24:37 וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִי
My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
- Genesis 25:33 הִשָּׁ֤בְעָהוַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
- Genesis 26:3 נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Genesis 26:31 וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ
And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
- Genesis 31:53 וַיִּשָּׁבַ֣ע
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 47:31 הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע
“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
- Genesis 50:5 הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי
my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
- Genesis 50:6 הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ׃
Pharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
- Genesis 50:24 נִשְׁבַּ֛ע
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- Genesis 50:25 וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
- Exodus 13:5 נִשְׁבַּ֤ע
And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
- Exodus 13:11 נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,
- Exodus 13:19 הַשְׁבֵּ֨עַהִשְׁבִּ֜יעַ
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
- Exodus 32:13 נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
- Exodus 33:1 נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
- Leviticus 5:4 תִשָּׁבַע֩
Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
- Leviticus 6:3 וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- Leviticus 6:5 יִשָּׁבַ֣ע
or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
- Leviticus 19:12 תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Numbers 5:19 וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ
And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:21 וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ
and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
- Numbers 11:12 נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
- Numbers 14:16 נִשְׁבַּ֣ע
‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
- Numbers 14:23 נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי
not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Numbers 30:2 הִשָּׁ֤בַע
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
- Numbers 32:10 וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע
So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
- Numbers 32:11 נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי
‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—
- Deuteronomy 1:8 נִשְׁבַּ֣ע
See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
- Deuteronomy 1:34 וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע
When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
- Deuteronomy 1:35 נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי
“Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 2:14 נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
- Deuteronomy 4:21 וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗ע
The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 4:31 נִשְׁבַּ֖ע
For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
- Deuteronomy 6:10 נִשְׁבַּ֧ע
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 6:13 תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
- Deuteronomy 6:18 נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 6:23 נִשְׁבַּ֖ע
But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.
- Deuteronomy 7:8 נִשְׁבַּע֙
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:12 נִשְׁבַּ֖ע
If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 7:13 נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
- Deuteronomy 8:1 נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 8:18 נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 נִשְׁבַּ֤ע
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.