Hebrew word study
שָׁבַע H7650
- Transliteration
- shâbaʻ
- Pronunciation
- shaw-bah'
- KJV glosses
- adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Lexical summary
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information