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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁבַע

שָׁבַע

H7650

Transliteration: shâbaʻ

Pronunciation: shaw-bah'

Definition: adjure


Original: שׁבע

Transliteration: shâba‛

Phonetic:

BDB Definition:

  1. to swear, adjure
    1. (Qal) sworn (participle)
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to swear, take an oath
      2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)
      3. to curse
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to take an oath
      2. to adjure

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2318

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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