Seven
שֶׁ֫בַעStrong’s H7651sheva (she-va)
Appears in 346 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheva is the Hebrew word usually translated “seven”, “seven-” and “on seven”. It appears in 346 verses of the Old Testament.
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
Meaning
- Seven (cardinal number)as ordinal number · in combination-17, 700 etc
How it's translated
- seven 282
- and seven 71
- seven- 8
- for seven 6
- on seven 4
- sevenfold 4
- and in seven 3
- to seven 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 52
- Leviticus 42
- Numbers 41
- 1 Chronicles 21
- Exodus 19
- 2 Kings 17
27 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 3:9In contextFor behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
- Zechariah 4:2In contextAnd said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
- Zechariah 4:10In contextFor who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
- Genesis 4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- Genesis 5:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
All 346 verses, by book
- Genesis 52
- 4:245:75:255:265:317:27:37:47:107:118:48:108:128:1411:2121:2821:2921:3023:125:1729:1829:2029:2729:3031:2333:337:241:241:341:441:541:641:741:1841:1941:2041:2241:2341:2441:2641:2741:2941:3041:3441:3641:4741:4841:5341:5446:2547:2850:10
- Leviticus 42
- 4:64:178:118:338:3512:213:413:513:2113:2613:3113:3313:5013:5414:714:814:1614:2714:3814:5115:1315:1915:2415:2816:1416:1922:2723:623:823:1523:1823:3423:3623:3923:4023:4123:4225:826:1826:2126:2426:28
- Numbers 41
- 1:311:392:82:262:313:224:368:212:1412:1513:2216:4919:419:1119:1419:1623:123:423:1423:2926:726:3426:5128:1128:1728:1928:2128:2428:2728:2929:229:429:829:1029:1229:3229:3631:1931:3631:4331:52
- Ruth 1
- 4:15
- 1 Chronicles 21
- 3:43:245:135:187:57:119:139:2510:1212:2512:2712:3415:2618:419:1824:1525:2426:3026:3229:429:27
- Psalms 1
- 119:164
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 11:2
- Daniel 1
- 9:25
- Micah 1
- 5:5
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫בַע sheva · seven
1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc Aramaic equivalent: shiv.ah (שִׁבְעָה "seven" H7655)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seven” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEVEN, adjective
sev'n [L. septem.] Four and three; one more than six or less than eight. Seven days constitute a week. We read in Scripture of seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, seven trumpets, seven seals, seven vials, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.