שָׁבוּעַ
šābûaʿ
period of seven
Strong's H7620NounHebrewTWOT 2318d

שָׁבוּעַ (šābûaʿ) is a Hebrew noun meaning period of seven. It appears 20 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7620).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2318d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2318d)period of seven, heptad, week; sevened
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁבוּעַ noun, masculine: period of seven, heptad, week

period of seven (days, years), heptad, week

Strong's H7620 שָׁבוּעַ: literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
KJV:seven, week.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2318: שֶׁ֫בַע šebaʿ — seven; full, seven times, week, indefinite; sevenfold

See it in Scripture

Genesis 29:27Exodus 34:22Leviticus 12:5

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