שְׁבוּעָה
šĕbûʿâ
oath
Strong's H7621NounHebrewTWOT 2319a

שְׁבוּעָה (šĕbûʿâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning oath. It appears 30 times in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7621).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2319a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2319a)oath, curse; sworn
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שְׁבוּעָה noun, feminine: oath, curse

Strong's H7621 שְׁבוּעָה: properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
KJV:curse, oath, × sworn.

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 2319: שָׁבַע šābaʿ — swear, seven oneself, bind oneself by seven things; those sworn with, oaths; take an oath; cause take an oath, adjure; seven; charge, feed to the full

See it in Scripture

Genesis 24:8Numbers 5:21Deuteronomy 7:8

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