Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
oath
Usage: 1) oath, curse 1a) oath 1a1) attesting of innocence 1a2) curse 1b) oath (of Jehovah)
Shebuah means “oath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7621 שְׁבוּעָה (shbuw`ah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shbuw`ah (sheb-oo-aw') n-f. 1. (properly) something sworn, i.e. an oath [feminine passive participle of H7650] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include oath, sworn, curse, and oaths. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shbuw`ah (sheb-oo-aw') n-f. 1. (properly) something sworn, i.e. an oath [feminine passive participle of H7650] KJV: curse, oath, X sworn. Root(s): H7650
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oath
Usage: 1) oath, curse 1a) oath 1a1) attesting of innocence 1a2) curse 1b) oath (of Jehovah)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shbuw`ah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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29 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7621.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7621, grouped by book.
Shebuah (Strong's H7621) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "oath". shbuw`ah (sheb-oo-aw') n-f. 1. (properly) something sworn, i.e. an oath [feminine passive participle of H7650]
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H7621 across 21 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7621 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as oath, sworn, curse, and oaths. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.