sheba` - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H7652 שֶׁבַע (sheba`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sheba` (sheh'-bah) n/l. 1. seven 2. Sheba, the name of a place in Israel, and of two Israelites It has 10 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include sheba. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sheba` (sheh'-bah) n/l. 1. seven 2. Sheba, the name of a place in Israel, and of two Israelites [the same as H7651] KJV: Sheba. Root(s): H7651
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Sheba
Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.20.1; son of: Bichri (H1075) § Sheba = "seven" 1) Benjamite, son of Bichri and one who led a rebellion against David 2) Gadite, brother of Michael, Meshullam, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber
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10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7652.
And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7652, grouped by book.
Sheba (Strong's H7652) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Sheba". sheba` (sheh'-bah) n/l. 1. seven 2. Sheba, the name of a place in Israel, and of two Israelites
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H7652 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7652 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sheba. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.