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Strong's H7657 שִׁבְעִים (shibim)

Shibim means “seventy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7657
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 90
Books 20

Strong's H7657 Quick Answer

Strong's H7657 שִׁבְעִ֥ים is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shib`iym. (shib-eem') num. 1. seventy [multiple of H7651] It has 90 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include seventy and threescore. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shib`iym. (shib-eem') num. 1. seventy [multiple of H7651]
Usage
90 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
seventy and threescore

Meaning and Definition

shib`iym. (shib-eem') num. 1. seventy [multiple of H7651] KJV: seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen). Root(s): H7651

Original Word
שִׁבְעִ֥ים

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7657. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7657 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H7657, 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.

seventy Genesis 4:24 57× threescore Exodus 15:27 30×

How Strong's H7657 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 90 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7657 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7657 in the Old Testament

90 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:24 KJV

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Genesis 5:12 KJV

And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:

Genesis 5:31 KJV

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Usage Excerpts

First 90 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7657.

Genesis 4:24 Old Testament, KJV
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Genesis 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis 5:31 Old Testament, KJV
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Genesis 11:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Genesis 25:7 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Genesis 46:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
Genesis 50:3 Old Testament, KJV
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Exodus 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Exodus 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 24:1 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Exodus 24:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exodus 38:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Exodus 38:28 Old Testament, KJV
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Exodus 38:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Numbers 1:27 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 3:43 Old Testament, KJV
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Numbers 3:46 Old Testament, KJV
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
Numbers 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:25 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:31 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:37 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:43 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:49 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:55 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:61 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:67 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:73 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:79 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:85 Old Testament, KJV
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
Numbers 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Numbers 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Numbers 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 31:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Numbers 31:33 Old Testament, KJV
And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Numbers 31:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
Numbers 31:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
Numbers 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Deuteronomy 10:22 Old Testament, KJV
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Judges 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Judges 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
Judges 8:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Judges 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
Judges 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Judges 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
Judges 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
Judges 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
Judges 9:56 Old Testament, KJV
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Judges 12:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
1 Samuel 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
2 Samuel 24:15 Old Testament, KJV
So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
1 Kings 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
2 Kings 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
2 Kings 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
2 Kings 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
1 Chronicles 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
1 Chronicles 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
2 Chronicles 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
2 Chronicles 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 Chronicles 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
2 Chronicles 36:21 Old Testament, KJV
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Ezra 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Ezra 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Ezra 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
Ezra 2:36 Old Testament, KJV
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Ezra 2:40 Old Testament, KJV
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
Ezra 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Ezra 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
Ezra 8:35 Old Testament, KJV
Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Nehemiah 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Nehemiah 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Nehemiah 7:39 Old Testament, KJV
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Nehemiah 7:43 Old Testament, KJV
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
Nehemiah 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
Esther 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
Psalms 90:10 Old Testament, KJV
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Isaiah 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isaiah 23:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 25:11 Old Testament, KJV
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 29:10 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Ezekiel 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 41:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
Daniel 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Daniel 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Zechariah 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Zechariah 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7657, grouped by book.

Genesis 8 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 26 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 10 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 8 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7657 FAQ

What does shibim (שִׁבְעִים) mean?

Shibim (Strong's H7657) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "seventy". shib`iym. (shib-eem') num. 1. seventy [multiple of H7651]

How many times is shibim (שִׁבְעִים) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 90 linked usages for Strong's H7657 across 20 books.

Where can I study shibim (שִׁבְעִים) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7657 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shibim (שִׁבְעִים)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as seventy and threescore. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.