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שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H7651 · 393 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew words as “teenth”
What it means
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from H7650 (שָׁבַע); a primitive cardinal number;
How the KJV renders it
teen, teenth, times
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“times”
also renders pollákis (G4178), shibʻâthayim (H7659)
Answers that weigh this word
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- Was humanity vegetarian before the flood?
Where it appears
393 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 3:4 · HAcfsa
six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;
1 Chronicles 3:24 · HAcmsa
The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
1 Chronicles 5:13 · HAcmsa
Their brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
1 Chronicles 5:18 · HC/Acfsa
The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, able to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty that were able to go out to war.
1 Chronicles 7:5 · HC/Acmsa
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, listed in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
1 Chronicles 7:11 · HAcmsa
All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand two hundred, who were able to go out in the army for war.
1 Chronicles 9:13 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 9:25 HR/Acmsc1 Chronicles 10:12 HAcmsc1 Chronicles 12:25 HAcmsc1 Chronicles 12:27 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 12:34 HC/Acmsa1 Chronicles 15:26 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 18:4 HC/Acmsc1 Chronicles 19:18 HAcmsc1 Chronicles 24:15 HAcmsa1 Chronicles 25:24 HR/Acmsa1 Chronicles 26:30 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 26:32 HC/Acfsa1 Chronicles 29:4 HC/Acmsc1 Chronicles 29:27 HAcfsa1 Kings 2:11 HAcfsa1 Kings 6:6 HAcfsa1 Kings 6:38 HAcfsa1 Kings 7:17 HAcmsa1 Kings 8:65 HAcmsc1 Kings 11:3 HAcfsa1 Kings 14:21 HC/Acfsa1 Kings 16:10 HC/Acfsa1 Kings 16:15 HAcmsc1 Kings 18:43 HAcfsa1 Kings 19:18 HAcmsc1 Kings 20:15 HAcmsc1 Kings 20:29 HAcmsc1 Kings 20:30 HC/Acmsa1 Kings 22:51 HAcfsa1 Samuel 2:5 HAcmsa1 Samuel 6:1 HAcmsa1 Samuel 10:8 HAcmsc1 Samuel 11:3 HAcmsc1 Samuel 13:8 HAcmsc1 Samuel 16:10 HAcmsc1 Samuel 31:13 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 7:8 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 7:9 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 12:13 HC/Acfsa2 Chronicles 13:9 HAcmsa2 Chronicles 15:11 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 17:11 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 24:1 HAcfsa2 Chronicles 26:13 HC/Acmsc2 Chronicles 29:21 HAcmsa2 Chronicles 30:21 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 30:22 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 30:23 HAcmsc2 Chronicles 30:24 HC/Acmsc2 Chronicles 35:17 HAcmsc2 Kings 3:9 HAcmsc2 Kings 3:26 HAcfsa2 Kings 4:35 HAcfsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.