Occurrences
Shâbaʻ occurs 158 times in 148 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (15), Exodus (5), Leviticus (4), Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (23), Joshua (12), Judges (6), 1 Samuel (7), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (8), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (12), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (5), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (11), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Amos (4), Micah (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 21:23 — Now therefore swear (הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה) unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
- Genesis 21:24 — And Abraham said, I will swear (אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ).
- Genesis 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they (נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ) sware both of them.
- Genesis 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn (נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי), saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- Genesis 24:3 — And I will make thee swear (וְאַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲךָ֔) by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
- Genesis 24:9 — And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and (וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע) sware to him concerning that matter.
- Genesis 24:37 — And my master made me swear (וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵ֥נִי), saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
- Genesis 25:33 — And Jacob said, Swear (הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה) to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Genesis 25:33 — And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and (וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Genesis 26:3 — 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 (נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי) sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Genesis 26:31 — And they rose up betimes in the morning, and (וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ) sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Genesis 47:31 — And he said, Swear (הִשָּֽׁבְעָה֙) unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
- Genesis 47:31 — And he said, Swear unto (וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
- Genesis 50:5 — My father made me swear (הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣נִי), saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
- Genesis 50:6 — And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear (הִשְׁבִּיעֶֽךָ).
- Genesis 50:24 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he (נִשְׁבַּ֛ע) sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Genesis 50:25 — And Joseph took an oath (וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע) of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
- Exodus 13:5 — And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he (נִשְׁבַּ֤ע) sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
- Exodus 13:11 — And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he (נִשְׁבַּ֥ע) sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
- Exodus 13:19 — And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn (הִשְׁבִּ֜יעַ) the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
- Exodus 13:19 — And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn (הַשְׁבֵּ֨עַ) the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
- Exodus 32:13 — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou (נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ) swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
- Exodus 33:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I (נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי) sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
- Leviticus 5:4 — Or if a soul swear (תִשָּׁבַע֩), 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.
- Leviticus 6:3 — Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth (וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע) falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
- Leviticus 6:5 — Or all that about which he hath sworn (יִשָּׁבַ֣ע) falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
- Leviticus 19:12 — And ye shall not swear (תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ) by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
- Numbers 5:19 — And the priest shall charge her by an oath (וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ), and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
- Numbers 5:21 — Then the priest shall charge (וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ) 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;
- Numbers 11:12 — Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou (נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתָּ) swarest unto their fathers?
- Numbers 14:16 — Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he (נִשְׁבַּ֣ע) sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:23 — Surely they shall not see the land which I (נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי) sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
- Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear (הִשָּׁ֤בַע) 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.
- Numbers 32:10 — And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and (וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע) he sware, saying,
- Numbers 32:11 — Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I (נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי) sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
- Deuteronomy 1:34 — And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and (וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע) sware, saying,
- Deuteronomy 1:35 — Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I (נִשְׁבַּ֔עְתִּי) sware to give unto your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 4:21 — Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and (וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗ע) sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
- Deuteronomy 4:31 — (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he (נִשְׁבַּ֖ע) sware unto them.
- Deuteronomy 6:10 — And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he (נִשְׁבַּ֧ע) sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
- Deuteronomy 6:13 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear (תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ) by his name.
- Deuteronomy 6:23 — And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he (נִשְׁבַּ֖ע) sware unto our fathers.
- Deuteronomy 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn (נִשְׁבַּע֙) 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.
- Deuteronomy 7:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he (נִשְׁבַּ֖ע) sware unto thy fathers:
- Deuteronomy 7:13 — And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he (נִשְׁבַּ֥ע) sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
- Deuteronomy 8:18 — But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he (נִשְׁבַּ֥ע) sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 10:11 — And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I (נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי) sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
- Deuteronomy 10:20 — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear (תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ) by his name.
- Deuteronomy 13:17 — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn (נִשְׁבַּ֖ע) unto thy fathers;
- Deuteronomy 19:8 — And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn (נִשְׁבַּ֖ע) unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;