Hebrew Strong's Lexicon
H7650
Lemma: שָׁבַע
Transliteration: shaw-bah'
Definition: a primitive root; propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from שֶׁ֫בַע; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV Definition: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for saba`), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear
Verse usage
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Yeremias 49:13
NASB
"For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins."
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Yeremias 51:14
NASB
The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: "Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you."
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Ezikiel 16:8
NASB
"Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezikiel 21:23
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"And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; they have [sworn] solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.
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Daniel 12:7
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I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half [a [time]; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these [events] will be completed.
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Hoseas 4:15
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Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Do not let Judah become guilty; Also do not go to Gilgal, Or go up to Beth-aven And take the oath: "As the LORD lives!"
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Amos 4:2
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The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness, "Behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks.
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Amos 6:8
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The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared: "I loathe the arrogance of Jacob, And detest his citadels; Therefore I will deliver up [the] city and all it contains."
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Amos 8:7
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The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.
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Amos 8:14
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"[As for] those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again."
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Mikeas 7:20
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You will give truth to Jacob [And] unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old.
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Sofonias 1:5
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"And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down [and] swear to the LORD and [yet] swear by Milcom,
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Zakarias 5:3
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Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.
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Zakarias 5:4
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"I will make it go forth," declares the LORD of hosts, "and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones."
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Malakias 3:5
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"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.