שִׁבְעָתַיִם
shivatayim · sevenfold
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7659 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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shivatayim (שִׁבְעָתַיִם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sevenfold”.
Seven times, sevenfold.
How to say it
shi·va·ta·yim
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Sevenfold.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sevenfold ×5
- seven times ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 4:15
And YHWH said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And YHWH put a sign on Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.
- Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy and seven fold.”
- Psalms 12:6
The sayings of YHWH are pure sayings, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times.
- Psalms 79:12
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Adonai.
- Proverbs 6:31
but if he is caught, he will repay sevenfold; he will give all the wealth of his house.
- Isaiah 30:26
And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, in the day when YHWH binds up the fracture of his people and heals the wound of his blow.