sheva · Sheba

What it means

sheva (שֶׁבַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sheba”.

A town of Simeon; also a personal name.

How to say it

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.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×1
• 2 Samuel×8
• 1 Chronicles×1

• Joshua 19:2

  And they had in their inheritance: Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

• 2 Samuel 20:1

  There happened to be a wicked man whose name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; he blew the horn and said, “We have no portion in David, and no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse! Each man to his tents, Israel!”

• 2 Samuel 20:2

  So all the men of Israel went up from after David and after Sheba son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clung to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 20:6

  David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue him, or he will find for himself fortified cities and escape our eye.”

• 2 Samuel 20:7

  So there went out after him Joab’s men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

• 2 Samuel 20:10

  But Amasa did not guard himself against the sword that was in the hand of Joab, and he struck him with it in the belly and poured out his entrails on the ground, and he did not repeat the blow on him, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

• 2 Samuel 20:13

  When he was removed from the highway, every man went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

• 2 Samuel 20:21

  The matter is not so; but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri by name, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. Hand over him alone, and I will go away from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Look, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

• 2 Samuel 20:22

  The woman went to all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and they scattered from the city, each to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem, to the king.

• 1 Chronicles 5:13

  And their brothers by their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.