shevua · oath

What it means

shevua (שְׁבוּעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “oath”.

A solemn promise sworn in someone's 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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A solemn promise in God's name.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• oath ×28
• oaths ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Leviticus×1
• Numbers×5
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×3
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×2
• Psalms×1
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Daniel×1
• Habakkuk×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 24:8

  But if the woman is not willing to come after you, you will be free from this oath of mine; only do not take back my son there.”

• Genesis 26:3

  Reside as an alien in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

• Exodus 22:11

  an oath of YHWH shall be between the two of them that he has not put his hand to the goods of his neighbor; its owner shall accept it, and he shall not repay.

• Leviticus 5:4

  Or if a person swears, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in any matter that a man may speak rashly in an oath, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he will be guilty in one of these.

• Numbers 5:21

  then the priest shall make the woman swear the oath of imprecation, and the priest shall say to the woman, ‘May YHWH make you an imprecation and an oath among your people, when YHWH makes your thigh sag and your belly swell;

• Numbers 30:2

  When a man vows a vow to YHWH or swears an oath to bind an obligation on his soul, he shall not profane his word; according to all that comes out of his mouth he shall do.

• Numbers 30:10

  And if in the house of her husband she vowed or bound an obligation on her soul with an oath,

• Numbers 30:13

  Every vow and every oath of obligation to afflict the soul, her husband may confirm it, and her husband may annul it.

• Deuteronomy 7:8

  but because of YHWH’s love for you, and because he kept the oath that he swore to your fathers, YHWH brought you out with a strong hand and ransomed you from the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

• Joshua 2:17

  The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath of yours that you have made us swear.

• Joshua 2:20

  But if you tell this matter of ours, then we will be free from your oath that you have made us swear.”

• Joshua 9:20

  This we will do to them: we will let them live, and there will be no wrath on us because of the oath that we swore to them.”

• Judges 21:5

  And the sons of Israel said, “Who is there that did not come up in the assembly from all the tribes of Israel to YHWH?” For the great oath had been concerning him who did not come up to YHWH at Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”

• 1 Samuel 14:26

  The people came into the forest, and look, the honey was flowing, but no one was putting his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

• 2 Samuel 21:7

  But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of YHWH that was between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

• 1 Kings 2:43

  Why then have you not kept the oath of YHWH and the commandment that I commanded you?”

• 1 Chronicles 16:16

  which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

• 2 Chronicles 15:15

  All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for with all their heart they had sworn, and with all their will they had sought him, and he let himself be found by them; and YHWH gave them rest all around.

• Nehemiah 6:18

  For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was son-in-law to Shecaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son had taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

• Nehemiah 10:29

  were adhering to their brothers, their nobles, and entering into an imprecation and into an oath to walk in the law of Elohim, which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of Elohim, and to keep and do all the commandments of YHWH our Lord, and his rules and his statutes;

• Psalms 105:9

  which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

• Ecclesiastes 8:2

  I say: keep the command of the king, and that because of the oath of Elohim.

• Ecclesiastes 9:2

  All is as for all: one fate for the righteous and for the wicked, for the good and for the clean and for the unclean, and for the one who sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; the one who swears as is the one who fears an oath.

• Isaiah 65:15

  And you will leave your name as an oath to my chosen ones: ‘So may Adonai YHWH put you to death!’ but his servants he will call by another name.

• Jeremiah 11:5

  so as to fulfill the oath that I swore to your fathers to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.’” And I answered and said: “Amen, YHWH.”

• Ezekiel 21:23

  And it will be to them like an empty divination in their eyes; oaths of oaths they have; but he brings to remembrance iniquity, so that they may be seized.”

• Daniel 9:11

  And all Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, so as not to listen to your voice; and there has been poured out on us the curse and the oath that is written in the law of Moses, the servant of Elohim, because we have sinned against him.

• Habakkuk 3:9

  Naked is your bow laid bare; oaths are the rods of the word. Selah. With rivers you split the earth.

• Zechariah 8:17

  And do not plan in your heart evil against his neighbor, each of you; and do not love a false oath; for all these are things that I hate, declares YHWH.”

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