שִׁיבָה
shiva · stay
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7871 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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shiva (שִׁיבָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “stay”.
The time someone spends living in a place. It appears only once in the Bible (2 Samuel 19:32) and comes from the verb "dwell, sit".
How to say it
shi·va
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.
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 19:32
Barzillai was very old, eighty years old, and he had provided for the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.