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H7620 שָׁבוּעַ (shâbûwaʻ) shaw-boo'-ah

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

Weeks

Biblical Persons & Places

Weeks Name of a feastival
Name of a feastival; called Weeks (שָׁבוּעַ); or Pentecost (πεντηκοστή)

Strong's Definition

literally, sevened, i.e. a week (specifically, of years)

Derivation: or שָׁבֻעַ; also (feminine) שְׁבֻעָה; properly, passive participle of H7650 (שָׁבַע) as a denominative of H7651 (שֶׁבַע);

KJV Usage: seven, week.

TWOT Reference: 2318d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week
1a) period of seven days, a week
1a1) Feast of Weeks
1b) heptad, seven (of years)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁבוּעַ (sha.vu.a) — Weeks.

Feast of Weeks, Also named: pentēkostē (πεντηκοστή "Pentecost" G4005) This name means seven,

שָׁבוּעַ (sha.vu.a) — week. 1) seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week 1a) period of seven days, a week 1a1) Feast of Weeks 1b) heptad, seven (of years) Also means: sha.vu.a (שָׁבוּעַ "week" H7620I)

שָׁבוּעַ (sha.vu.a) — week. 1) seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week 1a) period of seven days, a week 1a1) Feast of Weeks 1b) heptad, seven (of years)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · שֶׁבַע

Time

week = the cycle of seven days from the first day to the seventh, which is the sabbath

GEN 29:27 · GEN 29:28 · LEV 12:5 · NUM 28:26 · DEU 16:9 · DEU 16:9 · JER 5:24 · DAN 9:24 · DAN 9:25 · DAN 9:25 · DAN 9:26 · DAN 9:27 · DAN 9:27 · DAN 10:2 · DAN 10:3

Festivals

Collocation: חַג שָׁבֻעֹות

Feast of Weeks literally: feast of weeks; hence: = a religious festival celebrated seven weeks after the beginning of the harvest, when the first fruits of the harvest are presented

EXO 34:22 · DEU 16:10 · DEU 16:16 · 2CH 8:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁבוּעַ n.m. period of seven (days, years), heptad, week base

Bible Occurrences (17)

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