Shivatayim שִׁבְעָתַיִם
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| שִׁבְעָתַיִם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shivatayim |
| Strong's number | H7659 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | sevenfold |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (2) |
Shivatayim (Hebrew שִׁבְעָתַיִם, Strong's H7659) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “sevenfold”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) sevenfold, seven times
1a) sevenfold, seven times as much
1b) seven times
1a) sevenfold, seven times as much
1b) seven times
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sevenfold (5), times (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sevenfold (5), all seven of them (1), seven times brighter (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shivatayim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 4:15And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
- Genesis 4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Psalms
- Psalm 12:6The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- Psalm 79:12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).