# שְׁבוּעָה (shevuah)

Israeli respelling: shevu-ah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7621. 29 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath

King James renderings: curse, oath, [idiom] sworn.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shevuah-h7621

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 24:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/8) — And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
- [Genesis 26:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/3) — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and…
- [Exodus 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/11) — Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall ac…
- [Leviticus 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/4) — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it b…
- [Numbers 5:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/21) — Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an…
- [Numbers 30:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/30/2) — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all…
- [Numbers 30:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/30/10) — And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
- [Numbers 30:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/30/13) — Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
- [Deuteronomy 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/8) — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with…
- [Joshua 2:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/17) — And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
- [Joshua 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/20) — And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
- [Joshua 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/9/20) — This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
- [Judges 21:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/5) — And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they…
- [1 Samuel 14:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/26) — And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oat…
- [2 Samuel 21:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/21/7) — But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and…
- [1 Kings 2:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/43) — Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- [1 Chronicles 16:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/16/16) — Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
- [2 Chronicles 15:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/15) — And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of th…
- [Nehemiah 6:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/6/18) — For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the…
- [Nehemiah 10:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/29) — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the…
- [Psalms 105:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/9) — Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
- [Ecclesiastes 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/8/2) — I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/2) — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to…
- [Isaiah 65:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/65/15) — And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
- [Jeremiah 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/11/5) — That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then…
- [Ezekiel 21:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/23) — And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity…
- [Daniel 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/11) — Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, an…
- [Habakkuk 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/9) — Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
- [Zechariah 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/17) — And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith…