King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H7650 - Swear

Strong's No.:	H7650

Hebrew:	שָׁבַע

Transliteration:	shâbaʻ

Phonetic:	shaw-bah'

Word Origin:	A primitive root

Bible Usage:	{adjure} charge (by an {oath} with an {oath}) feed to the full [by mistake for {H7646]} take an {oath} X-(idiom) {straitly} (cause {to} make to) swear.

Part of Speech:	Verb

Strongs Definition:	properly to be {complete} but used only as a denominative from H7651; to seven {oneself} that {is} swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. to swear, adjure a. (Qal) sworn (participle) b. (Niphal) 1. to swear, take an oath 2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself) 3. to curse c. (Hiphil) 1. to cause to take an oath 2. to adjure

Bible References: Swear	Gen 21:23 Gen 21:24 Gen 24:3 Gen 24:37 Gen 25:33 Gen 47:31 Gen 50:5 Gen 50:6 Lev 5:4 Lev 19:12 Num 30:2 Deut 6:13 Deut 10:20 Josh 2:12 Josh 2:17 Josh 2:20 Josh 23:7 Judg 15:12 1 Sam 20:17 1 Sam 24:21 1 Sam 30:15 2 Sam 19:7 1 King 1:13 1 King 1:51 1 King 2:42 2 Chr 36:13 Ezra 10:5 Neh 13:25 Isa 19:18 Isa 45:23 Isa 48:1 Isa 65:16 Jer 4:2 Jer 5:2 Jer 7:9 Jer 12:16 Jer 12:16 Jer 22:5 Jer 32:22 Hos 4:15 Amos 8:14 Zep 1:5 Zep 1:5

Translation Occurrences:	adjure ( 2 ) adjured ( 1 ) charge ( 6 ) oath ( 7 ) sware ( 70 ) swarest ( 5 ) swear ( 43 ) swearers ( 1 ) sweareth ( 7 ) sworn ( 42 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.