The meaning of “שִׁבְעִים”
Understanding shibʻîym reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
multiple of שֶׁבַע seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen). - seventy 1) seventy
שִׁבְעִים
multiple of שֶׁבַע seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen). - seventy 1) seventy
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 12:4 | “So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.” Word: שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym) | |
| Judges 9:5 | “And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.” Word: שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym) | |
| 2 Kings 10:6 | “Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.” Word: שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym) | |
| Nehemiah 7:39 | “The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.” Word: שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym) | |
| Jeremiah 25:12 | “And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.” Word: שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym) |
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