What does חַג · שָׁבוּעַ mean in the Bible?
חַג · שָׁבוּעַ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Feast of Weeks — the seven-weeks-from-harvest firstfruits thanksgiving".
Hebrew · H2282, H7620
חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת
A festival , or a victim therefor · literally, sevened , i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
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חַג H2282 a festival , or a victim therefor
Pronunciation chag
A sacred gathering marked by pilgrimage, sacrifice, and communal worship—covenantal renewal through solemn assembly
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שָׁבוּעַ H7620 literally, sevened , i.e. a week (specifically, of years)
Pronunciation šābûʿa
A heptad or period of seven, foundational to Jewish temporal reckoning and covenantal cycles like Jubilee.
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What does חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (chag ha-shavuot) mean in the Bible?
חַג · שָׁבוּעַ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Feast of Weeks — the seven-weeks-from-harvest firstfruits thanksgiving".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2282, H7620?
H2282, H7620 is connected to 82 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Feast of Weeks — the seven-weeks-from-harvest firstfruits thanksgiving
Strong's H2282, H7620
Lexical occurrences 82 verses Source Gloss
Feast of Weeks — the seven-weeks-from-harvest firstfruits thanksgiving
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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