What does שִׁבְעִים (šibĕʿiym) mean in the Bible?
שִׁבְעִים (šibĕʿiym): Symbolically significant number marking completion of cycles; associates with judgment, restoration, and covenant fulfillment in prophetic contexts
Hebrew · H7657
שִׁבְעִים
Seventy
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שִׁבְעִים H7657
Pronunciation šibĕʿiym
What does שִׁבְעִים (šibĕʿiym) mean in the Bible?
שִׁבְעִים (šibĕʿiym): Symbolically significant number marking completion of cycles; associates with judgment, restoration, and covenant fulfillment in prophetic contexts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7657?
The BSB source-word alignment has 91 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (24), seventy (19), weighing seventy (12), and seventy (6), 70 (4).
Where does שִׁבְעִים (šibĕʿiym) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 4:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (26), Judges (10), Ezra (8), Genesis (8).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 24× Genesis 5:31, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7, Exodus 38:25
seventy 19× Genesis 46:27, Exodus 1:5, Numbers 11:16, Numbers 11:24
weighing seventy 12× Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
and seventy 6× Exodus 15:27, Exodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9, Numbers 33:9
70 4× Genesis 5:12, Genesis 11:26, Ezra 8:7, Ezra 8:14
his seventy 3× Judges 9:5, Judges 9:18, Judges 9:56
70,000 {} 2× 1 Kings 5:15, 2 Chronicles 2:2
74 2× Ezra 2:40, Nehemiah 7:43
for seventy 2× Isaiah 23:15, Jeremiah 25:11
of seventy 2× Isaiah 23:15, Isaiah 23:17
seventy [shekels] 2× Numbers 7:85, Judges 9:4
[was] seventy 1× Ezekiel 41:12
70,000 of them 1× 2 Chronicles 2:18
77 1× Ezra 8:35
against the seventy 1× Judges 9:24
all seventy 1× 2 Kings 10:7
for him seventy 1× Genesis 50:3
had seventy 1× 2 Kings 10:1
is seventy 1× Psalms 90:10
that seventy 1× Judges 9:2
the names of the seventy-seven 1× Judges 8:14
the seventy 1× Numbers 11:25
totaled 70 1× Exodus 38:29
vvv 1× Genesis 4:24
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 4:24 שִׁבְעִ֥ים to vvv Number - common plural Genesis 5:12 שִׁבְעִ֣ים to 70 Number - common plural Genesis 5:31 וְשִׁבְעִים֙ to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 11:26 שִׁבְעִ֣ים to 70 Number - common plural Genesis 12:4 וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 25:7 וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים to . . . Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Genesis 46:27 שִׁבְעִֽים׃פ to seventy Number - common plural Genesis 50:3 שִׁבְעִ֥ים to for him seventy Number - common plural Exodus 1:5 שִׁבְעִ֣ים to seventy Number - common plural Exodus 15:27 וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים to and seventy Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 4:24
Aligned rows 91
Books represented 20
Genesis 8 Exodus 7 Numbers 26 Deuteronomy 1 Judges 10 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 3 1 Chronicles 2 2 Chronicles 4 Ezra 8 Nehemiah 5 Esther 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 2 Daniel 2 Zechariah 2
Source forms
שִׁבְעִ֥ים 40x šiḇ·‘îm Genesis 4:24, Genesis 50:3, Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19
שִׁבְעִ֣ים 19x šiḇ·‘îm Genesis 5:12, Genesis 11:26, Exodus 1:5, Exodus 38:29
וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים 6x wə·šiḇ·‘îm Exodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9, Numbers 3:43, Numbers 7:85
וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים 5x wə·šiḇ·‘îm Genesis 25:7, Numbers 31:32, Numbers 33:9, 1 Chronicles 21:5
וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים 4x wə·šiḇ·‘îm Exodus 38:25, Numbers 1:27, Numbers 2:4, Numbers 26:22
וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים 3x wə·šiḇ·‘îm Genesis 12:4, Exodus 15:27, Ezekiel 8:11
וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃ 2x wə·šiḇ·‘îm Numbers 31:37, Numbers 31:38
בְּשִׁבְעִ֣ים 1x bə·šiḇ·‘îm Deuteronomy 10:22
Parsing patterns
Number - common plural 66x Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 46:27
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural 23x Genesis 5:31, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7, Exodus 15:27
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - common plural 1x Numbers 3:46
Preposition-b | Number - common plural 1x Deuteronomy 10:22
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Symbolically significant number marking completion of cycles; associates with judgment, restoration, and covenant fulfillment in prophetic contexts
Source Gloss
seventy
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Symbolically significant number marking completion of cycles; associates with judgment, restoration, and covenant fulfillment in prophetic contexts
seventy Usage: seventy, threescore and ten ( -teen).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Duration of Tyre's forgotten period, marking a specific historical timespan
Length of Babylonian captivity, denoting prolonged exile and servitude duration
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 91 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שִׁבְעִים is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain