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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שִׁבְעִיםH7657
Pronunciationšibĕʿiym
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
seventy19×Genesis 46:27, Exodus 1:5, Numbers 11:16, Numbers 11:24
weighing seventy12×Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
and seventy6×Exodus 15:27, Exodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9, Numbers 33:9
704×Genesis 5:12, Genesis 11:26, Ezra 8:7, Ezra 8:14
his seventy3×Judges 9:5, Judges 9:18, Judges 9:56
70,000 {}2×1 Kings 5:15, 2 Chronicles 2:2
742×Ezra 2:40, Nehemiah 7:43
for seventy2×Isaiah 23:15, Jeremiah 25:11
of seventy2×Isaiah 23:15, Isaiah 23:17
seventy [shekels]2×Numbers 7:85, Judges 9:4
[was] seventy1×Ezekiel 41:12
70,000 of them1×2 Chronicles 2:18
771×Ezra 8:35
against the seventy1×Judges 9:24
all seventy1×2 Kings 10:7
for him seventy1×Genesis 50:3
had seventy1×2 Kings 10:1
is seventy1×Psalms 90:10
that seventy1×Judges 9:2
the names of the seventy-seven1×Judges 8:14
the seventy1×Numbers 11:25
totaled 701×Exodus 38:29
vvv1×Genesis 4:24
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 4:24שִׁבְעִ֥יםtovvvNumber - common pluralGenesis 5:12שִׁבְעִ֣יםto70Number - common pluralGenesis 5:31וְשִׁבְעִים֙to. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 11:26שִׁבְעִ֣יםto70Number - common pluralGenesis 12:4וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםto. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 25:7וְשִׁבְעִ֥יםto. . .Conjunctive waw | Number - common pluralGenesis 46:27שִׁבְעִֽים׃פtoseventyNumber - common pluralGenesis 50:3שִׁבְעִ֥יםtofor him seventyNumber - common pluralExodus 1:5שִׁבְעִ֣יםtoseventyNumber - common pluralExodus 15:27וְשִׁבְעִ֣יםtoand seventyConjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 4:24
Aligned rows91
Books represented20
Genesis8Exodus7Numbers26Deuteronomy1Judges101 Samuel12 Samuel11 Kings12 Kings31 Chronicles22 Chronicles4Ezra8Nehemiah5Esther1Psalms1Isaiah3Jeremiah3Ezekiel2Daniel2Zechariah2
Source forms
שִׁבְעִ֥ים40xšiḇ·‘îmGenesis 4:24, Genesis 50:3, Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19
שִׁבְעִ֣ים19xšiḇ·‘îmGenesis 5:12, Genesis 11:26, Exodus 1:5, Exodus 38:29
וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים6xwə·šiḇ·‘îmExodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9, Numbers 3:43, Numbers 7:85
וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים5xwə·šiḇ·‘îmGenesis 25:7, Numbers 31:32, Numbers 33:9, 1 Chronicles 21:5
וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים4xwə·šiḇ·‘îmExodus 38:25, Numbers 1:27, Numbers 2:4, Numbers 26:22
וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים3xwə·šiḇ·‘îmGenesis 12:4, Exodus 15:27, Ezekiel 8:11
וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃2xwə·šiḇ·‘îmNumbers 31:37, Numbers 31:38
בְּשִׁבְעִ֣ים1xbə·šiḇ·‘îmDeuteronomy 10:22
Parsing patterns
Number - common plural66xGenesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 46:27
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural23xGenesis 5:31, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7, Exodus 15:27
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - common plural1xNumbers 3:46
Preposition-b | Number - common plural1xDeuteronomy 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 definitionSource: 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
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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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