שְׁבוּעָה

Genesis 24:8 מִשְּׁבֻעָתִ֖י from oath my

And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”

Genesis 26:3 הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔ה the oath

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Here: 'The oath.' The definite article points to one known oath, most naturally God's self-sworn oath after the binding of Isaac (22:16–18), an event Isaac himself was part of.

Exodus 22:11 שְׁבֻעַ֣ת [the] oath of

an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

Leviticus 5:4 בִּשְׁבֻעָ֖ה in an oath

Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

Numbers 5:21 בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה with [the] oath of, and into a oath

and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

Numbers 30:2 שְׁבֻעָה֙ an oath

If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

Here: 'An oath.' Again the verb and noun share a root. An oath often carried a spoken or implied curse on oneself if it was broken.

Numbers 30:10 בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה׃ by an oath

If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

Numbers 30:13 שְׁבֻעַ֥ת oath of

Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

Deuteronomy 7:8 הַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ the oath

But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Here: 'The oath', with the definite article: one particular, well-known oath, the promise of land and descendants sworn to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Joshua 2:17 מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֥ךְ from oath your

The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

Joshua 2:20 מִשְּׁבֻעָתֵ֖ךְ from oath your

And if you report our mission, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

Joshua 9:20 הַשְּׁבוּעָ֖ה the oath

This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

Here: 'The oath': the one sworn in 9:15 'by the LORD, the God of Israel' (9:19). It made God the guarantor and the one who would punish its breaking.

Judges 21:5 הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה the oath

The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

1 Samuel 14:26 הַשְּׁבֻעָֽה׃ the oath

And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

2 Samuel 21:7 שְׁבֻעַ֤ת [the] oath of

Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

Here: A solemn sworn statement that calls on God as witness and as the one who will punish if it is broken. The form ties it to the next word: 'the oath of Yahweh'.

1 Kings 2:43 שְׁבֻעַ֣ת [the] oath of

So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”

1 Chronicles 16:16 וּשְׁבוּעָת֖וֹ and oath his

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

2 Chronicles 15:15 הַשְּׁבוּעָ֗ה the oath

And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

Here: 'The oath' sworn in v. 14: a solemn, binding pledge to Yahweh, backed by the severe penalty of v. 13, which they had just taken with shouts and horn blasts.

Nehemiah 6:18 שְׁבוּעָה֙ oath

For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

Nehemiah 10:29 וּבִשְׁבוּעָ֗ה and in an oath

hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

Here: "And into an oath": the solemn sworn promise itself. Paired with ʾalah, it means a sworn promise with a curse attached.

Psalm 105:9 וּשְׁב֖וּעָת֣וֹ and oath his

the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

Here: 'And his oath': the 'his' is God. A shevuʿah is a sworn statement that puts the speaker's own name and life on the line. The verb is left out but understood from the first half: the oath God (swore/cut) to Isaac.

Ecclesiastes 8:2 שְׁבוּעַ֥ת [the] oath of

Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Here: A sworn oath that calls down a curse if broken. Here most likely the oath of loyalty a subject or official swore to the king, with God as witness and enforcer.

Ecclesiastes 9:2 שְׁבוּעָ֥ה an oath

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Here: A sworn statement or promise that invokes God as witness and enforcer. It is not the same as a vow (neder), which is a promise of a gift to God. The word is placed before its verb for emphasis: "an oath he fears."

Isaiah 65:15 לִשְׁבוּעָה֙ to a curse

You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

Here: Literally 'for an oath'. The meaning is an oath that calls down harm, a self-curse or curse formula. Their name becomes the standard example people cite when they curse: 'May God do to you what he did to them.'

Jeremiah 11:5 הַשְּׁבוּעָ֜ה the oath

This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

Here: The particular sworn promise of the land, made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The article marks it as 'the' oath everyone knows.

Ezekiel 21:23 שְׁבֻע֖וֹת oaths

It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.

Daniel 9:11 וְהַשְּׁבֻעָ֗ה and the oath

All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

Here: "And the oath". Paired with 'alah, it stresses that the curse was sworn. Israel had bound itself to these penalties under oath.

Habakkuk 3:9 שְׁבֻע֥וֹת oaths of

You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.

Zechariah 8:17 וּשְׁבֻ֥עַת and an oath of

do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

Here: A formal sworn statement that called on God as witness and guarantor, usually with a self-curse if it was false. It was used in court and in business disputes.