Hebrew word · H7724

שְׁוָא

sheva'

Sheva

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.49;

son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Maacah (H4601L);

brother of: Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647) and Shaaph (H8174H);

half-brother of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H0715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056) and Achsah (H5915H);

father of: Machbenah (H4343) and Gibea (H1388)

§ Sheva = "Jehovah contends"

Judaite, son of Caleb by his concubine Maachah and grandson of Hezron

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 20:25 וּשְׁוָ֖א and Sheva

    Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:49 שְׁוָ֛א Sheva

    She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

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