Lexical Definition

‎שְׁבוּעָה‎ shᵉbûwʻâh (sheb-oo-aw') oath ^H:N-F
feminine passive participle of ‎שָׁבַע‎

curse, oath, [idiom] sworn.

• properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath

1) oath, curse
1a) oath
1a1) attesting of innocence
1a2) curse
1b) oath (of Jehovah)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁבוּעָה‎, ‎שְׁבֻעָה‎ noun feminine (Josh 2:17 read ‎הַזּה‎ Albr^{ZAW xvi(1896), 116}) oath, curse; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שְׁבוּ‎ Josh 9:20 +, ‎׳‎‎שְׁבֻ‎ Gen 26:3 +; construct ‎שְׁבֻעַת‎ Exod 22:10* +; suffix ‎שְׁבֻעָתִי‎ Gen 24:8 etc.; plural ‎שְׁבֻעוֺת‎ absolute Ezek 21:28*, construct Hab 3:9 [Jer 5:24](/btb/not_created.html); Ezek 45:21 see ‎שָׁבוּעַ‎]; — oath [as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎הִשָּׁבַע‎ etc. Num 30:3* + (in rel.cl.) 5t.]:

1. of man:
a. attesting innocence Exod 22:10* (E), friendship 2Sam 21:7, promise 1Kgs 2:43 (after ‎שָׁמַר‎ keep; all ‎׳‎‎שְׁבֻעַת י‎ oath to to (‎׳‎‎י‎); innocence also Num 5:21 a; friendship Neh 6:18 (‎לוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎בַּעֲלֵישׁ‎), promise Lev 5:4 of vow (|| ‎נדר‎) Num 30:3*; Num 30:11*; Num 30:14* (‎שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר‎), Josh 9:20 (all P), Neh 10:30* (|| ‎אָלָה‎), Eccl 9:2, of covenant with ‎׳‎‎י‎ 2Chr 15:15, ‎שְׁבוּעַת אֱלֹהִים‎ Eccl 8:2 (probably of oath of allegiance to king), ‎שְׁבֻעַת שֶׁקֶר‎ Zech 8:17 of threat Judg 21:5; 1Sam 14:26 (ᵐ5 ‎׳‎‎שְׁבֻעַת י‎); keep, discharge the oath is ‎׳‎‎הֵקִים הַשּׁ‎ Gen 26:3 (J), Jer 11:5 ‎׳‎‎נָקָה מִשׁ‎ be free, exempt from an oath Gen 24:8 (J), compare Josh 2:17; Josh 2:20.
b. = curse, Isa 65:15 and (|| ‎אָלָה‎) Num 5:21 (P), Dan 9:11.

2. oath of ‎׳‎‎י‎, in promise, Deut 7:8 (‎שָׁמַר‎ in rel. clause), || covenant (‎בְּרִית‎), ‎שְׁבוּעַתוֺ לְיִצְחָק‎ Ps 105:9 = 1Chr 16:16. — ‎שְׁבֻעוֺת מַטּוֺת‎ Hab 3:9 very dubious: AV oaths of the tribes; oaths, rods of the word, Hi-St; sworn (passive participle ‎שְׁבַע‎) were the rods ( = chastisements) of (thy) word, Ges Hi RVm; heptads of spears Ew, compare Da; text probably corrupt, Now proposes ‎שִׂבַּעְתָּ (אַשְׁפָּֽתְךָׅ‎ thou hast sated with shafts thy quiver; Marti (after ᵐ5^Manuscripts) thy bow was satiated with shafts; GASm thou gluttest (?) thy shafts. — Ezek 21:28* see √.

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