Hebrew · Strong's H7651

שֶׁבַע

shebaʻ · sheh'-bah · number · “seven”

Respostas

Shevaʿ significa sete — um número entrelaçado pela Escritura para completude e descanso. Os sete dias da criação, os sete selos e as sete igrejas carregam o seu peso.

Resposta rápida traduzida com auxílio de IA e em revisão. A explicação completa é exibida em inglês.

Sheva is the number seven, but it is more than arithmetic in the Bible. It signals completeness and rest: creation’s seventh day, the seven-year sabbath cycles, sevenfold sprinklings in atonement.

Revelation amplifies the symbolism with seven churches, seven seals, seven bowls — completeness in judgment and salvation. Even the number suggests the God who finishes what he starts.

Strong's reference

Definition: seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

KJV usage: ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare H7658 (שִׁבְעָנָה).

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Versículos-chave BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 2:2 “And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.” Leviticus 23:3 “For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.” Revelation 1:4 “John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,”