שָׁבַע H7650

Home gloss: swear (niphal)
Instead of (KJV / RSV): swear
Note: To bind oneself by an oath (21:23–24, 31; 22:16; 24:3). The pun with שֶׁבַע "seven" is at 21:31
Rulings: 17

Occurrences (3)

21:23 And now, swear to me hither by elohim: if you will deal falsely with me, and with my progeny, and with my posterity—! According to the loyalty that I have done with you, you shall do with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned."
21:24 And Abraham said, "I, I will swear."
21:31 On thus he called that place Beersheba, for there the two of them swore.