Lexical Summary shabua: Week, period of seven (days or years) Original Word: שְׁבוּעַ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance seven, week Or shabuan {shaw-boo'-ah}; also (feminine) shbu.ah {sheb-oo-aw'}; properly, passive participle of shaba' as a denominative of sheba'; literal, sevened, i.e. A week (specifically, of years) -- seven, week. see HEBREW shaba' see HEBREW sheba' NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sheba Definition a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week NASB Translation seven (1), week (4), Weeks (5), weeks (14). Brown-Driver-Briggs שָׁבוּעַ noun masculineDaniel 9:27 period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (on formation see LagBN 67); — absolute׳שׁ Daniel 9:27 (twice in verse); constructשְׁבֻעַ Genesis 29:27,28; dual שְׁבֻעַיִם Leviticus 12:5; plural שָֽׁבֻע(וֺ)ת Exodus 34:22 4t. Deuteronomy + (in technical term) 2Chronicles 8:13; late שָֽׁבֻעִים Daniel 9:24 4t. Daniel; constructשְׁבֻעֹת Jeremiah 5:24 (Ezekiel 45:21 read שִׁבְעַת with Vrss and all modern, see שֶׁבַע); suffix שָׁבֻעֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 28:26; — 1 period of seven days (froma given time), week: Deuteronomy 16:9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 12:5 (P); of marriage feast Genesis 29:27,28 (E; compare Judges 14:12; Tob 11:19); שָׁבֻעִים יָמִים Daniel 10:2,3three weeks, days (three weeks long); חֻקּוֺת קָצִיר ׳שׁ Jeremiah 5:24 weeks of statutes (i.e. weeks appointed by ׳י) for harvest; technical term חַגּ שָֽׁבֻעֹת Exodus 34:22 (J) feast of weeks (ending seven weeks of harvest), Deuteronomy 16:10,16; 2Chronicles 8:13 so ׳שׁ alone Numbers 28:26 (P). 2 heptad or seven of years, late, Daniel 9:24,25,26,27 (twice in verse). — שֻׁבֻעוֺת Ezekiel 21:28 see שָׁבַע]. Topical Lexicon Summary of Meaning and Usage The term describes a unit of seven days or, by extension, any set of “sevens” that orders Israel’s worship, agriculture, and prophetic calendar. Appearing twenty times in Scripture, it anchors rhythms of work and rest (Genesis 29:27–28), festal rejoicing (Exodus 34:22), maternal purification (Leviticus 12:5), and far-reaching prophetic revelation (Daniel 9:24-27). Institutional Observance: The Feast of Weeks • Exodus 34:22; Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 16:9-10, 16 record the “Feast of Weeks,” counted “seven weeks” from Firstfruits. The harvest gathered at this time highlighted God’s provision and pointed ahead to the fuller harvest of souls in Acts 2, when the Spirit was poured out precisely on the day that commemorated these seven sevens. Covenant Structures and Sabbatical Rhythms The pattern of sevens embedded in creation (Genesis 1–2) reappears in the weekly cycle (Genesis 29:27-28) and the mother’s forty-day/two-week purification (Leviticus 12:5). These statutes cultivate holiness by weaving rest, reflection, and dependence on the Lord into the warp and woof of daily life. Prophetic Horizons: The Seventy ‘Weeks’ of Daniel Daniel 9:24-27 employs the term in four verses to unveil God’s timetable for consummating redemption: “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin… and to anoint the Most Holy Place.” (Daniel 9:24) The text then divides the total into seven, sixty-two, and final “one week,” culminating in Messiah’s atoning work and ultimate triumph over evil. The same book links weeks with spiritual discipline when Daniel fasts “three full weeks” (Daniel 10:2-3). Personal and Family Life Genesis 29:27-28 shows an ordinary household using the weekly unit to mark contractual obligations, reminding readers that covenant faithfulness reaches the domestic sphere. Jeremiah 5:24 indicts Israel for failing to fear the God who “gives us the weeks of harvest,” exposing the peril of disregarding the rhythms He ordained. Worship and Devotional Application Ezekiel 45:21 speaks of a “festival lasting seven days” in the restored temple vision, reinforcing the eschatological hope of perfect worship structured around God’s sevens. Believers today may receive the gift of weekly rest as a foretaste of eternal Sabbath. Christological and Eschatological Implications The term’s prophetic use converges on Jesus Christ, whose death occurred “after the sixty-two weeks” (Daniel 9:26), and whose return will complete the final week by defeating desolation and inaugurating everlasting righteousness. The Feast of Weeks finds its New Testament fulfillment at Pentecost, when the Spirit writes God’s law on hearts, sealing the redeemed for the coming age. Ministry Reflections 1. Cultivate gospel-centered rhythms of work and rest, honoring the Creator’s pattern. Forms and Transliterations בְּשָׁבֻעֹ֖תֵיכֶ֑ם בשבעתיכם הַשָּׁב֜וּעַ הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת הַשָּׁבֻעִים֙ השבוע השבעות השבעים וְשָׁבֻעִ֞ים ושבעים שְׁבֻ֣עַ שְׁבֻע֛וֹת שְׁבֻע֣וֹת שְׁבֻעַ֖יִם שָׁב֣וּעַ שָׁבֻעִ֖ים שָׁבֻעִ֨ים שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת שָׁבֻעֹת֙ שָׁבֻעֽוֹת׃ שָׁבֻעוֹת֙ שבוע שבע שבעות שבעות׃ שבעים שבעת bə·šā·ḇu·‘ō·ṯê·ḵem bəšāḇu‘ōṯêḵem beshavuOteiChem haš·šā·ḇu·‘îm haš·šā·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ haš·šā·ḇū·a‘ hashshaVua hashshavuIm hashshavuot haššāḇu‘îm haššāḇu‘ōwṯ haššāḇūa‘ šā·ḇu·‘îm šā·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ šā·ḇu·‘ōṯ šā·ḇū·a‘ šāḇu‘îm šāḇu‘ōṯ šāḇu‘ōwṯ šāḇūa‘ šə·ḇu·‘a·yim šə·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ šə·ḇu·a‘ šəḇu‘ayim šəḇu‘ōwṯ šəḇua‘ shaVua shavuIm shavuOt sheVua shevuAyim shevuot veshavuIm wə·šā·ḇu·‘îm wəšāḇu‘îmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 29:27 HEB: מַלֵּ֖א שְׁבֻ֣עַ זֹ֑את וְנִתְּנָ֨ה NAS: Complete the week of this one, KJV: her week, and we will give INT: Complete the week her will give Genesis 29:28 Exodus 34:22 Leviticus 12:5 Numbers 28:26 Deuteronomy 16:9 Deuteronomy 16:9 Deuteronomy 16:10 Deuteronomy 16:16 2 Chronicles 8:13 Jeremiah 5:24 Ezekiel 45:21 Daniel 9:24 Daniel 9:25 Daniel 9:25 Daniel 9:26 Daniel 9:27 Daniel 9:27 Daniel 10:2 Daniel 10:3 20 Occurrences |
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