7637. shebii or shebiith
Lexical Summary
shebii or shebiith: Seventh

Original Word: שְׁבִיעִי
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: shbiy`iy
Pronunciation: sheb-ee' or sheb-ee-eeth'
Phonetic Spelling: (sheb-ee-ee')
KJV: seventh (time)
NASB: seventh, fourth, seventh year
Word Origin: [ordinal from H7657 (שִׁבעִים - seventy)]

1. seventh

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
seventh time

Or shbi iy {sheb-ee-ee'}; ordinal from shib'iym.; seventh -- seventh (time).

see HEBREW shib'iym.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from sheba
Definition
seventh (an ord. number)
NASB Translation
fourth (1), seventh (96), seventh year (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שְׁבִיעִי masculine שְׁבִיעִית feminine97

adjective ordinal number seventh; — שְׁבִיעִי Genesis 2:2 +, שְׁבִעִי Exodus 12:15 +; feminine שְׁבִיעִית Joshua 6:16 +, Exodus 23:11 +, שְׁבִעִת Exodus 21:2 עִית- 1 Kings 18:44; 2Chronicles 23:1; — fifth, especially P; always with article:

1. masculine 7th day Genesis 2:3 47t.; month (חֹדֶשׁ) Genesis 8:4 23t. + (noun omitted) Ezekiel 45:25 3t.; lot (הַגּוֺרָל) Joshua 19:40 #NAME? 1 Chronicles 24:10; 1 Chronicles 25:14; noun omitted also 1 Chronicles 2:15; 1 Chronicles 26:3,5 (son), 1 Chronicles 12:11 (man), 1 Chronicles 27:10 (captain).

2. feminine 7th year, 2 Kings 11:4 7t. + (noun omitted) Exodus 21:2; Exodus 23:11, also שְׁנַת הַשְּׁבִיעִית (Ges§ 134p) Ezra 7:8 sabbath Leviticus 23:16; time (מַּעַם) Joshua 6:16 #NAME? 1 Kings 18:44.

Topical Lexicon
General Meaning and Contexts of Use

שְׁבִיעִי designates whatever is “seventh” in a series—day, month, year, person, ritual act, trumpet blast, or military circuit. Its nearly one hundred appearances trace a coherent biblical rhythm of completion and rest that runs from Creation to post-exilic worship.

Occurrences and Distribution

Pentateuch (about two-thirds), Historical Books, Ezra–Nehemiah, Chronicles, Prophets, and a few poetic texts. The highest concentrations are in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, where the covenant calendar is defined; later books employ the term when Israel actually keeps—or neglects—those divine appointments.

The Seventh Day: Sabbath Principle

Genesis 2:2–3 introduces the pattern: “On the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested…”. The Decalogue universalizes that pattern (Exodus 20:10–11; Deuteronomy 5:14), and weekly observance becomes a visible covenant sign (Exodus 31:13–17). The manna narrative (Exodus 16:26–30) ties Sabbath to trust: bread gathered on the sixth day suffices for the seventh. The seventh day also closes many purification rites (Leviticus 13:5; 14:9; Numbers 19:12). Each reference reinforces the Creator’s claim over human time and the call to cease labor for worship.

The Seventh Month: Sacred Assemblies and National Memory

The seventh month (Tishri) gathers three climactic festivals:
• Feast of Trumpets, “a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts” (Leviticus 23:24).
• Day of Atonement, the annual cleansing of sanctuary and people (Leviticus 23:27).
• Feast of Tabernacles, a week-long celebration of covenant joy and remembrance of wilderness dependence (Leviticus 23:34–43).

Historic events converge in that month: the ark rested “on the seventeenth day of the seventh month” (Genesis 8:4); Ezra’s returnees re-established worship “in the seventh month” (Ezra 3:1–6); Nehemiah’s reform began “on the first day of the seventh month” (Nehemiah 8:2); Haggai’s second oracle came “on the twenty-first day of the seventh month” (Haggai 2:1). The calendar therefore links creation rest, covenant renewal, and eschatological hope in one annual crescendo.

The Seventh Year: Sabbatical Rest and Social Equity

“During the seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath rest” (Leviticus 25:4). The command teaches stewardship of creation, faith in God’s provision (Leviticus 25:20–22), and compassion: debts are cancelled and slaves released (Deuteronomy 15:1–12). Israel’s seventy Sabbath-year violations led to exile until “the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths” (2 Chronicles 36:21; cf. Jeremiah 34:14–17). The pattern reappears when Jesus cites “the favorable year of the LORD” (Luke 4:19), anticipating the ultimate release He secures.

Seventh in Warfare and Judgment

At Jericho “on the seventh day they rose at daybreak and marched around the city seven times” before the walls fell (Joshua 6:15–20). The word marks decisive endings—Naaman is healed “after the seventh time” he dipped (2 Kings 5:14); Jehoiada’s coup succeeded “in the seventh year” (2 Kings 11:4–12). The recurring motif is that God’s purposes reach completion on His ordained seventh.

Seventh in Ritual and Personal Narratives

• Samson’s riddle is solved on “the seventh day” (Judges 14:17).
• Job’s friends sit in silence “for seven days” before speaking, then sacrificial atonement is offered “after Job had prayed for his friends” on the seventh (Job 2:13; 42:9).
• Cleansing rites for lepers, Nazirites, or those defiled by death climax on day seven (Leviticus 14; Numbers 6; 19). The pattern underscores full restoration.

Symbolism and Theology

Seven embodies completion, covenant faithfulness, and divine sovereignty. שְׁבִיעִי marks the point where God’s work is finished and His blessing declared—whether at Creation, in agricultural cycles, or in redemptive acts. Hebrews 4 links Sabbath rest to the salvation finished in Christ, while Revelation’s seventh seals, trumpets, and bowls complete God’s eschatological plan, echoing the same motif.

Ministry and Devotional Implications

1. Worship: Regular, unhurried Sabbaths cultivate dependence on grace rather than toil.
2. Stewardship: Sabbatical years challenge believers to trust God with resources and to practice mercy toward the vulnerable.
3. Hope: God’s faithfulness to complete His purposes in every “seventh” sustains confidence that “He who began a good work…will perfect it” (Philippians 1:6).
4. Teaching: Tracing שְׁבִיעִי across Scripture provides a framework for biblical theology that integrates creation, covenant, and consummation.

Thus שְׁבִיעִי is more than a numeral; it is a theological signpost pointing to God’s finished work and promised rest.

Forms and Transliterations
בַּשְּׁבִיעִ֕י בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית בשביעי בשבעית הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִי הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִית הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖ית הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ית הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת הַשְּׁבִיעִ֛י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜֔י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י הַשְּׁבִיעִ֨י הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃ הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ הַשְּׁבִיעִי֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִי֮ הַשְּׁבִעִ֔י הַשְּׁבִעִ֜ית הַשְּׁבִעִ֣י הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃ השביעי השביעי׃ השביעית השביעת השבעי השבעי׃ השבעית וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י ובשביעי ובשבעת והשביעת baš·šə·ḇî·‘î baš·šə·ḇi·‘îṯ bashsheviI bashsheviIt baššəḇî‘î baššəḇi‘îṯ haš·šə·ḇi·‘î haš·šə·ḇî·‘î haš·šə·ḇi·‘îṯ haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ haš·šə·ḇî·‘îṯ hashsheviI hashsheviIt haššəḇi‘î haššəḇî‘î haššəḇi‘îṯ haššəḇî‘iṯ haššəḇî‘îṯ ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇî·‘î ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇi·‘iṯ ūḇaššəḇî‘î ūḇaššəḇi‘iṯ uvashsheviI uVashsheviIt vehashsheviIt wə·haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ wəhaššəḇî‘iṯ
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Genesis 2:2
HEB: אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: By the seventh day God
KJV: And on the seventh day God
INT: God day the seventh his work which

Genesis 2:2
HEB: וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִכָּל־ מְלַאכְתּ֖וֹ
NAS: and He rested on the seventh day
KJV: and he rested on the seventh day
INT: rested day the seventh all his work

Genesis 2:3
HEB: אֶת־ י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ
NAS: blessed the seventh day
KJV: blessed the seventh day,
INT: God day the seventh and sanctified because

Genesis 8:4
HEB: הַתֵּבָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י בְּשִׁבְעָה־ עָשָׂ֥ר
NAS: In the seventh month,
KJV: rested in the seventh month,
INT: the ark month the seventh seven teen

Exodus 12:15
HEB: עַד־ י֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃
NAS: day until the seventh day, that person
KJV: day until the seventh day,
INT: until day the seventh

Exodus 12:16
HEB: קֹ֔דֶשׁ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִקְרָא־ קֹ֖דֶשׁ
NAS: assembly on the seventh day;
KJV: convocation, and in the seventh day
INT: holy day the seventh assembly and holy

Exodus 13:6
HEB: מַצֹּ֑ת וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י חַ֖ג לַיהוָֽה׃
NAS: unleavened bread, and on the seventh day
KJV: unleavened bread, and in the seventh day
INT: unleavened day the seventh feast to the LORD

Exodus 16:26
HEB: תִּלְקְטֻ֑הוּ וּבַיּ֧וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֛י שַׁבָּ֖ת לֹ֥א
NAS: you shall gather it, but on the seventh day,
KJV: ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day,
INT: shall gather day the seventh sabbath will be none

Exodus 16:27
HEB: וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י יָצְא֥וּ מִן־
NAS: It came about on the seventh day
KJV: [some] of the people on the seventh day
INT: came day the seventh went some

Exodus 16:29
HEB: מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃
NAS: out of his place on the seventh day.
KJV: of his place on the seventh day.
INT: of his place day the seventh

Exodus 16:30
HEB: הָעָ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃
NAS: rested on the seventh day.
KJV: rested on the seventh day.
INT: the people day the seventh

Exodus 20:10
HEB: וְי֙וֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י שַׁבָּ֖֣ת ׀ לַיהוָ֣ה
NAS: but the seventh day is a sabbath
KJV: But the seventh day [is] the sabbath
INT: day the seventh sabbath of the LORD

Exodus 20:11
HEB: וַיָּ֖נַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י עַל־ כֵּ֗ן
NAS: that is in them, and rested on the seventh day;
KJV: and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day:
INT: rested day the seventh and after that

Exodus 21:2
HEB: שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י
NAS: years; but on the seventh he shall go
KJV: he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out
INT: years shall serve the seventh shall go A free

Exodus 23:11
HEB: וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת תִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ
NAS: but [on] the seventh year you shall let it rest
KJV: But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest
INT: but the seventh shall let and lie

Exodus 23:12
HEB: מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת לְמַ֣עַן
NAS: your work, but on the seventh day
KJV: thy work, and on the seventh day
INT: your work day the seventh shall cease so

Exodus 24:16
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ הֶעָנָֽן׃
NAS: days; and on the seventh day
KJV: days: and the seventh day
INT: Moses day the seventh the midst of the cloud

Exodus 31:15
HEB: מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֧ת שַׁבָּת֛וֹן
NAS: may be done, but on the seventh day
KJV: be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath
INT: work day the seventh sabbath of complete

Exodus 31:17
HEB: הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י שָׁבַ֖ת וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ׃
NAS: and earth, but on the seventh day
KJV: and earth, and on the seventh day
INT: and earth day the seventh ceased was refreshed

Exodus 34:21
HEB: תַּעֲבֹ֔ד וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת בֶּחָרִ֥ישׁ
NAS: days, but on the seventh day
KJV: thou shalt work, but on the seventh day
INT: shall work day the seventh shall rest plowing

Exodus 35:2
HEB: מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֥ם
NAS: may be done, but on the seventh day
KJV: be done, but on the seventh day
INT: work day the seventh shall have A holy

Leviticus 13:5
HEB: הַכֹּהֵן֮ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנֶּ֙גַע֙
NAS: shall look at him on the seventh day,
KJV: shall look on him the seventh day:
INT: the priest day the seventh and if the infection

Leviticus 13:6
HEB: אֹת֜וֹ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֮ שֵׁנִית֒ וְהִנֵּה֙
NAS: at him again on the seventh day,
KJV: on him again the seventh day:
INT: the priest day the seventh again and if

Leviticus 13:27
HEB: הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י אִם־ פָּשֹׂ֤ה
NAS: shall look at him on the seventh day.
KJV: shall look upon him the seventh day:
INT: and the priest day the seventh If spreads

Leviticus 13:32
HEB: הַנֶּגַע֮ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי֒ וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹא־
NAS: On the seventh day the priest
KJV: And in the seventh day the priest
INT: the infection day the seventh and if and no

97 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7637
97 Occurrences


baš·šə·ḇî·‘î — 1 Occ.
baš·šə·ḇi·‘îṯ — 1 Occ.
haš·šə·ḇî·‘î — 81 Occ.
haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ — 11 Occ.
ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇî·‘î — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇi·‘iṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ — 1 Occ.

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