7657. shibim

Lexical Summary

shibim: Seventy

Original Word: שִׁבְעִים
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: shib`iym.
Pronunciation: shee-BEEM
Phonetic Spelling: (shib-eem')
KJV: seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen)
NASB: seventy, 70, seventy-five, seventy-seven, seventy-sevenfold
Word Origin: [multiple of H7651 (שֶׁבַע שִׁבעָה - seven)]

1. seventy

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

seventy, threescore and ten

Multiple of sheba'; seventy -- seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).

see HEBREW sheba'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from sheba
Definition
seventy (a card. number)
NASB Translation
1,775* (2), 172* (1), 2,172* (1), 22,273* (1), 273* (1), 372* (2), 470,000* (1), 50,070* (1), 54,400* (1), 675* (1), 675,000* (1), 70 (4), 70,000* (4), 72* (1), 72,000* (1), 74* (2), 74,600* (2), 75,000* (1), 76,500* (1), 77* (1), 775* (1), 973* (2), seventy (53), seventy-five (2), seventy-seven (2), seventy-sevenfold (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שִׁבְעִים₉₁ noun plural seventy (irregular plural of שֶׁבַע Ges^{§ 97f}, R. 1); — not declined: — seventy (often as round number, compare Kö^{Hast DB NUMBER, 568 a}):

1 without other number:

a. before singular noun year Genesis 5:12 12t., man Judges 9:2; Numbers 11:25 7t., shekel Numbers 7:13 11t., other n. 5 t.

b. before plural noun kings Judges 1:7, sons Judges 8:30; Judges 9:24; 2 Kings 10:1, brothers Judges 9:56, asses Judges 12:14, palms Exodus 15:27; Numbers 33:9, males Ezra 8:7,14.

c. after n.collective (בָּקָר) 2 Chronicles 29:32, plural noun Daniel 9:24.

d. predicate Genesis 46:27.

e. noun omitted Exodus 24:1,9 (man), Numbers 7:85 (shekel), compare Judges 9:4.

2 אֶלֶף ׳שׁ = 70,000 2 Samuel 24:15 6t.

3 + other number:

a. + unit + singular noun Judges 8:14; noun omitted 70 7(times) Genesis 4:24, compare Ezra 2:40 = Nehemiah 7:43 so 2 70 Numbers 31:38; plural noun + 70 7 Ezra 8:35; 5years + 70 year Genesis 12:4.

b.570x 1000 (man) Esther 9:16 compare Numbers 2:4; Numbers 3:43; Numbers 26:32; 270x 1000; Numbers 31:33 (בָּקָר precedes); 70 man, 50 x 1000 man 1 Samuel 6:19; 770year + 7 x 100 year Genesis 5:31; noun omitted 370200 Numbers 3:46.

c. 70following hundreds:70year + 5 years Genesis 25:7, and (noun omitted) 70 2 Ezra 2:3,4 = Nehemiah 7:8,9; Nehemiah 11:19; 3 Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39; 570 Ezra 2:5).

d. 10007x 100 570shekel Exodus 38:25 and (noun omitted) Exodus 38:38.

Topical Lexicon

Numeric symbolism

Seventy (שִׁבְעִים) fuses the covenant number seven with the factor of completeness, ten. Every occurrence underscores a measured fullness under God’s sovereign design.

Nations and patriarchal origins

• Genesis 10 lists seventy descendants of Noah, a canonical census of the post-Flood world.
• Genesis 46:27: “All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.” The fledgling nation enters Egypt as a complete, representative body.
• Exodus 15:27 sets Israel between “twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees,” refreshing imagery for the tribes and the nations they will one day bless.

Covenantal leadership

• Exodus 24:1 cements a pattern when the Lord summons “seventy of the elders of Israel” up Sinai, binding the whole nation to the covenant.
• Numbers 11:16–25 expands the model: the Spirit that rests on Moses comes upon seventy elders so that “they shall bear the burden of the people with you.” A Spirit-endowed plurality safeguards faithful oversight.
• Failures involving groups of seventy—Gideon’s sons (Judges 8:30; 9:5) and Ahab’s progeny (2 Kings 10:1–7)—warn that leadership detached from covenant loyalty invites judgment.

Liturgical economy

The Feast of Tabernacles prescribes seventy bulls over the seven days (Numbers 29:12–34). Rabbinic and Christian interpreters see here intercession for the seventy Gentile nations, aligning Israel’s worship with a global horizon.

Chronological boundaries

• Psalm 90:10 assigns ordinary life a “seventy years” span, sharpening mortality’s edge.
• Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10 decree a seventy-year Babylonian exile, a calculated Sabbath for the land (2 Chronicles 36:21).
• Zechariah 1:12 references these “seventy years,” pleading for post-exilic compassion.
• Isaiah 23:15–17 extends the same period to Tyre’s silence, attesting that every nation’s destiny is clocked by the Lord.

Prophetic architecture

Daniel 9:24–27 unveils “seventy weeks” (sevens) that carry history from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the arrival of Messiah and ultimate righteousness. The multiplied sevens promise that sin, atonement, and kingdom consummation are all under timed restraint.

New Testament resonance

Luke 10:1 records that Jesus “appointed seventy others and sent them two by two ahead of Him.” The number recalls Moses’ elders and gestures toward mission to the seventy nations, sealing continuity between Sinai and the Gospel mandate.

Theological and pastoral themes

1. Completeness under divine order: every “seventy” occurrence, whether people, years, or sacrifices, testifies that history is neither random nor chaotic.
2. Shared leadership: seventy elders and seventy disciples commend Spirit-filled plurality over solitary rule.
3. Measured discipline and mercy: exile length, Tyre’s silence, and Daniel’s weeks prove that divine judgment is finite and redemptive hope certain.
4. Universality of redemption: the seventy nations and the seventy bulls point to a salvation extending well beyond Israel, fulfilled in the universal mission of Christ’s church.

Thus שִׁבְעִים serves as a recurring emblem of completeness, representation, and the assured progress of God’s redemptive plan from Genesis to the ministry of Jesus Christ.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּשִׁבְעִ֣ים בשבעים וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖ים וְשִׁבְעִ֔ים וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃ וְשִׁבְעִים֙ והשבעים ושבעים ושבעים׃ שִׁבְעִ֔ים שִׁבְעִ֜ים שִׁבְעִ֣ים שִׁבְעִ֣ים ׀ שִׁבְעִ֤ים שִׁבְעִ֥ים שִׁבְעִ֪ים שִׁבְעִֽים׃ שבעים שבעים׃ bə·šiḇ·‘îm beshivIm bəšiḇ‘îm shivIm šiḇ‘îm šiḇ·‘îm vehashshivIm veshivIm wə·haš·šiḇ·‘îm wə·šiḇ·‘îm wəhaššiḇ‘îm wəšiḇ‘îm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 4:24
HEB: קָ֑יִן וְלֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃
NAS: Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.
KJV: truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
INT: Cain Lamech seventy-sevenfold and sevenfold

Genesis 5:12
HEB: וַֽיְחִ֥י קֵינָ֖ן שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד
NAS: lived seventy years,
KJV: lived seventy years,
INT: lived Kenan seventy years and became

Genesis 5:31
HEB: לֶ֔מֶךְ שֶׁ֤בַע וְשִׁבְעִים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע
NAS: hundred and seventy-seven years,
KJV: hundred seventy and seven
INT: of Lamech were seven and seventy-seven years were seven

Genesis 11:26
HEB: וַֽיְחִי־ תֶ֖רַח שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֙וֹלֶד֙
NAS: lived seventy years,
KJV: lived seventy years,
INT: lived Terah seventy years and became

Genesis 12:4
HEB: חָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּצֵאת֖וֹ
NAS: with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years
INT: and five years was seventy-five years departed

Genesis 25:7
HEB: מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְחָמֵ֥שׁ
NAS: one hundred and seventy-five years.
INT: hundred years and seventy-five years fif

Genesis 46:27
HEB: הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פ
NAS: who came to Egypt, [were] seventy.
KJV: into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.
INT: came to Egypt seventy

Genesis 50:3
HEB: אֹת֛וֹ מִצְרַ֖יִם שִׁבְעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃
NAS: wept for him seventy days.
KJV: mourned for him threescore and ten days.
INT: wept Egyptian seventy days

Exodus 1:5
HEB: יֶֽרֶךְ־ יַעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף
NAS: of Jacob were seventy in number,
KJV: of Jacob were seventy souls:
INT: the loins of Jacob were seventy number Joseph

Exodus 15:27
HEB: עֵינֹ֥ת מַ֖יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֣ים תְּמָרִ֑ים וַיַּחֲנוּ־
NAS: of water and seventy date palms,
KJV: of water, and threescore and ten palm trees:
INT: wells of water and seventy date camped

Exodus 24:1
HEB: נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
NAS: and Abihu and seventy of the elders
KJV: and Abihu, and seventy of the elders
INT: Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel

Exodus 24:9
HEB: נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים מִזִּקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: and Abihu, and seventy of the elders
KJV: and Abihu, and seventy of the elders
INT: Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel

Exodus 38:25
HEB: מֵא֜וֹת וַחֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל
INT: hundred fif seventy shekels to the shekel

Exodus 38:28
HEB: הַמֵּאוֹת֙ וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה וְשִׁבְעִ֔ים עָשָׂ֥ה וָוִ֖ים
KJV: hundred seventy and five
INT: hundred and five seventy made hooks

Exodus 38:29
HEB: וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֣ים כִּכָּ֑ר וְאַלְפַּ֥יִם
NAS: of the wave offering was 70 talents
KJV: of the offering [was] seventy talents,
INT: and the brass of the offering seventy talents thousand

Numbers 1:27
HEB: יְהוּדָ֑ה אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
INT: of Judah four seventy thousand and six

Numbers 2:4
HEB: וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם אַרְבָּעָ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
INT: were numbered four seventy thousand and six

Numbers 3:43
HEB: אֶ֔לֶף שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים וּמָאתָֽיִם׃ פ
INT: thousand three seventy hundred

Numbers 3:46
HEB: פְּדוּיֵ֣י הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖ים וְהַמָּאתָ֑יִם הָעֹֽדְפִים֙
INT: are to be redeemed three seventy hundred excess

Numbers 7:13
HEB: אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: bowl of seventy shekels,
KJV: bowl of seventy shekels,
INT: one silver of seventy shekels to the shekel

Numbers 7:19
HEB: אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: bowl of seventy shekels,
KJV: bowl of seventy shekels,
INT: one silver of seventy shekels to the shekel

Numbers 7:25
HEB: אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: bowl of seventy shekels,
KJV: bowl of seventy shekels,
INT: one silver of seventy shekels to the shekel

Numbers 7:31
HEB: אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: bowl of seventy shekels,
KJV: bowl of seventy shekels,
INT: one silver of seventy shekels to the shekel

Numbers 7:37
HEB: אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: bowl of seventy shekels,
KJV: bowl of seventy shekels,
INT: one silver of seventy shekels to the shekel

Numbers 7:43
HEB: אֶחָד֙ כֶּ֔סֶף שִׁבְעִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
NAS: bowl of seventy shekels,
KJV: bowl of seventy shekels,
INT: one silver of seventy shekels to the shekel

91 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7657
91 Occurrences

bə·šiḇ·‘îm — 1 Occ.
šiḇ·‘îm — 66 Occ.
wə·haš·šiḇ·‘îm — 1 Occ.
wə·šiḇ·‘îm — 23 Occ.