Strong H7647שָׂבָע
abundance
- Transliteration
- ώâbâ‛
- Pronunciation
- saw-baw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H7646; copiousness: - {abundance} plenteous ({-ness} -ly).
Detailed definition
STEP sense: abundance
Exact lexical definition: plenty
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: שָׂבָע n.m . plenty , satiety
In the Bible
Strong H7647 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- plenty4
- plenteous2
- abundance1
- plenteousness1
First verses
- Genesis 41:29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
- Genesis 41:30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
- Genesis 41:31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
- Genesis 41:34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
- Genesis 41:47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- Genesis 41:53And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
- Proverbs 3:10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.