Genesis 22:16
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
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Hebrews 4:3
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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7 occurrences in 7 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
22 verses
Leviticus
11 verses
Deuteronomy
66 verses
Joshua
22 verses
Judges
44 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
2 Samuel
22 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Nehemiah
22 verses
Psalms
77 verses
Isaiah
54 verses
Jeremiah
55 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Amos
33 verses
Micah
11 verses
Acts
22 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
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שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ · shaw-bah'
42 times translated as this KJV form189 total Strong's occurrences
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Strong's KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, × straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 22:16Strong's last: Micah 7:20
Open full H7650 profile →ὀμνύω
omnýō · om-noo'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath
Strong's KJV usage: :--swear.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 2:30Strong's last: Hebrews 4:3
Open full G3660 profile →יָד
yâd · yawd
2 times translated as this KJV form1,573 total Strong's occurrences
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.
Strong's first: Exodus 17:16Strong's last: Nehemiah 9:15
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baʻal · bah'-al
1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Strong's KJV usage: archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 6:18Strong's last: Nehemiah 6:18
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H7650
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
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The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
H7650
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
H7650
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
H7650
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
H7650
For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
H7650
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
H7650
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
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Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
H7650
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
H7650
The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
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And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
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The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
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The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
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The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
H7650
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
G3660
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
G3660
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
G3660
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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sworn
SWORN, participle passive of swear. The officers of government are sworn to a faithful discharge of their duty.
SWORN friends, is a phrase equivalent to determined, close or firm friends.
I am sworn brother, sweet,
To grim necessity.
SWORN enemies, are determined or irreconcilable enemies.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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