H7657

שִׁבְעִים

shiv.imH:N

seventy

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שִׁבְעִים₉₁ noun plural seventy (irregular plural of שֶׁבַע Ges^{«GKC:97f»§ 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 Gen 5:12 +12 t., man Judg 9:2; Num 11:25 + 7 t., shekel Num 7:13 + 11 t., other n. 5 t.
b. before plural noun kings Judg 1:7, sons Judg 8:30; Judg 9:24; 2Kgs 10:1, brothers Judg 9:56, asses Judg 12:14, palms Exod 15:27; Num 33:9, males Ezra 8:7; Ezra 8:14.
c. after n.collective (בָּקָר) 2Chr 29:32, plural noun Dan 9:24.
d. predicate Gen 46:27.
e. noun omitted Exod 24:1; Exod 24:9 (man), Num 7:85 (shekel), compare Judg 9:4.

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

3. + other number:
a. + unit + singular noun Judg 8:14 noun omitted 70 + 7 (times) Gen 4:24, compare Ezra 2:40 = Neh 7:43 so 2 + 70 Num 31:38 plural noun + 70 + 7 Ezra 8:35 5 years + 70 year Gen 12:4.
b. 5 + 70 x 1000 (man) Esth 9:16 compare Num 2:4; Num 3:43; Num 26:32 2 + 70 x 1000; Num 31:33 (בָּקָר precedes); 70 man, 50 x 1000 man 1Sam 6:19 7 + 70 year + 7 x 100 year Gen 5:31 noun omitted 3 + 70 + 200 Num 3:46.
c. 70 following hundreds: 70 year + 5 years Gen 25:7, and (noun omitted) 70 + 2 Ezra 2:3; Ezra 2:4 = Neh 7:8; Neh 7:9; Neh 11:19 + 3 Ezra 2:36; Neh 7:39 5 + 70 Ezra 2:5).
d. 1000 + 7 x 100 + 5 + 70 shekel Exod 38:25 and (noun omitted) vExod 38:38.

82 occurrences

Genesis (7), Exodus (7), Numbers (24), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (9), I Samuel (1), II Samuel (1), II Kings (3), I Chronicles (2), II Chronicles (2), Ezra (7), Nehemiah (5), Esther (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (2), Zechariah (2)