SEVEN
(Generally denotes completeness)
- - Interesting facts concerning this number
- - DAYS
...... Week consists of: ... Ge 2:3; Ex 20:11; De 5:13,14|
...... Noah in the ark before the great flood for: ...
Ge 7:4,10|
...... Noah remains in the ark after sending forth the dove
for: ... Ge 8:10,12|
...... Mourning for Jacob lasted for: ... Ge 50:10|
...... The sympathy for Job by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar
for: ... Job 2:13|
...... The plague of bloody waters in Egypt lasted for: ...
Ex 7:25|
...... The Israelites encircled Jericho for: ... Jos
6:4|
...... The Passover lasted for: ... Ex 12:15|
...... Saul directed by Samuel to stay at Gilgal awaiting
the prophet's command for: ... 1Sa 10:8; 13:8|
...... The elders of Jabesh-gilead ask for a truce of: ...
1Sa 11:3|
...... Dedication of the temple lasted double: ... 1Ki
8:65|
...... Ezekiel sits by the Chebar River in astonishment for:
... Eze 3:15|
...... The Feast of Tabernacles lasted for: ... Le 23:34,42|
...... The consecration of priests and altars lasted for:
... Ex 29:30,35; Eze 43:25,26|
...... Defilements lasted for: ... Le 12:2; 13:4|
...... Fasts of: ... 1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 12:16,18,22|
...... The firstborn of flocks and sheep must remain with
their mothers, before being offered: ... Ex 22:30|
...... The feast of Ahasuerus continued for: ... Es
1:5|
...... Paul waits at Tyre for: ... Ac 21:4|
...... Paul stays at Puteoli for: ... Ac 28:14|
- - WEEKS
...... In Daniel's vision concerning the coming of the Messiah
for: ... Da 9:25|
...... Ten times for: ... Da 9:24|
...... The period between the Passover Feast and the Feast
of Pentecost: ... Le 23:15|
- - MONTHS
...... Holy convocations in the seventh month: ... Le
23:24-44; Nu 29; Eze 45:25|
- - YEARS
...... Jacob serves for each of his wives for: ... Ge
29:15-30|
...... Of abundance for: ... Ge 41:1-32,53|
...... A famine lasted in Egypt for: ... Ge 41:1-32,54-56|
...... A famine lasted in Canaan for: ... 2Sa 24:13;
2Ki 8:1|
...... The insanity of Nebuchadnezzar for: ... Da 4:32|
...... Seven times, the period between the jubilees: ...
Le 25:8|
- - MISCELLANY OF SEVENS
...... Of the ceremonially clean creatures taken into Noah's
ark: ... Ge 7:2|
...... Abraham gives Abimelech seven lambs: ... Ge 21:28|
...... Rams and bullocks to the number of, required in sarifices:
... Le 23:18; Nu 23:1; 29:32; 1Ch 15:26; Eze 45:23|
...... The sprinkling of blood seven times: ... Le 4:6;
14:7|
...... The sprinkling of oil seven times: ... Le 14:16|
...... Seven cows and seven ears of grain in Pharaoh's vision:
... Ge 41:2-7|
...... The Israelites surrounded Jericho seven times, and
on the seventh day sounding seven trumpets: ... Jos 6:4|
...... Elisha's servant looked seven times for the appearance
of rain: ... 1Ki 18:43|
...... Naaman was required to wash in the Jordan River seven
times: ... 2Ki 5:10|
...... The seven steps in the temple seen in Ezekiel's vision:
... Eze 40:22,26|
...... The heat of Nebuchadnezzars furnace was intensified
sevenfold: ... Da 3:19|
...... The light of the sun was intensified sevenfold: ...
Isa 30:26|
...... The threatened punishment of Israel was sevenfold:
... Le 26:18-21|
...... Silver was purified seven times: ... Ps 12:6|
...... Worshiping seven times a day: ... Ps 119:164|
...... Seven chamberlains at the court of Ahasuerus: ...
Es 1:10|
...... Seven princes: ... Es 1:14|
...... Seven counsellors at the court of Artaxerxes: ...
Ezr 7:14|
...... Seven maidens given to Esther: ... Es 2:9|
...... Symbolical
...... Of many sons: ... Ru 4:15; 1Sa 2:5; Jer 15:9|
...... Of liberality: ... Ec 11:1,2|
...... Seven magi (wise men): ... Pr 26:16|
...... Seven women will seek a polyandrous marriage: ...
Isa 4:1|
...... Seven shepherds to be sent forth against Assyria: ...
Mic 5:5,6|
...... Seven lamps and pipes: ... Zec 4:2|
...... Seven servants (Greek: diakonoi) in the Jerusalem
congregations: ... Ac 6:3|
...... Seven congregations in Asia: ... Re 1:4,20|
...... Seven seals: ... Re 5:1|
...... Seven thunders: ... Re 10:3|
...... Seven heads and seven crowns: ... Re 12:3; 13:1;
17:9|
...... Seven kings: ... Re 17:10|
...... Seven stars: ... Re 1:16,20; 3:1; Am 5:8|
...... Seven spirits: ... Re 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6|
...... Seven eyes of the Lord: ... Zec 3:9; 4:10; Re
5:6|
...... Seven golden lampstands: ... Re 1:12|
...... Seven angels with seven trumpets: ... Re 8:2|
...... Seven plagues: ... Re 15:1|
...... Seven horns and seven eyes: ... Re 5:6|
...... Seven angels with seven plagues: ... Re 15:6|
...... Seven golden vials: ... Re 15:7|
...... The scarlet-colored beast having seven heads: ...
Re 17:3,7|
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SEVENTY
- - The senate of the Israilites composed of seventy elders:
... Ex 24:1,9; Nu 11:16,24,25|
- - The seventy disciples sent forth by Jesus (though the
best Greek mss. have "seventy-two"): ... Lu 10:1-17|
- - The Jews in captivity in Babylon for seventy years: ...
Jer 25:11,12; 29:10; Da 9:2; Zec 1:12; 7:5|
- - See ISRAEL
- - 70 Weeks in the vision of Daniel: ... Da 9:24|
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SHAME
- - Jesus ashamed of those who deny him: ... Mr 8:38;
Lu 9:26|
- - Of Adam and Eve: ... Ge 3:10|
- - Destitute of, the Israelites when they worshiped the golden
calf: ... Ex 32:25|
- - The unjust: ... Zep 3:5|
- - Of the cross: ... Heb 12:2|
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SHAVING
- - Forbidden to Nazarites: ... Nu 6:5; Jud 13:5|
- - Forbidden to priests: ... Eze 44:20|
- - See BEARD
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SHEEP GATE
- - An ancient gate of Jerusalem: ... Ne 3:1,32; 12:39;
Joh 5:2|
SHEEP MARKET
- - Of Jerusalem: ... Joh 5:2|
- - Translated in R. V., "sheep gate."
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SHEEP
- - Clean and used as food: ... De 14:4|
- - Flesh of, extensively used as food: ... 1Sa 25:18;
1Ki 1:19; 4:23; Ne 5:18; Isa 22:13|
- - Milk of, used as food: ... De 32:14; Isa 7:21,22;
1Co 9:7|
- - Washed and shorn every year: ... So 4:2|
- - Firstlings of, not to be shorn: ... De 15:19|
- - Firstlings of, not to be redeemed: ... Nu 18:17|
- - Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering:
... Le 27:26|
- - Tithe of, given to the Levites: ... 2Ch 31:4-6|
- - First wool of, given to the priests: ... De 18:4|
- - Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing: ... 1Sa 25:2,11,36;
2Sa 13:23|
- - Shearing of: ... Ge 31:19; 38:12-17; Isa 53:7|
- - Feasting at the time of shearing: ... 1Sa 25:11,36;
2Sa 13:23|
- - The first fleece of, belonged to the priests and the Levites:
... De 18:4|
- - Tribute (taxes) paid in: ... 2Ki 3:4; 1Ch 5:21;
2Ch 17:11|
- - Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor: ... Heb
11:37|
- - Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle: ...
Ex 25:5; 36:10; 39:34|
- - Wool of, made into clothing: ... Job 31:20; Pr 31:13;
Eze 34:3|
- - Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age: ...
Ge 4:4; 8:20; 15:9,10|
- - Offered in sacrifice under the law: ... Ex 20:24;
Le 1:10; 1Ki 8:5,63|
- - Bleating of, alluded to: ... Jud 5:16; 1Sa 15:14|
- - Under man's care from the earliest age: ... Ge 4:4|
- - Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth: ...
Ge 13:5; 24:25; 26:14|
- - Males of called rams: ... 1Sa 15:22; Jer 51:40|
- - Females of, called ewes: ... Ps 78:71|
- - Young of, called lambs: ... Ex 12:3; Isa 11:6|
- - DESCRIBED AS
...... Innocent: ... 2Sa 24:17|
...... Sagacious: ... Joh 10:4,5|
...... Agile: ... Ps 114:4,6|
...... Being covered with a fleece: ... Job 31:20|
...... Remarkably prolific: ... Ps 107:41; 144:13; So
4:2; Eze 36:37|
- - PLACES CELEBRATED FOR
...... Kedar: ... Eze 27:21|
...... Bashan: ... De 32:14|
...... Nebaioth: ... Isa 60:7|
...... Bozrah: ... Mic 2:12|
- - FLOCKS OF
...... Attended by members of the family: ... Ge 29:9;
Ex 2:16; 1Sa 16:11|
...... Attended by servants: ... 1Sa 17:20; Isa 61:5|
...... Guarded by dogs: ... Job 30:1|
...... Kept in folds or cotes: ... 1Sa 24:3; 2Sa 7:8;
Joh 10:1|
...... Conducted to the richest pastures: ... Ps 23:2|
...... Fed on the mountains: ... Ex 3:1; Eze 34:6,13|
...... Fed in the valleys: ... Isa 65:10|
...... Frequently covered the pastures: ... Ps 65:13|
...... Watered every day: ... Ge 29:8-10; Ex 2:16,17|
...... Made to rest at noon: ... Ps 23:2; So 1:7|
...... Followed the shepherd: ... Joh 10:4,27|
...... Fled from strangers: ... Joh 10:5|
- - WERE FREQUENTLY
...... Given as presents: ... 2Sa 17:29; 1Ch 12:40|
...... Given as tribute: ... 2Ki 3:4; 2Ch 17:11|
...... Destroyed by wild beasts: ... Jer 50:17; Mic
5:8; Joh 10:12|
...... Taken in great numbers in war: ... Jud 6:4; 1Sa
14:32; 1Ch 5:21; 2Ch 14:15|
...... Cut off by disease: ... Ex 9:3|
- - ILLUSTRATIVE
...... Of the Jews: ... Ps 74:1; 78:52; 79:13|
...... Of the people of Christ: ... Joh 10:7-26; 21:16,17;
Heb 13:20; 1Pe 5:2|
...... Of the wicked in their death: ... Ps 49:14|
...... Of those under God's judgment: ... Ps 44:1|
...... (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ:
... Isa 53:7|
...... (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from
God: ... Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Eze 34:16|
...... (Lost,) of the unregenerate: ... Mt 10:6|
...... (When found,) of restored sinners: ... Lu 15:5,7|
...... (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints
from the wicked: ... Mt 25:32,33|
...... False prophets assume the simple appearance: ...
Mt 7:15|
- - Offered in sacrifice
...... By Abel: ... Ge 4:4|
...... By Noah: ... Ge 8:20|
...... By Abraham: ... Ge 22:13|
...... Required in the Mosaic offerings
...... See OFFERINGS
- - The land of Bashan adapted to the raising of: ...
De 32:14|
- - Also
...... Bozrah: ... Mic 2:12|
...... Kedar: ... Eze 27:21|
...... Nebaioth: ... Isa 60:7|
...... Sharon: ... Isa 65:10|
...... Jacob's management of: ... Ge 30:32-40|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... 1Ch 21:17; Ps 74:1; Jer 13:20|
...... Of backsliders: ... Jer 50:6|
...... Of lost sinners: ... Mt 9:36; 10:6|
...... Of the righteous: ... Jer 50:17; Eze 34; Mt 26:31;
Mr 14:27; Joh 10:1-16|
...... Of the defenselessness of servants of God (Greek: diakonoi):
... Mt 10:16|
...... Parable of the lost: ... Mt 18:11-13; Lu 15:4-7|
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SHEET
- - Of Peter's vision: ... Ac 10:11|
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SHEMINITH
(Means: eighth. An eight-stringed instrument)
- - See MUSIC
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SHEOL
- - See HELL (Hades)
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