Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7724: שְׁוָא

Shᵉvâʼ · pronounced shev-aw' · “Sheva”

Definition

Sheva, an Israelite

KJV translates it as: Sheva.

Word origin: from the same as H7723 (שָׁוְא); false;

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.49;
son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Maacah (H4601L);
brother of: Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647) and Shaaph (H8174H);
half-brother of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H0715), [email protected] (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056) and Achsah (H5915H);
father of: Machbenah (H4343) and Gibea (H1388)
§ Sheva = "Jehovah contends"
Judaite, son of Caleb by his concubine Maachah and grandson of Hezron

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7724 is translated

  • sheva ×2

Bible verses with H7724 (Shᵉvâʼ)

Shᵉvâʼ appears in 2 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 20:25

    And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

  • 1 Chronicles 2:49

    She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

Words derived from H7724