Definition

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

Etymology

a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from H7651 (שֶׁבַע);

Word family

• שֶׁבַע shebaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• adjure
• charge (by an oath
• with an oath)
• feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע))
• take an oath
• straitly
• (cause to
• make to) swear

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.