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A period of seven days (week) or seven years; also the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot/Pentecost), celebrating the wheat harvest
Derived from the root for 'seven,' shavua is the basic Hebrew term for a week — a cycle of seven days anchored in creation's rhythm. In Daniel's apocalyptic visions, the same word stretches to mean a 'heptad' of seven years, creating the famous 'seventy weeks' prophecy (Dan 9:24-27). The plural form also names the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), counted seven weeks after Passover and marking the wheat harvest — the festival later known in Greek as Pentecost. Spanish 'semana' and French 'semaine' consistently reflect the seven-day sense, while festival references retain the distinct proper-noun character.
Senses
1. week, period of seven — A period of seven days, the basic week. Used for the wedding week in Genesis 29:27-28, the purification period in Leviticus 12:5, and the countdown for the Feast of Weeks in Deuteronomy 16:9. In Daniel's prophetic-apocalyptic usage, the unit expands to heptads of seven years (Dan 9:24-27, 10:2-3), where 'weeks of days' specifies literal weeks in contrast. Spanish 'semanas' and German 'Wochen' consistently render this temporal sense. 17×
AR["أَسَابِيعَ", "أَسَابِيعُ", "أُسْبُوعًا", "أُسْبُوعَ", "أُسْبُوعَيْنِ", "الأَسابيعِ", "الْأَسَابِيعِ", "الْأُسْبُوعِ", "وَ-أَسَابِيعُ"]·ben["-সপ্তাহগুলির", "-সপ্তাহের", "এবং-সপ্তাহ", "দুই-সপ্তাহ", "সপ্তাহ", "সপ্তাহ-", "সপ্তাহের"]·DE["Woche", "Wochen", "[שבעות]", "der-siebzig", "die-Woche", "siebzig", "und-siebzig", "zwei-Wochen"]·EN["and-sevens", "seven", "sevens", "the-seven", "the-sevens", "the-weeks", "two-weeks", "week-of", "weeks", "weeks-of"]·FR["[השבעות]", "[שבעות]", "deux-semaines", "et-soixante-dix", "le-soixante-dix", "semaine", "semaines", "soixante-dix", "week-de", "weeks"]·heb["ה-שבוע", "ה-שבועים", "ו-שבועים", "שבוע", "שבועות", "שבועים", "שבעים"]·HI["और-सप्ताह", "सप्ताह", "सप्ताहों", "सप्ताहों-का", "सप्ताहों-के"]·ID["Minggu-Minggu", "Minggu-minggu", "Tujuh-puluh", "dan-minggu-minggu", "dua-minggu", "minggu", "minggu-itu", "minggu-minggu", "satu-minggu", "tujuh"]·IT["[השבעות]", "[שבעות]", "due-settimane", "e-settimana", "settimana", "settimana-di", "settimane"]·jav["Minggu-Minggu", "kalih-minggu", "lan-pitung-dasa", "minggu", "minggu-minggu", "minggu.", "pitung", "pitung-dasa", "pitung-dasa-punika", "pitung-minggu"]·KO["그-주간들-의", "그리고-이레-", "두-주", "이레-", "이레-의", "일곱들의", "주간", "주간들의", "주간을", "주를", "주일들을"]·PT["Semanas", "as-semanas", "duas-semanas", "e-semanas", "por-uma-semana", "semana", "semana-de", "semanas", "semanas-de"]·RU["две-недели", "и-семидесятин", "недели", "недель", "неделю", "седмиц", "седмицы", "семидесятин", "семидесятину", "семидесятины"]·ES["Semanas", "dos-semanas", "la-semana", "las-semanas", "semana", "semana-de", "semanas", "semanas-de", "y-semanas"]·SW["juma", "majuma", "na-majuma", "wiki", "wiki-mbili", "ya-Majuma", "ya-juma", "ya-majuma", "ya-wiki-moja"]·TR["hafta", "haftalar", "haftaların", "haftalarını", "haftanın", "haftasını", "iki-hafta", "ve-haftalar"]·urd["اور-ہفتے", "دو-ہفتے", "ہفتوں", "ہفتوں-کی", "ہفتوں-کے", "ہفتہ", "ہفتے", "ہفتے-کے"]
Gen 29:27, Gen 29:28, Exod 34:22, Lev 12:5, Deut 16:9, Deut 16:9, 2 Chr 8:13, Jer 5:24, Ezek 45:21, Dan 9:24, Dan 9:25, Dan 9:25 (+5 more)
2. Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) — The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), a pilgrimage festival celebrated seven weeks after the offering of the first sheaf, marking the wheat harvest (Num 28:26, Deut 16:10, 16). This is one of the three annual pilgrimages alongside Passover and Tabernacles. Multilingual glosses show a tendency to transliterate or capitalize ('Weeks') rather than translate, reflecting its proper-noun status as a named festival — the same celebration later called Pentecost in the Greek-speaking world. 3×
AR["الْأَسَابِيعِ", "فِي-أَسَابِيعِكُمْ"]·ben["তোমাদের-সপ্তাহে", "সপ্তাহগুলির", "সেই-সপ্তাহগুলির"]·DE["Weeks", "der-Weeks", "in-dein-Wochen"]·EN["Weeks", "in-your-weeks", "the-Weeks"]·FR["Weeks", "dans-ton-semaines", "le-Weeks"]·heb["ב-שבעתיכם", "ה-שבועות", "שבועות"]·HI["सप्ताहों-का", "सप्ताहों-के", "सप्ताहों-तुम्हारे-में"]·ID["Minggu", "pada-pekan-pekanmu"]·IT["Weeks", "il-Weeks", "in-tuo-settimane"]·jav["Minggu-minggu", "ing-Minggu-Minggu-panjenengan"]·KO["너희의-칠칠절에", "칠칠절과", "칠칠절을"]·PT["as-semanas", "em-semanas-vossas", "semanas"]·RU["-недель", "в-недели-ваши", "недель"]·ES["en-semanas-de-vosotros", "las-semanas", "semanas"]·SW["Wiki", "katika-majuma-yenu"]·TR["-Haftalarda-sizin", "haftaların"]·urd["-ہفتوں-کی", "ہفتوں-تمہارے-میں", "ہفتوں-کی"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שָׁבוּעַ n.m. Dn 9:27 period of seven (days, years), heptad, week (on format. v. LagBN 67);—abs. שׁ׳ Dn 9:27(×2); cstr. שְׁבֻעַ Gn 29:27, 28; du. שְׁבֻעַיִם Lv 12:5; pl. שָֽׁבֻע(וֹ)ת Ex 34:22 + 4 times Dt + (in term. techn.) 2 Ch 8:13; late שָֽׁבֻעִים Dn 9:24 + 4 times Dn; cstr. שְׁבֻעֹת Je 5:24 (Ez 45:21 read שִׁבְעַת with Vrss and all mod., v. שֶׁבַע); sf. שָׁבֻעֹתֵיכֶם Nu 28:26;— 1. period…