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Seven [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

sev'n [ L . septem .] Four and three; one more than six or less than eight. Seven days constitute a week. We read in Scripture of seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, seven trumpets, seven seals, seven vials, etc.

Seven [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.

Seven [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.

2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

Seven Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

The number seven is consecrated, in the holy books and in the religion of the Jews, by a great number of events and mysterious circumstances. God created the world in the space of seven days, and consecrated the seventh day to repose. This rest of the seventh day, according to St. Paul, Heb. iv, 4, intimates eternal rest. And not only the seventh day is honoured among the Jews, by the repose of the Sabbath, but every seventh year is also consecrated to the rest of the earth, by the name of a sabbatical year; as also the seven times seventh year, or forty-ninth year, is the year of jubilee. In the prophetic style, a week often stands for seven years, Dan. ix, 24–26. Jacob served his father-in-law Laban seven years for each of his daughters. Pharaoh’s mysterious dream represented to his imagination seven fat oxen, and seven lean ones; seven full ears of corn, and as many that were empty and shrivelled. These stood for seven years of plenty, and seven of scarcity. The number of seven days is observed in the octaves of the great solemnities of the passover, of tabernacles, and of the dedication of the tabernacle and the temple; the seven branches of the golden candlestick, the number of seven sacrifices appointed on several occasions, Numbers xxvii, 11; xxix, 17–21, &c. Seven trumpets, seven priests that sounded them, seven days to surround the walls of Jericho, Joshua vi, 4, 6, 8. In the Revelation, are the seven churches, seven candlesticks, seven spirits, seven stars, seven lamps, seven seals, seven angels, seven phials, seven plagues, &c. In certain passages, the number seven is put for a great number. Isaiah, iv, 1, says that seven women should lay hold on one man, to ask him to marry them. Hannah, the mother of Samuel, says, 1 Sam. ii, 5, that she who was barren ...

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Seven sleepers of ephesus Encyclopedia Britannica

SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS, The, according to the most common form of an old legend of Syrian origin, first referred to in Western literature by Gregory of Tours (De Glor. Mart., c. 95), were seven Christian youths of Ephesus, who, to escape the rage of Decius, lived for some time in concealment in a cave. The enemy at last, however, discovered their hiding place, and caused great stones to be rolled to its mouth that they might die of hunger. The martyrs fell asleep in a mutual embrace. The occurrence had long been forgotten, when it fell out, in the thirtieth year of Theodosius II., 196 years afterwards, that a certain inhabitant of Ephesus, seeking shelter for his cattle, rediscovered the cave on Mount Coelian, and, letting in the light, awoke the inmates, who sent one of their number down to buy food. Cautiously approaching the city, the lad was greatly astonished to find the cross displayed over the gates, and on entering to hear the name of Christ openly pronounced. By tendering coin of the time of Decius at a baker’s shop he roused suspicion, and in his confusion being unable to explain how he had come by the money he was taken before the authorities as a dishonest finder of hidden treasure. He was easily able to confirm the strange story he now had to tell by actually leading his accusers to the cavern where his six companions were found, youthful and rosy and beaming with a holy radiance. Theodosius, hearing what had happened, hastened to the spot in time to hear from their lips that God had wrought this wonder to confirm his faith in the resurrection of the dead. This message once delivered, they again fell asleep. Gregory says he had the legend from the interpretation of “a certain Syrian”; in point of fact the story is very common in Syriac sources. It ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 697
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Seven-shooter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.

Seven-thirties [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.

Seven-up [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.

Sevenfold [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Repeated seven times; doubled seven times; increased to seven times the size or amount; as the sevenfold shield of Ajax; sevenfold rage.

Sevenfold [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Seven times as much or often.

2. Whoever slayeth Cain, vengence shall be taken on him sevenfold . Genesis 4:15 .

Sevenfold [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.

Sevenfold [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Seven times as much or as often.

Sevennight [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A week; the period of seven days and nights; or the time from one day of the week to the next day of the same denomination preceding or following. Our ancestors numbered the diurnal rebolutions of the earth by nights , as they reckoned the annual revolutions by winters. Sevennight is now contracted into sennight , which see.

Sevennight [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.

Sevenoaks Encyclopedia Britannica

SEVENOAKS, a market town of Kent, England, situated on high ground about a mile from the railway station, 25 miles south-east of London by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and 20 by the South-Eastern Railway. It consists principally of two streets which converge at the south end, near which is the church of St Nicholas, of the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, restored in 1878, and containing monuments of the Amherst family and a tablet to William Lambarde, the "Perambulator” of Kent (d. 1601), removed from the old parish church of Greenwich when that was demolished. At the grammar school founded in 1418 by Sir William Sevenoke, lord mayor of London, George Grote received his education. There is also a school founded by Lady Margaret Boswell, wife of Sir william Boswell, ambassador to Charles I. at The Hague, and almshouses founded by Sir William Sevenoke in connexion with his school. The Walthamstow Hall for 100 children, daughters of Christian missionaries, erected at a cost of £22,000, was opened in 1882. Close to Sevenoaks is Knole Park, one of the finest old residences in England, which in the time of King John was possessed by the earl of Pembroke, and after passing to various owners was bought by Archbishop Bourchier (d. 1486), who rebuilt the house. He left the property to the see of Canterbury, and about the time of the dissolution it was given up by Cranmer to Henry VIII. By Elizabeth it was conferred first on the earl of Leicester and afterwards on Thomas Sackville, earl of Dorset, by whom it was in great part rebuilt and fitted up in regard to decoration and furniture very much as it at present exists. In the time of Elizabeth county assizes were held in the town. Of late years Sevenoaks has very much increased by the addition of villa residences for ...

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 21, p. 697
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Sevenscore [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.

2. The old countess of Desmond, who lived sevenscore years, dentized twice or thrice. Bacon .

Sevenscore [Noun and adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.

Seventeen [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Seven and ten.

Seventeen [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.

Seventeen [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.

2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.

Seventeenth [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The ordinal of seventeen; the seventh after the tenth.

2. On the seventeenth day of the second month- all the fountains of the great deep were broken up. Genesis 7:11 .

Seventeenth [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.

2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Seventeenth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

3. An interval of two octaves and a third.

Seventh [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The ordinal of seven; the first after the sixth.

2. On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made. Genesis 2:2 .

3. Containing or being one part in seven; as the seventh part.

Seventh [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The seventh part; one part in seven.

2. In music , a dissonat interval or heptachord. An interval consisting of four tones and two major semitones, is called a seventh minor. An interval composed of five tones and a major semitone, is called a seventh major.

Seventh [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.

Seventh [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.

3. An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.

4. A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.

Seventhly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the seventh place.

Seventhly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In the seventh place.

Seventies [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Seventy

Seventieth [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The ordinal of seventy; as a man in the seventieth year of his age. The seventieth year begins immediately after the close of the sixth-ninth.

Seventieth [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.

2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.

Seventieth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One next in order after the sixty-ninth.

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.

Seventy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Seven times ten.

2. That he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

3. Daniel 9:2 .

Seventy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The Septuagint or seventy translators of the Old Testament into the Greek language.

Seventy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

Seventy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.

2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.

Seventy-four [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.

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Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Genesis 4:15

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.

Genesis 4:24

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

Genesis 5:7

And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

Genesis 7:3

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 7:10

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 8:4

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:10

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

Genesis 8:12

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

Genesis 8:14

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.

Genesis 11:21

And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.