Or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number(+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare shib'anah. see HEBREW shaba' see HEBREW shib'anah