Where was 7 mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

The number 7 as a sacred number, has its origins in the earliest recorded religions. It was significant to the people of the time, because there were 7 eye-visible "nonfixed" celestial objects: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter.

Answer 2

The number seven is mentioned many times in The Bible, including there being seven days in the week (Genesis 2:2), in the story of Job when his friends sit with him seven days before speaking to him (Job 2:13) and his seven sons (Job 42:13), in Revelation when there are seven seals (Revelation 6), trumpets (Revelation 8), and bowls (Revelation 16). When the walls of Jericho fell (Joshua 6), the Bible also used the number seven many times during that event. The Bible also says that every seven years an Isrealite's slave(s) had to be set free (Exodus 21:2). There are many more places in the Bible where the number seven is used, but here are a few. Hope it helps!

Answer 3

The number 7 is important in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is also important in the Zoroastrian religion that was practised by the Persians at the time of the Babylonian Exile: there were 7 creations, 7 regions of the world, 7 Amesha Spenta (who became the 7 archangels of Judaism), and so on. When the Persians freed the Jews to return to Judea, they took back many concepts influenced by the Persians. The number 7 was already significant in Judaic numerology, but the Zoroastrian influence was quite important.
Some examples of 7 in the Old Testament: the first creation story in Genesis, written during or just after the Babylonian Exile, has seven days; Noah took every clean beast and every bird by sevens, and in seven days it rained; Jacob served seven years for Leah and seven years for Rachel; Egypt had seven years of plenty and seven years of famine.

The New Testament has the seven loaves and fishes; seven devils exorcised from Mary Magdalene; forgiveness seventy times seven. Also, Revelation has seven churches and many symbols are seven fold, usually because of the 7 angels (archangels). Luke's Gospel demonstrates that Jesus was predestined for greatness because great men occurred in multiples of seven generations starting from Adam, Enoch at 7, Abraham at 21, David at 35 and Jesus at 77, while Matthew demonstrates that Jesus was predestined for greatness because in his version of the genealogy there were 14 generations from Josiah to Jesus, just as there had been 14 generations from David to Josiah and from Abraham to David (14 being 2 times 7).

There were seven heavens and the apocryphal Ascension of Isaiah had the Son descend into the lower world and then re-ascend to the seventh heaven.

Answer 4

it's a perfect number; 6 is conidered imperfect..i.e. 666...