سبع

سَبْعُونَ ذ [ Seventy; ] a well-known number; (K;) the round number that is between سِتُّونَ and ثَمَانُونَ. (TA.) ― -b2- The Arabs also use it as meaning [ Seventy or more; or] many. (TA.) Thus it is used in the Kur [ix. 81], where it is said, اـِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ ا@للّٰهُ لَهُمْ, meaning If thou beg forgiveness for them many times, even then God will not forgive them; not that God would forgive them if forgiveness were begged more than seventy times: (Bd, * TA:) and سَبْعَةٌ and سَبْعُمِائَةٍ and the like are used in the same manner. (Bd.) ― -b3- [Also Seventieth. ]