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סְבָא

Çᵉbâʼ · H5434 · Hebrew · proper noun · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. Seba

    A man, son of Cush and descendant of Ham, founder of a nation bearing the same name

    Examples

    Genesis 10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

    1 Chronicles 1:9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.

  2. Seba

    Ethnic group founded by Seba, son of Cush, regarded as a descendant of Ham

    Examples

    Psalm 72:10 May the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring gifts; May the kings of Sheba and Seba offer tributes.

    Isaiah 43:3 “For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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the word studied the word it goes with

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Names of People003001007
The word is the proper name of Seba, a son of Cush in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9), tying the word to this specific individual.
Names of Groups003001006
The word also names the people or nation descended from him, listed among distant lands bringing tribute (Psalm 72:10), tying the word to this specific people group.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5434. Seba סְבָא proper name, masculine 1st son of Cush, in poetry and late; — Gen 10:7…
H5434. Seba
סְבָא proper name, masculine 1st son of Cush, in poetry and late; — Gen 10:7 (P) (ᵐ5 Σαβα, as שְׁבָא) = 1Ch 1:9 (ᵐ5 id., but B Σαβατ); = nation (or territory) Psa 72:10 (ᵐ5 Σαβα; + ᵐ5 שְׁבָא, Αραβων), so (+ כּוּשׁ, || מִצְרַיִם) Isa 43:3 (ᵐ5 Σοηνη); clearly situated in south; most probably = λιμὴν Σαβά, and Σαβαὶ πόλις εὐμεγέθης, in Adulic gulf on west coast of Red Sea; see Straboxvi. 4. 8. 10 Ptoliv. 7, 7 f. DiGn BaePsalm DuIs; > Meroë JosAnt. ii. 10, 2 and others

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Names of Groups2 occurrencesNames of People2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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