{
  "id": "dict_005026",
  "term": "Sabteca",
  "slug": "sabteca",
  "letter": "S",
  "entry_type": "biblical_proper_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A biblical proper name listed among the sons of Cush in the Table of Nations.",
  "simple_one_line": "Sabteca is a biblical name appearing in the genealogy of Noah’s descendants.",
  "tooltip_text": "A proper name in Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1, listed among the descendants of Cush.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Cush",
    "Genesis 10",
    "Table of Nations",
    "1 Chronicles 1"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Genealogy",
    "Nations, Table of",
    "Noah’s descendants"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Sabteca is a biblical proper name that appears in the Table of Nations as one of the sons of Cush.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Biblical proper name in the genealogy of the nations.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Appears in Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9",
    "Listed among the sons of Cush",
    "Scripture gives no further details about the person or place"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Sabteca is a biblical proper name appearing in the Table of Nations. It is listed among the sons of Cush in Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9, but Scripture does not provide additional identifying detail.",
  "description_academic_full": "Sabteca is a biblical proper name found in the genealogical lists of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1. In both passages, it appears among the sons of Cush in the post-flood Table of Nations. The Bible does not offer further information about Sabteca’s identity, location, or role. For that reason, the entry should be treated as a brief proper-name or genealogy entry rather than as a theological concept.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Genesis 10 traces the spread of peoples after the flood, and 1 Chronicles 1 repeats the ancestral line in its opening genealogies. Sabteca appears there only as part of Cush’s family line.",
  "background_historical_context": "Interpreters have sometimes suggested that the name may be connected to an ancient people or location, but such identifications remain uncertain and are not stated in Scripture.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient genealogical lists often preserved names whose historical referents were known to the original audience but are now no longer clear. Sabteca belongs to that category of names with limited biblical information.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Genesis 10:7",
    "1 Chronicles 1:9"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Genesis 10:1-32",
    "1 Chronicles 1:1-27"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The Hebrew form is a proper name in the Cush genealogy. The meaning and exact historical identification are uncertain.",
  "theological_significance": "Sabteca has no direct doctrinal teaching of its own, but it contributes to the Bible’s larger picture of the nations descending from Noah and the unity of the human family after the flood.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a genealogical proper name, Sabteca illustrates the historical specificity of Scripture: the Bible preserves real names and family lines even when it does not explain every detail for later readers.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not overread the name or build doctrine from it. Scripture does not identify Sabteca beyond its place in the genealogy, and speculative links to later peoples or regions should be treated cautiously.",
  "major_views_note": "The main interpretive question is whether the name may correspond to a known ancient people or place. That proposal is possible but uncertain, and the biblical text itself does not resolve it.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "This entry should not be used to support speculative ethnography, chronology, or extra-biblical identifications beyond what Scripture plainly states.",
  "practical_significance": "Sabteca reminds readers that biblical genealogies are rooted in real history and that many names in Scripture function as markers of people, place, and descent even when further details are unavailable.",
  "meta_description": "Sabteca is a biblical proper name listed among the sons of Cush in Genesis 10:7 and 1 Chronicles 1:9.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/sabteca/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/sabteca.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}