Strong's Lexicon

H5434

H5434 — סְבָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewCbaName/l.Occurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5434
Word:סְבָא
Part of Speech:Name/l.
Etymology:of foreign origin
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:Cba
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:seb-aw'
Meaning:1. Seba, a son of Cush, and the country settled by him
KJV Renderings:Seba.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5473

סְבָא proper name, masculine 1st son of Cush, in poetry and late; — Gen 10:7 ( P ) ( ᵐ5 Σαβα, as שְׁבָא) = 1Chr 1:9 ( ᵐ5 id., but B Σαβατ); = nation (or territory) Ps 72:10 ( ᵐ5 Σαβα; + שְׁבָא, ᵐ5 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. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 2:10»ii. 10, 2 and others


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