Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5435 |
|---|---|
| Word: | סוֹבֶא |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5433 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | cobe |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | so'-beh |
| Meaning: | 1. potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal) |
| KJV Renderings: | drink, drunken, wine. |
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[סֹ֫בֶא] noun masculine Isa 1:22 drink, liquor; — only suffix סָבְאֵךְ Isa 1:22 סָבְאָם Hos 4:18 (but see below), Nah 1:10 (but see סָבָא ); — liquor (apparently strong, choice) Isa 1:22 ׳ סָר ס Hos 4:18 their liquor (i.e. their drunkenness) is gone Thes Hi Che RVm , but very dubious, ᵐ5 quite different (ἡρέτισεν Χαναναίους), We GuKau Now omit in translation; conjecture of HoutsmaTTijdschr ix (1875), 60 סֹד סֹבְאִים, a company of wine-bibbers, makes good sense.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
