Seba
סְבָאStrong’s H5434seva (se-va)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Seva is the Hebrew word usually translated “seba”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.”
Meaning
- A son of Cush
- A nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia
- § Seba = "drink thou"
How it's translated
- seba 2
- and seba 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 1:9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Hebrew dictionary
סְבָא seva · Seba
A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Seba = "drink thou" 1) a son of Cush 2) a nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia
סְבָא seva · Seba
§ Seba = "drink thou" a nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.