Sabeans
סְבָאִיםStrong’s H5436sevai (se-va-i)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sevai is the Hebrew word usually translated “sabeans”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.”
Meaning
- People descended from Sheba, a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7
How it's translated
- and sabeans 1
- sabeans 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
סְבָאִים sevai · Sabeans
People descended from Sheba, a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614) § Sabeans = "drunkards" the people of Seba
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.