Sabeans
סְבָאִיםStrong’s H7614sevai (se-va-i)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sevai is the Hebrew word usually translated “sheba”, “from sheba” and “sabean”. It appears in 23 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
- People descended from Sheba, a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7
- Son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth
- Son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham
- Son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah
- A nation in southern Arabia
- Son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth
- Son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham
- Son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah
- A nation in southern Arabia
- § Sheba = "seven" or "an oath"
How it's translated
- sheba 20
- from sheba 2
- sabean 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 4
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Genesis 3
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Job 2
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 10:28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
- Genesis 25:3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
- 1 Kings 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 1 Kings 10:4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
- 1 Kings 10:10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:13And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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
שְׁבָא sheva · Sheba
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Sheba = "seven" or "an oath" 1) son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth 2) son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham 3) son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah 4) a nation in southern Arabia
שְׁבָא sheva · Sheba
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.3; son of: Jokshan (H3370); brother of: Dedan (H1719C) § Sheba = "seven" or "an oath" 1) son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth 2) son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham 3) son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah 4) a nation in southern Arabia
שְׁבָא sheva · Sheba
§ Sheba = "seven" or "an oath" a nation in southern Arabia
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.