Sheba
שֶׁ֫בַעStrong’s H7652sheva (she-va)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheva is the Hebrew word usually translated “sheba”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,”
Meaning
- Benjamite, son of Bichri and one who led a rebellion against David
- Gadite, brother of Michael, Meshullam, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber
- Sheba = "seven"
- A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.13
How it's translated
- sheba 8
- and sheba 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 8
- Joshua 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:2So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
- 2 Samuel 20:7And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:13When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫בַע sheva · Sheba
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.20.1; son of: Bichri (H1075) § Sheba = "seven" 1) Benjamite, son of Bichri and one who led a rebellion against David 2) Gadite, brother of Michael, Meshullam, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber
שֶׁבַע sheva · Sheba
Sheba = "seven" a town in Simeon Another name of be.er she.va (בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע "Beersheba" H0884)
שֶׁ֫בַע sheva · Sheba
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.13; son of: Abihail (H0032I); brother of: Michael (H4317H), Meshullam (H4918I), Jorai (H3140), Jacan (H3275), Zia (H2127) and Eber (H5677H) § Sheba = "seven" a town in Simeon
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.